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Maria Alexandra Cordeiro de Almeida e Silva. Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries Science and Technology - Stock Assessment in 2007 by Universidade do Algarve, Master in Mathematics Applied to Biological Sciences in 2000 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Bachelor in Faunistic Resources and Environment in 1988 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Is Auxiliary Researcher in Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera and Researcher in Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente. Published 46 articles in journals. Has 2 section(s) of books. Organized 3 event(s). Participated in 7 event(s). Co-supervised 3 PhD thesis(es). Co-supervised 8 MSc dissertation(s). Co-supervised 5 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 2 project(s), Other in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 4 project(s), Research Fellow in 2 project(s), Researcher in 10 project(s), Science and Technology Management Fellow in 1 project(s) and Scientific Initiation Fellow in 2 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Marine Biology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Sardina pilchardus; Sardine; Pelagic ecosystem; Fisheries; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Alexandra Cordeiro de Almeida e Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Alexandra
  • Silva, A.A.
  • Silva, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BA13-184F-7C48
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2950-1429
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=0sC488kAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
I-4326-2017

Email addresses

  • asilva@ipma.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax
  • 213015948 (Professional)
Telephone
  • 213027000 (Professional)

Addresses

  • IPMA-Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere. Rua Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1449-006, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2007
Concluded
 Fisheries Science and Technology - Stock Assessment (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
"Geographic variation in sardine population traits: implications for stock assessment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aproved
2003 - 2003
Concluded
 Amateur scuba diving (Diploma de especialização)
Centro Português de Atividades Subaquáticas, Portugal
2000/12/11 - 2000/12/15
Concluded
 Time Series Analysis (Outros)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2000/05/31 - 2000/06/09
Concluded
 Surplus Production Models (Outros)
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar-IPIMAR, Portugal
2000
Concluded
 Mathematics Applied to Biological Sciences (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Estudo morfométrico da sardinha utilizando estatística multivariada." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovada
1999/05/04 - 1999/05/06
Concluded
 The Ins And Outs of ICA (Outros)
FRS Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
1999/02/08 - 1999/02/12
Concluded
 Analytical Models (XSA) for the Assessment of Fisheries Resources. (Outros)
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, United Kingdom
1997/12/03 - 1997/12/10
Concluded
 Marine Resource Assessment Course. (Outros)
Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar-IPIMAR, Portugal
1989/09/01 - 1989/09/15
Concluded
 New Methods for Studying Recruitment (Outros)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
1988
Concluded
 Faunistic Resources and Environment (Bachelor)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Contribuição para o estudo da inanição larvar: aspectos morfológicos, histológicos e funcionais do aparelho digestivo das larvas de sardinha, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
1983 - 1983
Concluded
 Programming in BASIC ASCII applied to Biology (Outros)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
1978 - 1980
Concluded
 Certificate of Proficiency in English (Diploma de especialização)
University of Cambridge Language Centre, United Kingdom
 C (Pass)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/08/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2018/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2007/11/22 - 2024/07/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2001/04/23 - 2007/11/22 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar-IPIMAR, Portugal
1997/10 - 2001/11/22 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar-IPIMAR, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - 2025/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06/24 - 2020/12/31 Head of Division of Modelling and Management of Fisheries Resources Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Chair of Workshop on Atlantic chub mackerel. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Chair of the Working Group on Horse Mackerel, Sardine and anchovy. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 Chair of the Workshop on Atlantic sardine (WKSAR) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
1990 - 1992 Teacher FORMAR-Centro de Formação das Pescas e do Mar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1988/11/01 - 1995/08/01 Grants; short term contracts Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas - INIP, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/08/22 - 2015/12/31 Improve scientific information on the role of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in the Iberian waters ecosystem
2013-0129
Principal investigator
ANOPCERCO-Associação Nacional de Produtores da pesca do Cerco, Portugal
 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation
Concluded
2015/07 - 2015/11 Sardine Fisheries: Resource Assessment and Social and Economic Situation
Tender Reference IP/B/PECH/IC/2015-133
 European Parliament Brussels
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - Current SARDINHA2030-Purse seine fishing management towards ecosystem sustainability
Portaria P01M04
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 MAR2030
Ongoing
2014/01/01 - Current PNAB-Programa Nacional de Amostragem Biológica
MAR-03.02.01-FEAMP-0015 (2020-2021)
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2023/10/20 - 2026/10/19 Multiple Framework Contract in cascade for the provision of scientific advice in support of the Common Fisheries Policy in EU waters
CINEA/2023/OP/0002
Science and Technology Management Fellow
MRAG Americas Inc, United States
 Comissão Europeia
Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2026/06/30 OFFSHORE WINDFARMS-ENVIRONMENT-Characterization of the physical-chemical environment, biodiversity and fishing activity in areas for the development of offshore wind farms
PRR C21-i07.01 – REPowereu
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2023/06/30 SARDINHA2020 - An ecosystem approach to the management of the sardine fishery.
