At CIMA (Atlantic Center for Environmental Research, S.L.), we want to show you what we do—both in our offices and beyond.
On this page, you’ll find a series of short videos called "Things We Do at CIMA", which will help explain what we do and how we do it. All to bring you closer to the world of Marine Biology and Oceanography.
«Things We Do at CIMA» #21: Research:
You likely already know we are an environmental auditing firm specialized in the marine environment, with research as one of our core objectives.
As you’ve seen in the “Things We Do at CIMA”videos, many of our services are specifically designed to investigate or support marine research. If not, we encourage you to watch episodes where we discuss “sorting” benthic samples, vegetation mapping, biological indicators of pollution, species identification , and many others available on this website.
Our blog’s foundation includes articles on the "Study on the Impact of Fish Traps and Corrective Technological Improvements: Sustainable Fish Trap Project" . We also collaborate with the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) on the DESPESCA Project, focused on fish traps and deep-sea crab pots to reduce their environmental impact. In short, we design, conduct, or collaborate on studies to investigate Canary Islands artisanal fishing gears and improve their efficiency and sustainability.
In R&D&I, our main lines of work are:
– Development of protocols for determination of pollutants and integrated analysis of animal and plant communities.
– Cultivation of alternative prey as food for species of socio-economic interest.
– Impact of human activity on coastal marine ecosystems (outfalls, desalination plants, ports, aquaculture, etc.).
– Modeling as a tool to predict environmental responses to disturbing factors of the environment.
Through technological surveillance and insights from our own projects, CIMA has contributed to developing tools that aid research for us and other entities:
– CANAMOD: Modeling tool for predicting the environmental response to input of material from aquaculture cages in the Canary Islands.
– PRESAPUL: Use of alternative prey for paralarval octopus growth (Octopus vulgaris).
– MACAROMOD: Organic matter dispersion in aquaculture farms: development of a mathematical model to ensure environmental sustainability.
– Afección de la salmuera: Minimization of brine discharge impacts on seabed biodiversity, with special reference to Cymodocea nodosa meadows. Cymodocea nodosa.
Among the R&D&I projects in which our company is currently participating are:
– European Project BIOTRANSFER 2. Co-financed by FEDER funds through the INTERREG V-A MAC 2014-2020 Programme.
– European Project MIMAR. Co-financed by FEDER funds through the INTERREG V-A MAC 2014-2020 Programme.
– Development of Equipment for Submarine Prospecting and Exploration. Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the 2018 Grants for investment projects of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canary Islands, awarded by the Government of the Canary Islands.
– Proyect of Equipment for generating new marine environmental management services related to land-to-sea discharges of wastewater and industrial effluents. Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the 2019 Grants for investment projects of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canary Islands, awarded by the Government of the Canary Islands.
