The main objective of the project "VULcanología CAnaria submariNA, VULCANA", is assess the degree of damage and recovery on the marine ecosystem of the volcano submarine of the island of El Hierro, making it extensible to any other region sensitive to underwater volcanic activity in the archipelago. To do this, he held the monitoring of the physico-chemical, biological and geological properties of the submarine process of the island of El Hierro and other areas of volcanic interest, giving continuity to the first and only time series data of a multidisciplinary monogenetic submarine volcano in Spanish waters. 1 .- Study of the spatio-temporal variability of physical, chemical and biogeochemical. 2. Evaluation of the impact of the eruption process of trophic lower levels. 3. physiographic, morphological and structural characterization of the seabed associated emissions and adjacent offshore areas.

Se pretende continuar con las labores acometidas en la Primera Campaña realizada en el 2015 en lo referido al conocimiento del pecio: - Extensión del pecio. - Estado de conservación de los materiales. - Dispersión de los restos del buque español. - Continuar con el “mapeado” arqueológico. - Avanzar en la interpretación y análisis del pecio. - Extracción de los siguientes elementos, basada en motivaciones de carácter histórico‐culturales, museográficas, de conservación, archivísticas y jurídicas: a.‐ Culebrina de bronce del siglo XVI. Peso aproximado: entre 1.300 y 1.800 Kg. b.‐ Un “cañón pedrero” u “obús de a tres”, de bronce. Pareja del extraído en 2015. c.‐ Elementos de la vajilla de plata estropeada (plata de chafalonía) que figura en la documentación del AGI. d.‐ También se extraerán algunos elementos que en el 2015 se filmaron y cuya función desconocemos. e.‐ Dependiendo de las circunstancias de la Campaña, es posible que se proceda a extraer la segunda culebrina de la Mercedes.

Main targets of PECAN 1602 are: - Setting-up of R/V Ángeles Alvariño as acoustic-fisheries prospecting vessel. - Optimizing sampling design for the systematic study and abundance estimating of Canary Islands pelagic species. - Using echo integration as a method to estimate Canary Islands pelagic species abundance.

The main objective of the Idrissi-2016 recovery cruise is to recovery the 10 Ocean Bottom Seismometers and Hydrophones (OBS/H) deployed in the ocean floor during the oceanographic mission Idrissi-2016 accomplished on September 2016. The OBS will have been acquiring earthquake data occurring in the area during 3 months under the sea. Seismic data will determine the shallow and deep crustal structure and plate geometry of the convergent system giving rise to earthquakes as the Mw 6.3 occurred on January 25th 2016, specially along the Al Idrissi fault, possibly the responsible of the geological hazards that threaten the region. In addition, the data acquired will allow improving our knowledge on the tectonics, faults parameters and landslides to define the most significant geological hazards, including large earthquakes and rarely tsunamis. Together with the OBS/H recovery, a detailed bathymetry survey of the Al Idrissi fault will be performed along the fault using hull-mounted echosounders on the vessel.

TAlPro-2016 represents the Western Mediterranean basin component of the MedSHIP initiative. The cruise will occupy two meridional sections, one across the relatively flat and deep Algero-Provencal basin, and one across the deep and rugged Tyrrhenian Sea. The data collected during these sections will allow to: 1) measure the changes in the thermohaline properties of Mediterranean water masses at the basin-scale; 2) quantify the Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) storage in the Western Mediterranean Sea; 3) quantify the uptake of anthropogenic carbon in the Western Mediterranean Sea; 4) quantify changes in the ventilation of the deep and intermediate water masses thanks to the transient tracers (CFCs and SF6).

Multidisciplinary cruise: Sampling physical and chemical variables that will: - Study thermohaline characteristics, kinematics, dynamics and biology of the eastern half of the Gulf of Cadiz - Study carbon fluxes between Atlantic and Mediterranean basins. - Establish relationships between climate, hydrology and hydrodynamics and the early stages of development of the species associated with the platform, with emphasis on species of commercial interest in a space/time. - Provide data to feed global and regional numerical models. - Generate and distribute a database for the evolution of the marine climate and its resources.

The leg 1 of the NUREIEV 3 oceanographic cruise took place from 22 to 30 April 2016. The area of work has located on the continental margin of the SE of Iberian Peninsula, off the coast of Murcia and Almeria, with reference coordinates from 36º20'N to 37º36'N and 2º40'W to 0º40'W. The tasks performed consisted of: • Bathymetric mapping with multibeam echosounder for seabed mapping, from inner shelf to upper slope (50 to 1500 m depth). • Geophysical works with TOPAS, very high resolution seismic profiles, to characterize the sedimentary cover of the study area. • Recovery of 5 mooring lines, instrumented for the continuous monitoring of the hydrological (water masses) and sediment (particle fluxes) dynamics from the last cruise in September 2015. Each mooring line is composed by one current meter for measuring temperature, turbidity, velocity and direction of currents and one sediment trap for sampling sinking particles. In addition, each mooring is equipped with an acoustic release for recovery and with suitable buoyancy. Monitoring with instrumented mooring lines has covered an annual cycle, in two phases of 6 months each one. • CTD profiling and water sampling. Profiles have been made in each of the submarine canyons monitored for measuring physical and chemical variables of water column (temperature, salinity, turbidity, oxygen concentration and chlorophyll) and calibration of instruments of mooring lines. • Performing surface sampling of floating microplastics by neuston net. • Sampling of surface sediments by multicorer.

ROV inspection of the seafloor from the continetnal shelf to depths in excess of 1500 m, with special attention to submarine canyons. Complementary CTD castts, multibeam and sub-bottom profiler acquisition. Occasional SVPs.

ISLAND is a research cruise that will address the above issues through the following 3 specific objectives: a) To explore how the NW Sicilian canyons evolved during the Late Quaternary (differences in style, frequencies and intensity of sedimentary flows, possible differences in forcing mechanisms) and to assess which canyon(s) is/are more “active” in the present-day conditions and why. b) To establish whether canyons displaying different morphologies and controlled by different processes may be characterized by differences in the spatial distribution and variability of benthic biomass and biodiversity (are the most active canyons always the most biodiverse?). c) To explore the role of bottom trawling fishery in shaping the morphology and governing the presentday dynamics of submarine canyons and eventually assess its impact in altering canyon biodiversity (is trawling activity affecting the natural canyon seascapes and sedimentary dynamics, inducing a change in biodiversity?).

The goals of this campaign are framed within the objectives of the overall project 'Radial Profunda de Canarias', being the experimental cruise of the proposal. Thus, this cruise will help to: • Determine the structure of the current when it reaches the Canary Islands, mass transport, heat and nutrients and interannual variability. • Characterize the different modes of variability of heat and mass transport in easternorth atlantic subtropical gyre. • To determine the correlation between heat and mass transport with the NAO atmospheric and oceanic index. • Characterize the annual cycle in the physical conditions of the surface layers and mixture to where the seasonal cycle is significant, relating it to the meteorological forcings. • Characterization of changes in water masses, mainly in the North Atlantic Central Water (NACW), in Antarctic Atlantic Intermediate Water (AAIW) in Mediterranean Water (MW) and bottom waters of the Canary Basin, in based on temperature, salinity, nutrients and oxygen.