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0009
Principal investigator
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu dos Assuntos Marítimos e das Pescas
Ongoing
2018 - 2023 Framework contract for the studies providing scientific advice in support of the Common Fisheries Policy- Lot 2: Atlantic EU Western Waters and the EU Outermost Regions, excluding the Mediterranean and Black Sea
EASME/EMFF/2018/011
Coordinator of IPMA team
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2022/12/31 SARDINOMICS: Development of molecular tools to improve the knowledge and management of sardine stocks
MAR-01.04.02-FEAMP-0024
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu dos Assuntos Marítimos e das Pescas
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2022/09/30 IMPRESS: Improving scientific advice to fishery management for resources of interest for Spain in Atlantic waters
RTI2018-099868-B-I00
Researcher
Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain
 Gobierno de España Agencia Estatal de Investigación
2011/01 - 2020/12 MARPRO: Conservation of Marine Protected Species in Mainland Portugal
LIFE09 NAT/PT/000038
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2014/01/28 - 2015/12/31 SARECOOP - Avaliação do recrutamento da sardinha para a gestão sustentável da pescaria do cerco - cooperação entre os agentes da pescaria
31-03-01-FEP0164
Principal investigator
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2015/11/30 CERTIFICA-Certificação MSC em Portugal: obtenção de conhecimento e estudos de viabilidade para candidaturas de pescarias costeiras e artesanais
31-03-01-FEP0032
Principal investigator
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Concluded
2007/06/04 - 2011/06/03 FRESH: Fish Reproduction and Fisheries
EU Cost Action FA0601
Researcher
Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Spain
Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2010/06/30 Fisheries Induced Evolution - FinE
UE-STREP-044276
Researcher
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
 Comissão Europeia
Concluded
2002/12/01 - 2006/03/31 SARDYN-Sardine dynamics and stock structure in the North-East Atlantic
Q5RS-2002-000818
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Comissão Europeia
Concluded
2000/01/01 - 2004/12/31 PELÁGICOS -Reforço da capacidade de investigação no domínio da oceanografia e biologia das pescas aplicada à gestão dos recursos pelágicos
FCT-PLE/13/00
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2000 - 2002 PELASSES-Direct abundance estimation and distribution of pelagic fish species in North East Atlantic Waters. Improving acoustic and daily egg production methods for sardine and anchovy
EU study Project -EC DG XIV Contract nº99/010
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1997/01/01 - 2000/12/30 Estudo do verdinho na costa continental Portuguesa: biologia, dinâmica e relações com as condições oceanográficas
FCT PRAXIS XXI 2/2.1/MAR/1710/95
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1996/12 - 2000/11 EFAN-European fish ageing network
FAIR961304
Research Fellow
European Commission
1994/01/01 - 1997/12/31 SEFOS - Shelf Edge Fisheries and Oceanography Studies
CEE-AIR2-93-1105
Research Fellow
European Commission
Concluded
1991 - 1994 Estimation of the abundance and study of the distribution pattern of Hake, Horse Mackerel, Mackerel, Monkfish and Megrim, in ICES Division IXa (Portuguese waters)
CEE-FAR 1.203 MA
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1988/01/01 - 1990/12/31 Bases para o estudo da variabilidade do recrutamento da sardinha na Costa Portuguesa
JNICT 87344/MAR
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cardoso, Patrícia; Dolbeth, Marina; Relvas, Paulo; Sousa, Ronaldo; Santos, Rui; Silva, Alexandra; Quintino, Victor. "The Portuguese Coast". In World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation, edited by Shepphard, Charles, 189-208. United Kingdom: Academic Press, 2019.
    Published
  2. Pita, Cristina; Silva, Alexandra; Prellezo, Raul; Marga, Andres; Uriarte, Andres. "Socieconomics and management". In Biology and ecology of sardines and anchovies, edited by Ganias, Kostas, 335-366. CRC Press, 2014.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Pereira, Inês; Silva, Alexandra. "Spatiotemporal variation of sardine, Sardina pilchardus, recruitment in the Northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean sea: implications for fisheries management.". Paper presented in SIBECORP. VI Simpósio Ibero-Americano de ecologia reprodutiva, recrutamento e pesca, 11 a 15 de novembro de 2024, Lisboa, Portugal., Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  2. Gonçalves, Francisco ; MENEZES, RAQUEL; Silva, Alexandra; Silva, Daniela; Dias, Inês Caseiro. "Geostatistical models for identifying juvenile fish hotspots in marine conservation.". Paper presented in New Frontiers in Statistics and Data Science - XXVI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Guimarães, 2024.
