Quantitative Aquatics (Q-quatics)

Mr. Facundo 'Ding' S. Roco, a seasoned journalist, PR expert, and responsible corporate social impact advocate, shared his expertise on 'Ethical Reputation Management' with the Q-quatics.org Team and representatives from ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity on March 7, 2025, at IRRI Los Baños, Laguna. From his early career in journalism at The Manila Times (pre-martial law) to his leadership roles in Shell, Ding played a pivotal role in public affairs and corporate social responsibility initiatives. As Executive Director of Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc., he was instrumental in the success of the Malampaya Natural Gas Project, which received global recognition from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Chamber of Commerce in 2002. His contributions extended beyond the corporate world, as he founded and led key environmental and social development organizations, including the Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. and the MALAMPAYA FOUNDATION, INC. Throughout his career, Ding remained dedicated to public service, championing electoral reform through NAMFREL and advocating for sustainable development. His lecture inspired Q-quatics And ACB participants with valuable insights on ethical leadership, responsible communication, and social impact. A survivor of polio and COVID-19, his resilience and unwavering commitment to social development left a lasting impression on all who attended.

🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit https://lnkd.in/etrkhdty #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse #SavingSeahorses

#UPCOMINGEVENT 📢 Databases for Biodiversity: Exploring FishBase, SeaLifeBase, AquaMaps and Sea Around Us 🌊📊 Join us on March 12, 2024 (Wednesday) from 2:00 to 3:00 PM for an ADB ERDI-organized seminar on how these global databases help track #marinebiodiversity changes, identify critical habitats, and project future species distributions. 🔹 Speakers: 🔬 Dr. Deng Palomares – Senior Scientist & Project Manager, SeaAroundUs.org 🗺️ Kathy Kesner-Reyes – AquaMaps Theme Lead, Q-quatics.org 💻 Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 473 370 270 203 | Passcode: Yr2oz38o Learn how these global analytical tools support marine conservation & research! 🌏🐠 Abstract: This seminar will provide an introduction to the compendium of biodiversity databases with focus on FishBase, SeaLifeBase, AquaMaps and Sea Around Us datasets. The databases can be used to measure changes in biodiversity, facilitate identification of critical habitats and vulnerable species as well as plot future projections for a particular species or identified habitat (especially with the use of AquaMaps or AquaX). The presentation will be given by a team from Quantitative Aquatics (Q-Quatics), a Philippines-based NGO that operates under the scientific guidance of the international FishBase Consortium (FBC) addressing conservation and biodiversity research in aquatic environments.  #BiodiversityData #FishBase #SeaLifeBase #AquaMaps #SeaAroundUs #QquaticsIsdaWay #datadrivenconservation #marineconservation #

Happy to share this call for papers Seafood sustainability at the crossroads: navigating complexity and confronting mainstream approaches to develop meaningful standards.   With special attention to complex fisheries from the Global South, in this Special Issue collection, we invite original research, systematic reviews, methods papers, and policy analyses that illuminate new pathways for sustainable seafood standard development. Contributors are encouraged to challenge conventional models and propose principles that can inform new benchmarks that can successfully and realistically guide improvements in a wide array of diverse fisheries.   https://lnkd.in/ek7UFBHq

Join us as we listen to and discuss with Mr. Facundo ‘Ding’ Roco on: Ｅｔｈｉｃａｌ Ｒｅｐｕｔａｔｉｏｎ Ｍａｎａｇｅｍｅｎｔ 🗓️ Date: March 7, 2025 (Friday) ⏰ Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM 🇵🇭 Everyone's welcome to join online via: Zoom: bit.ly/EthicalReputation Meeting ID: 640 960 9952 Passcode: 860874 With a public relations career spanning 35 years, Mr. Ding Roco managed the public affairs for the Malampaya Deepwater Gas to Power project, receiving for it the 2002 World Summit Business Award for Sustainable Development Partnership from the United Nations Environment Program and the International Chamber of Commerce. He held key leadership roles in Shell’s East Asia Pacific operations and remains deeply committed to biodiversity conservation through his work with Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. and the El Nido Foundation Inc. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a communications leader whose expertise bridges industries and conservation efforts.

#JobVacancies at the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

🐟 🦀 🦐 What socio-ecological what-if scenarios do fisheries stakeholders need to address and how can we help them do that? What do fisheries stakeholders need our realistic simulations to do? 📋 Today we are hosting the first of three SURIMI Project stakeholder workshops to understand needs and co-design requirements from socio-economic models for #fisheries management and input into the #DigitalTwin #MissionOcean. We are speaking to a diverse group, introducing the available models and together exploring the real-world fisheries management, policy and conservation questions that we could help to answer with our tools. Find out more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dqRXsGee #Surimi_EU NORCE Norwegian Research Centre  Konnecta Systems Ecopath International Initiative Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) ERINN Innovation University of Oxford Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

We’re taking our love for the oceans to the next level! 🌊 Together, ICS-FORTH and Q-quatics are making FishBase.org smarter, stronger, and more lovable 🩷 than ever! By transforming it into a semantic web knowledge base, we’re enabling seamless data exchange, smarter searches, and deeper insights —making knowledge open and available for all. Because the more we understand our oceans, the better we can protect them. 🌍💙 Explore: bit.ly/SemantyFish.

🌊 At SURIMI, we’re committed to supporting sustainable fisheries and protecting our ocean’s future in the face of climate change and overfishing. Our mission is to develop cutting-edge models that will guide the European Commission, policymakers, scientists, and the fishing industry toward smarter, more sustainable marine resource management. 🔍 SURIMI models bring together: 🟠 Human socio-economic factors, like fishermen’s behaviors. 🔵 Ocean ecology, such as fish population dynamics. 🟣 Environmental changes, including rising seawater temperatures. 🌐 These tools will integrate seamlessly into the European Digital Twin of the Ocean, providing actionable insights to balance ecological health with the livelihoods of those who rely on the sea. 🔗 Learn more about the SURIMI Project here: https://lnkd.in/dqRXsGee NORCE Norwegian Research Centre - Konnecta Systems - European Marine Board IVZW - Ecopath International Initiative - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) - ERINN Innovation - University of Oxford - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - European Commission - European Parliament - CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency - EDITO - European Digital Twin Ocean - Iliad - Digital Twins of the Ocean - Mercator Ocean International #EUDTO #Surimi_EU #DigitalTwin #FisheriesManagement #OceanSustainability #MarineScience #HorizonEurope #MissionOcean #Innovation #Sustainable #Ocean #ClimateChange #Science #Fish #Technology

The EU-funded #EcoScope project was featured and discussed at the Ecopath 40 Years conference. The event hosted by the European Marine Board IVZW and the VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute in Ostend, Belgium, was entitled “The Ecosystem Continuum: From knowledge to decisions”. The conference, endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade event, celebrated four decades of the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) marine ecosystem modelling software, which organisers stressed is “an increasingly important tool for marine management and policy making”.  Particularly relevant to EcoScope were two workshops held as part of the conference. In one workshop, titled “Data Lakes for Ecosystem Modelling”, participants discussed the roles of EMODnet and CMEMS, through EDITO-Infra, as well as integration and benefits of combined data services and the relevant challenges, opportunities and practical applications emerging in Digital Twins of the Ocean. 🌊 🐟 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5rX_nm7 #Marine #Ecosystem #Modelling #Ecopath #Ecosim #DigitalTwins #Ocean EDITO - European Digital Twin Ocean