The ResCap project has been renewed. Along 2018, 450 gorgonians have been returned to the continental shelf in the Cap de Creus (Girona). After a year of close cooperation between scientists and fishermen, the team will keep on recovering the by-catch gorgonians along 2019.

Low cost sensors for measuring ozone have been installed in homes from rural areas. The obtained data can be seen on the Captor app and in real time. The CAPTOR project scientists and citizens working together in finding solutions for the problem of ozone pollution

Residues of drugs and personal care products in wastewater can affect the morphology and metabolism of plants, as a research by CSIC scientists demonstrate. The research is aimed at establishing improved safety conditions for treated wastewater for irrigation.

Gorgonians will be replanted in the same zones where they were accidentally fished. Gorgonians create habitats where fish larvae and juveniles find shelter and food. Led by the CSIC, the project counts on the contribution of fishermen, and Fundación Biodiversidad from the Spanish MAPAMA.

Fishermen and scientists will explore the seabed with submarine robots in order to assess the impact of fishing activities and design environmentally friendly techniques. Led by the CSIC, and with the contribution of fishermen from Port de la Selva and Cadaqués, the project will take place in a marine area of 9,000 square meters, which has been recently declared Site of Community Interest. With the contribution of Fundación Biodiversidad from the Spanish MAPAMA, trough the Pleamar Program, co-funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.

Once a new pollutant is identified until tools and regulations are developed for its control, what exactly do scientists in their research? The case of organic pollutants in water is a paradigmatic example of a long and complicated research. Includes since finding how pollutants spread in the environment and their toxicity, until the establishment of regulations and the development of analytical methods.

The natural park of l’Alt Pirineu is included in the Natura 2000 network, which protects Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats. The LimnoPirineus project, partially funded by the UE LIFE+ program and led by the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB) of the CSIC, is aimed at improving the conservation status of species and aquatic ecosystems here, in the high mountains of the Pyrenees.

The Institut de Ciencies del Mar and the Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes, both centers from of the CSIC, and the universities of Barcelona and Girona, are involved in this project.