    Published
  3. Oviedo-Fuente, Manuel; MENEZES, RAQUEL; Silva, Alexandra. "Modelling landing per unit effort (LPUE) abundance of fish using functional data analysis.". Paper presented in New Frontiers in Statistics and Data Science - XXVI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Guimarães, 2024.
    Submitted
  4. Szalaj, Dorota; Wise, L.; Garrido, Susana; Silva, Alexandra. "Alinhando a gestão do stock de sardinha ibérica com as necessidades do Ecossistema: um roteiro para o futuro.". Paper presented in SIBECORP. VI Simpósio Ibero-Americano de Ecologia Reprodutiva, Recrutamento e Pesca., Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  5. WISE, LAURA; Garrido, Susana; Silva, Alexandra; Sanchéz-Maroño, Sónia; Pérez-Rodríguez, Alfonso; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Uriarte, Andres. "Evaluation of different management strategies for data limited short-lived stocks: the case study of western Iberian anchovy". Paper presented in SIMERPE2- Second Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, El Puerto de Santa María, 2023.
    Published
  6. Silva, Alexandra. "Beyond the SINGLE paradigm: multi-area, multi-species and bioeconomic models for stock assessment and fisheries management". Paper presented in SIMERPE2- Second Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, 2023.
    Published
  7. Uriarte, Andres; Citores, Leire; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Riveiro, Isabel; Sánchez-Moroño,Sónia; WISE, LAURA; Silva, Alexandra. "Dynamic harvest control rules based on recruitment levels to manage stocks of uncertain productivity: application to Iberian sardine.". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference 2023, Bilbao, 2023.
    Published
  8. Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Citores, Leire; Riveiro, Isabel; Sánchez-Moroño,Sónia; Silva, Alexandra; Uriarte, Andres. "Regime-shifts for Iberian sardine: a multi-model approach.". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference 2023, Bilbao, 2023.
    Published
  9. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, Alexandra; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Coll, Marta. "How mechanistic food web modelling can inform marine functional connectivity in the context of climate change: a case study of the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem". Paper presented in Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity, Sesimbra, 2023.
    Published
  10. Silva, Alexandra; Wise, Laura. "Modelling fish population dynamics and fishing strategies to provide advice for fisheries management". Paper presented in 1st SDE - Stochastic Days Encounters 2023-Invited Speaker, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  11. Araújo, Gonçalo; Rosa, Renato; Silva, Alexandra; Feijó, Diana; Azevedo, Manuela; Gonçalves , Jorge. "Investigating Portugal's mainland purse seine fishery spatiotemporal activities footprint.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  12. Feijó, Diana; Rocha, Alberto; Marçalo, Ana; Riveiro, Isabel; Silva, Alexandra. "Purse-seine fishery in Portugal: No sardine, no future?". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  13. Ruzicka, Jim; Chiaverano, Luciano; Coll, Marta; Garrido, Susana; Tam, Jorge; Murase, Hiroto; Kelly, Robinson; et al. "The role of small pelagic fish in diverse ecosystems: Information gleaned from food-web models.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  14. Silva, Alexandra; Garrido, Susana; Bensbai, Jilali; Carrera, Pablo; Citores, Leire; Duhamel, Erwan; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; et al. "Spatial population dynamics of sardine in the Northeast Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea: Defining areas, estimating movement rates and exploring spatial stock assessment models.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  15. Silva, Andreia; Feijó, Diana; Rocha, Alberto; Amorim, Pedro; Moreno, Ana; De Amaral Pereira Nunes, Cristina. "Condition factor and Length-weight relationship for small pelagic fishes in the Atlantic Iberian coast.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  16. Silva, Andreia; Meneses, Isabel; De Amaral Pereira Nunes, Cristina; Oliveira, Paulo Brás; Soares, Eduardo; Garrido, Susana; Silva, Alexandra. "Hatch earlier or late? Survival of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) juveniles in response to environmental and parental effects.". Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  17. WISE, LAURA; Azevedo, Manuela; Garrido, Susana; Mendes, Hugo; Silva, Alexandra; Citores, Leire; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; et al. "Evaluation of harvest control rules under different productivity regimes - The Iberian sardine case study.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  18. Pereira, Jorge M.; Jaime A. Ramos; Oliveira, Nuno; Marçalo, Ana; Gonçalves, Jorge; Carvalho, Flávia; Frade, Magda; et al. "How well is the Portuguese coast protecting seabirds?". Paper presented in 15th International Seabird Group Conference, Cork, 2022.
    Published
  19. Uriarte, Andres; Silva, Alexandra; Sanchez, Sóni; Azevedo, Manuela; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Riveiro, Isabel; Wise, Laura. Corresponding author: Silva, Alexandra. "Recruitment-based harvest control rules to manage stocks of uncertain productivity: Application to the Iberian sardine.". Paper presented in SIMERPE, Vigo, 2021.
