page_title: Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas
section_title: Scope
hierarchical_section_title: Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas / Scope
caption_attribution_description: English: Tours start from Ponta Delgada. Usually you see see turtles, dolphins and humpback whales.
context_page_description: The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial.
context_section_description: Composed of foreign and regional graduate students, the DOP/UAç is involved in scientific and academic research in marine biology and ocean studies, within the areas of ecology, marine biology, physical and chemical oceanography and fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary institution involved in cooperative research with agreements in international (MAST III, LIFE, DG-XIV), national (PRAXIS, JNICT), and regional programs.
  It is a multidisciplinary organization that supports pure and applied research, forming cooperative research programs with national and private institutions. This includes providing services for industry and public service, that includes announcements in the media, museum and educational institutions. The institution emphasizes academics, through the participation of undergraduate research students (47 by October 1997) and graduate students (13 by October 1997) in research projects, as part of its academic requirements.
  This includes the studies of:
  Pelagic halieutic resources (tuna and other nektonic fish species); trophic chains; and the dynamics of large pelagic species
  Ichtyodemersal resources (fishery species with commercial value in the Azores)
  Biology and genetics of oceanic squids
  Biology and population dynamics of seamount species
  Physical oceanography
  Ecotoxicology
  General ecology and behaviour of fishes and invertebrates from littoral communities
  Ecology of hydrothermal vents
  Ecology of seabird communities
  Ecology of cetaceans (related with whalewatching activities)
caption: Dolphins in the waters of São Miguel
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