The action included theoretical and practical sessions and a field trip to Ria Formosa, including a visit to the seahorse’s sanctuary and the Ramalhete Aquaculture Station.

In Arrábida and on the Portuguese southwest coast, marine conservation was promoted by these two projects that ended this summer.

Barbara Horta e Costa was part of a group of 42 scientists who published, in Science magazine, the "MPA Guide": a new tool to characterize marine protected areas according to the protection they really offer.