  20. Silva, Alexandra; De Amaral Pereira Nunes, Cristina; Teles-Machado, Ana; Ramos, Fernando; Garrido, Susana. "Dealing with regional differences in data-richness using : an example using Atlantic chub mackerel in the Iberian Peninsula.". Paper presented in SIMERPE-Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, Vigo, 2021.
  21. Diana Feijó; Rocha, Alberto; Riveiro, Isabel; Silva, Alexandra. Corresponding author: Diana Feijó. "Assessment of slipping patterns of small pelagic in the Portuguese purse-seine fleet.". Paper presented in SIMERPE-Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, Vigo, 2021.
  22. Rosa, Renato; Vaz Patto, João; Azevedo, Manuela; Feijó, Diana; Garrido, Susana; Mendes, Hugo; Silva, Alexandra; et al. "A bioeconomic model for the Portuguese purse seine fleet: towards an ecosystem-based management.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., Vigo, 2021.
    Published
  23. Silva, Alexandra; Riveiro, Isabel; Ramos, Fernando; Uriarte, Andres; Wise, Laura; Mendes, Hugo; Ibeibarriaga, Leire; et al. "Stock assessment and management advice of the Iberian sardine". Paper presented in SIBIC2018, VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Faro, 2018.
    Published
  24. Silva, Andreia Vanessa Alves da; Azevedo, manuela; Chaves, Corina; Soares, Eduardo; Marques, Vitor; Nunes, Cristina; Oliveira, Paulo Brás; Wise, Laura.; Silva, Alexandra. "Patterns in chub mackerel abundance and distribution in relation to environmental conditions.". Paper presented in PICES/ICES International Symposium Drivers of Dynamics of Small Pelagic fish Resources., Victoria, 2017.
  25. Silva, Alexandra; Garrido, Susana; Pawlowski, Lionel; Riveiro, Isabel; Ramos, Fernando; Marques, Vitor; Duhamel, Erwan; et al. "Demographic connectivity of sardine in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast region". Paper presented in PICES/ICES International Symposium Drivers of Dynamics of Small Pelagic fish Resources, Victoria, 2017.
    Published
  26. WISE, LAURA; Cristina Galego; Katara, Isidora; Marçalo, Ana; Meirinho, Ana; Monteiro, Silvia; Oliveira, Nuno; et al. "Portuguese purse seine fishery spatio-temporal overlap with top predators.". Paper presented in PICES/ICES International Symposium Drivers of Dynamics of Small Pelagic fish Resources., Victoria, 2017.
    Published
  27. Silva, Andreia Vanessa Alves da; Soares, Eduardo; Oliveira, Paulo Brás; Meneses, Isabel; Silva, Alexandra. "Birthdate distribution of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) juveniles: environmental and parental effects on survival.". Paper presented in Johan Hjort Symposium on Recruitment Dynamics and Stock Variability., Bergen, 2014.
    Published
  28. Silva, Andreia Vanessa Alves da; Silva, Alexandra; Oliveira, Paulo Brás; Meneses, Isabel; De Amaral Pereira Nunes, Cristina; Soares, Eduardo. "Environmental and parental influences on the survival and growth of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) juveniles,". Paper presented in IX Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin., Lisbon, 2012.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Raquel Menezes; Francisco Gonçalves; Daniela Silva; Inês Dias; Alexandra A. Silva. "Geostatistical Models for Identifying Juvenile Fish Hotspots in Marine Conservation". Paper presented in New Frontiers in Statistics and Data Science, Guimarães, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-68949-9_26
  2. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, A.; Coll, M; Steenbeek, Jeroen. "Informing the ecosystem-based fisheries management of the Iberian sardine stock on the Portuguese continental shelf through a spatial-temporal food web model.". Paper presented in The International Symposium on ¿Small Pelagic Fish: New Frontiers in Science for Sustainable Management, Lisbon, 2022.
  3. Nunes C, Silva AV, Feijó D, Soares E, Porfírio AC, Morais D, Correia G, Conceição P da, Silva MC, Chaves C, Marques V, A; Silva, Alexandra. "Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) growth and reproduction off the Portuguese coast in relation to the population dynamics.". Paper presented in XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, 2019.
    Published
  4. Feijó D, Marçalo A, Wise L, Bento T, Marujo D, Pinto D, Lechuga R, Barra J, Correia M., Felício M, Dinis D, et al.; Silva, Alexandra. "The Portuguese purse seine fishery: what has changed in 10 years?". Paper presented in SIBIC2018, VII Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Faro, 2018.
  5. Kerr, Lisa; Hintzen, Niels; Cadrin, Steven X.; Clausen, Lotte Worsøe; Dickey-Collas, Mark; et al.; Silva, Alexandra. "A conceptual framework for understanding the implications of and potential solutions for mismatches in scale of biological population structure and stock units.". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, 2015.
