Sign up to the BioMARató
Sign up for the free snorkelling or scuba diving sessions that Anèl-lides, Plàncton diving and Xatrac are organising from 29 April to 2 May and weekends in June, July, August and September 2022.
Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Barcelona, Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs
Why take part in the BioMARató?
Learn to identify wildlife on the beaches of the Catalan coast.
Interact with other nature lovers
Learn how to identify species with the best experts
Become a citizen scientist and help researchers find out about the state of biodiversity on Catalan beaches.
Identification Parties
We will organise two free online activities throughout the BioMARató to learn how to identify species with all the observations we have received. During the event we will show you several images of marine species from the BioMARató and, through marine identification guides and with the collaboration of live experts, we will teach you how to taxonomically identify various species and also some of their curiosities.
More information coming soon!
Still not sure about it?
- Zoom talk to learn about the 2021 Anèl·lides projects, including the BioMARató Marina del Barcelonès – Thursday 18 March at 6 pm
- Live chat on Instagram to talk about the importance of citizen science and the BioMARató with Jaume Piera, senior researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) – 15 April 2021
Organisers
The ICM-CSIC is a research centre devoted to the study of oceans and the marine ecosystem. Barcelona.
Minka is a citizen science observatory coordinated by ICM-CSIC.
Activities' coordinators
Barcelona
Anèl·lides-Serveis ambientals is a company devoted to educate, disseminate and promote the conservation of the marine environment.
Costa Daurada
Plàncton is a diving and snorkelling centre in l'Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona).
Costa Brava
Xatrac is an environmental association whose main objective is to bring science and the environment closer to society. Lloret de Mar (Girona).
Collaborators
iDive Barcelona is a PADI dive shop and diving school located in the area of Diagonal del Mar (Barcelona).
The Federació Catalana d'Activitats Subaquàtiques (FECDAS) is the governing body for underwater sports activities in Catalonia.
Saita Diving is a federated and non-profit diving club in Barcelona.
Vanas Dive is a federated and non-profit diving club in Barcelona.
Underwater Barcelona is a PADI Eco Dive Friendly Resort in Barcelona.
OCEANICOS is an association whose aim is to raise awareness and take action regarding the marine environment, inform and train new divers and society in general.
Cos4Cloud is a Horizon 2020 European project to boost citizen science technologies.
MINKE is a European INFRAIA project that proposes an innovative "oceanographic data quality" framework.
The town council of Calonge i Sant Antoni is located in the Baix Empordà region (Girona).
