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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).
LEARN MOREWe build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.
PLOCAN and the Canary Islands Directorate-General for Fisheries strengthen cooperation on marine innovation
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) welcomed a technical delegation from the Canary Islands Government’s Directorate-General for Fisheries to its facilities in Taliarte to identify areas of common interest and explore new opportunities for collaboration between the two institutions.During the meeting, PLOCAN’s management and technical staff showcased the infrastructure’s capabilities and presented some
Alliance of the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, Cabo Verde, Senegal and São Tomé and Príncipe to Develop an Integrated Digital Twin of the Ocean for Macaronesia
Marine technology and underwater acoustics expert John Potter leads a webinar at PLOCAN on Distributed Acoustic Sensing as part of the European ATLAS project
PLOCAN and ITC strengthen their strategic partnership to promote sustainable aquaculture in Macaronesia
Data service
It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.
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Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.
LEARN MOREMarine technical operations service with VIMAS
The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.
LEARN MOREMarine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform
The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.
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