    Published
  6. Marçalo, Ana; Feijó, Diana; Ferreira, Marisa; Silva, Alexandra; Vingada, José Vitor; Eira, Catarina; Diana Feijó. "Integrating knowledge among fishermen and scientists for the conservation of marine protected species in Portugal: developments of the project LIFE + MarPro.". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, Copenhaga, 2015.
    Published
  7. Feijó, Diana; Marçalo, Ana; Vingada, José Vitor; Silva, Alexandra. "Observações a bordo da pescaria do cerco: padrão de actividade, composição das capturas, rendimentos de pesca e interacções com cetáceos em 2010.". Paper presented in IV Fórum Ibero-Americano dos Recursos Marinhos e da Aquacultura, Viana do castelo, 2011.
    Published
  8. Caneco, Bruno; Carmen Fernandez; David Borchers; Silva, Alexandra. "A modelling framework for incorporating uncertainty from catch sampling into inputs and outputs of stock assessment models". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting, 2009.
    Published
  9. Caneco, Bruno; Silva, Alexandra; Morais, Alexandre. "Morphometric variation among anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, L.) populations from the Bay of Biscay and Iberian waters". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting, 2004.
    Published
  10. Silva, A; Azevedo, M; Cabral, H; Machado, P; Murta, A; Silva, MA; ALASKA SEA GRANT COLL PROGRAM. "Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) as a forage fish in Portuguese waters". Paper presented in Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems., Anchorage, 1997.
  11. Cardador, Fátima; Sanchéz, Francisco; Xavier Pereiro; Borges, Maria de Fátima; Caramelo, Ana Maria; Azevedo, Manuela; Silva, Alexandra; et al. "Groundfish surveys in the atlantic Iberian waters (ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa): history and perspectives". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting 1997/Y:08, 1997.
    Published
  12. Silva, Alexandra; Pestana, Graça; Dias, Carlos Afonso Dias; Godinho, Susana. "Preliminary results on the distribution and spawning of blue whiting, Micromesistius poutassou, off the Portuguese coast.". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting, 1996.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Hernández, Carmen; Pérez-Mayol, Sílvia; Carrera, Pablo; Tornero, Jorge; Riveiro, Isabel; Silva, Alexandra; Dueñas-Liaño1, Clara; et al. "The use of otolith microchemistry to investigate the connectivity of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) populations along the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, 2024.
  2. Dias, Inês Caseiro; WISE, LAURA; Araújo, Gonçalo; Katara, Isidora; Rosa, Renato; Silva, Alexandra. "Combining data on fish size and VMS to model the spatio-temporal distribution of sardine and chub mackerel juveniles.". Paper presented in Small Pelagic Fish Symposium: New Frontiers in Science and Sustainable management., 2022.
  3. Dias, Inês Caseiro; Diana Feijó; Silva, Alexandra. "Pilot experiment to evaluate the survival of chub mackerel (Scomber colias) after slipping in the purse seine fishery.". Paper presented in SIMERPE-Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, 2021.
  4. Neves, J., Silva, A., Moreno, A., Veríssimo, A., Santos, A. M., Garrido, S.; Silva, Alexandra. "Otolith shape analysis of the European sardine Sardina pilchardus from Atlantic and Mediterranean waters: connectivity and population density.". Paper presented in . 42nd International Conference of the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), 2019.
  5. Moreno, A.; Garrido, Susana; Silva, A.; Azevedo, M.; Nunes, Cristina. "SARDINHA2020: An Ecosystem approach to Sardine Fisheries Management". Paper presented in XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), 2019.
  6. Mendes, J., Meneses, R., Faria, S.,; Silva, Alexandra. "Analysis of regional and temporal patterns in chub mackerel landings in Portugal.". Paper presented in International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, 2019.
  7. M. Sánchez-Mateo Paniagua; Riveiro, Isabel; Ramos, Fernando; Villamor, Begoña; Carrera, P.; Silva, Alexandra; et al.. "Analysis of the genetic connectivity of anchovy populations from the cantabrian and atlantic coasts of the Iberian Peninsula.". Paper presented in VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences, 2018.
  8. Hérnandez, C.; Villamor, Begoña; Silva, Alexandra; et al.. "Otolith microchemistry approach to determine connectivity of anchovy populations (Engraulis encrasicolus) along the Atlantic coast of Iberian Peninsula.". Paper presented in VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences, 2018.
  9. S. Garrido, A. Marçalo, C. Máguas, R. Maia, M. Ferreira, A. V. Silva, C. Eira, AM Santos, A Silva. "Trophic structure of the pelagic Iberian upwelling ecosystem.". Paper presented in SIBIC2018, VIIIberian Congress of Ichthyology, 2018.
