New assignments, agreements and proposals for professors and students mobility with foreign institutions, such as Cornell University, INVE AQUACULTURE, Ghent University (Belgium), Norwegian Polar Institute, University Tromso (Norway) and other European institutions. Meetings were also held with international partners from Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Belgium and France to discuss a proposal to be forwarded to the European Community under the H2020 BlueEco Notice, which if approved can receive funding of around 8 million. of euros. In addition, PDSE grantee students will undertake part of their PhD research at the Universities of Exeter (United Kingdom), Central Florida (USA), New Mexico (USA) and California (USA). Already professors with PVE Senior and Junior scholarships will conduct research in partnership with researchers from the University of Zagaroza (Spain) and the University of Stanford (USA). FURG has also been visited by foreign teachers, providing an opportunity for scientific discussions and future academic mobility actions for teachers and students. In addition to many teachers already teaching their subjects in another language, the special topic Biological Oceanography course “Addressing Bycatch in Shrimp Trawl Fisheries” by Daniel Foster, NOAA Fisheries Specialist.