What is the focus of your work in the MINOUW project?
Work Packages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
CS 1.8 Testing the use of lights in trawl fisheries targeting shrimps in Northern Tyrrhenian Sea: assessing possible effects on target species and by-catch.
CS 3.5 Technological solution (“selvedge” net) to limit the unwanted catches in the caramote prawn (Penaeus kerathurus) set net fisheries in the Ligurian Sea (W Mediterranean)
Who are you?
I hold a Master Degree in Biological Sciences (1988) and a PhD in Marine Ecology (University of Pisa, 1995). I have more than 20 years of experience on fishery studies, fish and shellfish population dynamics, stock assessment, gear selectivity, impact of fishing gears, analysis of landing and discard data. I am co-author of more than 40 papers on international scientific journals.
Currently, I hold the position of researcher at CIBM, and I actively work for my Institution on the activities under the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF) carried out in the FAO-GFCM Geographic Sub-Area 9.
Why do you think the MINOUW project is important?
“MINOUW project is important for the implementation of the new Common Fisheries Policy, which provides an ecosystem-based approach applied to the marine environment. MINOUW project is important for the implementation of the new Common Fisheries Policy, which provides an ecosystem-based approach applied to the marine environment.”