  10. WISE, LAURA; Katara, Isidora; Marçalo, Ana; Monteiro, Silvia; Santos, Jorge; Vingada, José Vitor; Silva, Alexandra. "Cetaceans and fishermen compatibility: potential competition between the common dolphin, minke whale and the Portuguese purse seine fishery". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference, 2016.
  11. Nunes, Cristina; Marques, G.M.; Pecquerie, Laure; Silva, A.; Meneses, I.; Ganias, K.; Sousa, T.. "Predicting the reproductive potential of Atlantic sardine using Dynamic Energy Budget theory". Paper presented in Johan Hjort Symposium on Recruitment Dynamics and Stock Variability, 2014.
  12. Maria Manuel Angélico; Sobrinho-Gonçalves, Luís André; Silva, Alexandra; Marques, Vitor. "Zooplankton distribution during pelagic surveys in Iberian Atlantic waters using image analysis". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference L21-Theme Session L: Pelagic ecosystem dynamics from integrated monitoring surveys, 2014.
  13. Tiago Alexandre Matias da Veiga Malta; Coll, Marta; Silva, Alexandra. "What is the role of Iberian Sardine in the Portuguese pelagic ecosystem?". Paper presented in ICES Annual Science Conference L25-Theme Session L: Pelagic ecosystem dynamics from integrated monitoring surveys, 2014.
  14. Marçalo, A.; Nicolau, Lídia; Ferreira, M.; Vingada, J.; Silva, A.; Pierce, G.J.. "Variability in the diet of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and prey availability along the Portuguese continental coast". Paper presented in 27th European Cetacean Society Annual Conference, 2013.
  15. Marçalo, Ana; Feijo, D.; Ferreira, M.; Silva, A.; Pierce, G.J.; Vingada, J.. "Measurement of operational interactions and bycatch rates of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the purse seine fishery along mainland Portugal.". Paper presented in ICES/PICES Conference 'Oceans of Change' 24-27 April, Palma de Mayorca., 2012.
  16. Feijo, D.; Marçalo, Ana; Vingada, J.; Silva, A.. "Observations onboard purse seiners: activity patterns, capture composition, fishing effort and cetacean interactions in 2010". Paper presented in IV Ibero-American Forum for the Marine Resources and Aquaculture, October 2011, Viana do Castelo, Portugal., 2011.
  17. Martins, M.M.; Nunes, Cristina; Silva, A.. "Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias Gmelin 1798) female maturity evolution since 1981 off Portuguese Continental waters". Paper presented in FRESH Final Conference on Fish Reproduction and Fisheries, 2011.
  18. Silva, Alexandra; De Amaral Pereira Nunes, Cristina; Faria, Sara. "Changes in sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walb.) maturation since the mid 20th century: can environmental and genetic effects be disentangled ?". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting- Theme Session on Fisheries-induced adaptive changes and their consequences: why should we care, and what can we do?, 2010.
  19. Silva, A.; Faria, S.; Nunes, Cristina. "Changes in sardine (Sardina pilchardus) maturation since the mid-twentieth century: can environmental and genetic effects be disentangled?". Paper presented in 2010 ICES Annual Science Conference, 2010.
  20. Nunes, Cristina; Silva, A.; Angélico, M.M.; Stratoudakis, Y.. "Atypical dynamics during the 2001-2002 sardine spawning season off Portugal". Paper presented in NAFO/PICE/ICES Symposium on ¿Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks¿, 2007.
  21. WISE, LAURA; Ferreira, Marisa; Silva, M. A.; Sequeira, M.; Silva, Alexandra. "Fishing activity and interactions with marine mammals.". Paper presented in European Cetacean Society 19th Annual Conference, 2005.
  22. Godinho, Susana; Silva, Alexandra. "The growth of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) off the Portuguese coast.". Paper presented in ICES Council Meeting 1998/OPEN:11, 1998.
Journal article
  1. Alexandra A. Silva; Andreia V. Silva; Corina Chaves; Pablo Carrera; Fernando Ramos; Ana Teles-Machado; Susana Garrido; Cristina Nunes; Tobias Mildenberger. "Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) Population Dynamics in the Atlantic Iberian Waters: Use of Long-Term Regional Data for a Data-Limited Fishery Scomber colias". Fisheries Management and Ecology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12799.
    10.1111/fme.12799
  2. Ruzicka, J; Chiaverano, L; Coll, M; Garrido, S; Tam, J; Murase, H; Robinson, K; et al. "The role of small pelagic fish in diverse ecosystems: knowledge gleaned from food-web models". Marine Ecology Progress Series SPF2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14513.
