Marisa Barata is a junior researcher at IPMA. She has a degree in Marine Biology and Biotechnology and a master in Aquaculture, both by the School of Tourism and Maritime Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, ESTM ¿ IPL. She has 19 years of technical and research experience in Aquaculture acquired at the Aquaculture Research Station in Olhão (EPPO-IPMA), through successive research grants. She has extensive experience in the cultivation of several marine fish species, being responsible for the pre-growing and intensive on-growing of post-larvae and juveniles in fiberglass tanks. A large experience in different stages of marine fish cultivation (breeding, larvae, food chain, ongrowing), in different production systems, in the maintenance and management of aquaculture equipment and in the transport of juveniles by land and sea. Her research is focused on aquaculture nutrition, fish welfare, aquatic toxicology. Marisa Barata has been publishing actively in peer-reviewed journals (30 articles), while has been participating in the dissemination of her findings at scientific congresses (44 oral and 76 poster presentations). She has accreditation granted by the Portuguese law (DGAV) that enables performing procedures with aquatic animals and in the design of procedures and projects implementation.