By Ixai Salvo Borda, Iceland, land of mystery. Iceland, land of “fire, ice and cod” (as my colleague Rannvá says in her blog post. For Basque people, Iceland also supposes a land of conquer, risk and richness, as we used to sail into those cold waters of the North to hunt whales. That, and some other “issues”, [...]
By Ixai Salvo Borda, 7 months and 6 days, meaning that 219 days has passed since my plane landed in Tromsø. Too many days since the snow mesh up my beard and the cold wind welcomes me with a hug. A long time has passed since I landed for my 5 weeks secondment in the Arctic University [...]
By Ixai Salvo Borda, Ray Hilborn, one of the most important fisheries researchers, biologist, and professor at the University of Washington, considers that we have to change our scope of fisheries resources and consider them as a source of food for human welfare. He defends a sustainable management of the fishing activities instead of the [...]
By Ixai Salvo Borda, My name is Ixai Salvo Borda, born and raise in a small inland town in the north of Spain near the beautiful city of Pamplona. Without any maritime roots in my family but due to the constant traveling around the Basque coast, I develop, surprisingly for some, a passion for any activity related [...]