    Published • 10.3354/meps14513
  3. Inês C. Dias; Ana Marçalo; Diana Feijó; Isabel Domingos; Alexandra A. Silva. "Interactions between the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis , and the Portuguese purse seine fishery over a period of 15 years (2003-2018)". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32 8 (2022): 1351-1364. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3828.
    10.1002/aqc.3828
  4. D. Szalaj; A. Silva; P. Ré; H. Cabral. "Predictions of sardine and the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem dynamics under future fishing, forced-biomass and SST scenarios". Marine Pollution Bulletin 178 (2022): 113594-113594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113594.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113594
  5. Neves, João; Silva, Alexandra; Moreno, Ana; VERISSIMO, ANA; Múrias dos Santos, António; Garrido, Susana. "Population structure of the European sardine Sardina pilchardus from Atlantic and Mediterranean waters based on otolith shape analysis". Fisheries Research 243 (2021): 106050-106050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106050.
    10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106050
  6. Szalaj, Dorota; Silva, Alexandra; Ré, Pedro; Cabral, Henrique. "Detecting Regime Shifts in the Portuguese Continental Shelf Ecosystem Within the Last Three Decades". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629130.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.629130
  7. Szalaj, D.; Torres, M.A.; Veiga-Malta, T.; Angélico, M.M.; Sobrinho-Gonçalves, L.; Chaves, C.; Alcoforado, B.; et al. "Food-web dynamics in the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem between 1986 and 2017: Unravelling drivers of sardine decline". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2021): 107259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107259.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107259
  8. Wise, Laura; Galego, C; Katara, I.; Meirinho, Ana; Marçalo, Ana; Monteiro, SS; Oliveira, Nuno; Silva, Alexandra. "Portuguese purse seine fishery spatial and resource overlap with top predators". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12656.
    10.3354/meps12656
  9. Veiga-Malta, Tiago; Szalaj, Dorota; Angélico, Maria Manuel; Azevedo, manuela; Farias, Inês; Garrido, Susana; Lourenço, Sílvia; et al. "First representation of the trophic structure and functioning of the Portuguese continental shelf ecosystem: insights into the role of sardine". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12724.
    10.3354/meps12724
  10. García-Seoane, Eva; Marques, Vítor; Silva, Alexandra; Angélico, Maria Manuel. "Spatial and temporal variation in pelagic community of the western and southern Iberian Atlantic waters". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.03.018.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2019.03.018
  11. Silva, Alexandra; Garrido, Susana; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Pawlowski, Lionel; Riveiro, Isabel; Marques, Vítor; Ramos, Fernando; et al. "Adult-mediated connectivity and spatial population structure of sardine in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.10.010.
    10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.10.010
  12. Nunes, Cristina; Silva, Andreia; Feijó, Diana; Soares, Eduardo; Porfírio, Ana Carolina; Morais, Delfina; Correia, Georgina; et al. "Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) growth and reproduction off the Portuguese coast in relation to the population dynamics". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00022.
    10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00022
  13. Szalaj, Dorota; WISE, LAURA; Rodríguez-Climent, Sílvia; Angélico, Maria Manuel; Marques, Vitor; Chaves, Corina; Silva, Maria; Cabral, Henrique. "A GIS-based framework for addressing conflicting objectives in the context of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management—a case study of the Portuguese sardine fishery". ICES Journal of Marine Science (2018): https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy094.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsy094
  14. Rosa, Renato; Vaz, João; Mota, Rui; Silva, Alexandra. "Preference for landings smoothing and risk of collapse in optimal fishery policies: the Ibero-Atlantic sardine fishery". Environmental and Resource Economics (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0187-7.
    10.1007/s10640-017-0187-7
  15. Feijó, Diana; Marçalo, Ana; Bento, Tiago; Barra, Jorge; Marujo, Débora; Correia, Mário; Silva, Alexandra. "Trends in the activity pattern, fishing yields, catch and landing composition between 2009 and 2013 from onboard observations in the Portuguese purse seine fleet". Regional Studies in Marine Science 23 (2018): 97-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2017.12.007.
    10.1016/j.rsma.2017.12.007
  16. Marçalo, Ana; Nicolau, Lídia; Ferreira, Marisa; Santos, Jorge; Giménez, Joan; Araújo, Hélder; Silva, Maria; Vingada, José Vitor; Pierce, Graham J.. "Feeding ecology of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Western Iberian waters: has the decline in sardine (Sardina pilchardus) affected dolphin diet?". Marine Biology (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3285-3.
    10.1007/s00227-018-3285-3
  17. Pereira, Jorge M; Kruger, Lucas; Oliveira, Nuno; Meirinho, Ana; Silva, Maria; Ramos, Jaime A.; Paiva, Vitor H.. "Using a multi-model ensemble forecasting approach to identify key marine protected areas for seabirds in the Portuguese coast". Ocean & Coastal Management (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.014.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.12.014
  18. Jardim, Ernesto; Eero, Margit; Silva, Maria; Ulrich, Clara; Pawloski, Lionel; Holmes, Steven J.; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; De Oliveira, José A.A.. "Testing spatial heterogeneity with stock assessment models". PLOS ONE (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190791.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0190791
  19. Susana Garrido; Alexandra Silva; Vitor Marques; Ivone Figueiredo; Philippe Bryère; Antoine Mangin; A. Miguel P. Santos. "Temperature and food-mediated variability of European Atlantic sardine recruitment". Progress in Oceanography 159 (2017): 267-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.10.006.
    10.1016/j.pocean.2017.10.006
  20. Sílvia Rodríguez-Climent; Maria Manuel Angélico; Vítor Marques; Paulo Oliveira; Laura Wise; Alexandra Silva. "Essential habitat for sardine juveniles in Iberian waters". Scientia Marina 81 3 (2017): 351-351. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04554.07A.
    10.3989/scimar.04554.07A
  21. Katara, I.; Silva, A.. "Mismatch between VMS data temporal resolution and fishing activity time scales". Fisheries Research 188 (2017): 1-5. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008871472&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  22. Malta, T.; Santos, P.T.; Santos, A.M.P.; Rufino, M.; Silva, A.. "Long-term variations in Ibero-Atlantic sardine (Sardina pilchardus) population dynamics: Relation to environmental conditions and exploitation history". Fisheries Research 179 (2016): 47-56. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958162290&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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    10.1071/MF13229
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    10.3989/scimar.03852.03A
  32. Martins, M.M.; Skagen, D.; Marques, V.; Zwolinski, J.; Silva, A.. "Changes in the abundance and spatial distribution of the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in the pelagic ecosystem and fsheries off Portugal | Cambios en la abundancia y distribución espacial del estornino del Atlántico (Scomber colias) en el ecosistema pelágico y pesquerias de portugal". Scientia Marina 77 4 (2013): 551-563. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890050854&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3989/scimar.03861.07B
  33. Kasapidis, P.; Silva, A.; Zampicinini, G.; Magoulas, A.. "Evidence for microsatellite hitchhiking selection in European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and implications in inferring stock structure.". Scientia Marina 76 1 (2012): 123-132. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857560434&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3989/scimar.03366.29B
  34. Nunes, C.; Silva, A.; Marques, V.; Ganias, K.. "Integrating fish size, condition, and population demography in the estimation of atlantic sardine annual fecundity | Integración de la talla, condición y demografía poblacional en la estimación de la fecundidad anual de la sardina iberoatlántica". Ciencias Marinas 37 4 B (2011): 565-584. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955649205&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  35. Nunes, C.; Silva, A.; Soares, E.; Ganias, K.. "The use of hepatic and somatic indices and histological information to characterize the reproductive dynamics of Atlantic sardine sardina pilchardus from the Portuguese coast". Marine and Coastal Fisheries 3 1 (2011): 127-144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955668418&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  6. ICES. 2020. Workshop on Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) (WKCOLIAS). ICES Scientific Reports.. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5970.
    Editor
  7. ICES. 2020. Working Group on Southern Horse Mackerel, Anchovy and Sardine (WGHANSA). ICES Scientific Reports.. https://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Expert%20Group%20Report/Fisheries%20Resources%20Steering%20Group/2020/WGHANSA/01%20WGHANSA%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Working%20Group%20on%20Southern%20Horse%20Mackerel,%20Anchovy%20and%20Sardine.pdf.
    Editor
  8. Moreno, A., Silva, A., Melo, A. A., Pereira, B., Silva, C., Feijó, D., Soares, E., Borges, F., Mendes, H., Farias, I.,. 2019. Estado dos stocks em 2019 e aconselhamento científico para a sua gestão em 2020. http://www.ipma.pt/export/sites/ipma/bin/docs/publicacoes/pescas.mar/RA-estado.recursos.explorados.2020.pdf.
  9. Citores, Leire; WISE, LAURA; Ibaibarriaga, Leire; Silva, Alexandra; Garrido, Susana; Mendes, Hugo; Riveiro, Isabel. 2019. Workshop on the Iberian Sardine Management and Recovery Plan (WKSARMP). https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Workshop_on_the_Iberian_Sardine_Management_and_Recovery_Plan_WKSARMP_/18621695.
  10. Maria Manuel Angélico, Miguel Bernal, Paz Díaz, Ana Lago de Lanzós, Cristina Nunes, José Ramón Pérez, Alexandra Silva. 2018. Sardine DEPM surveys in Atlantic Iberian waters, In: Pelagic survey series for sardine and anchovy in ICES subareas 8 and 9 - Towards an ecosystem pproach.. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/305926.
    10.4095/305926
  11. Marques, Vitor; Angélico, Maria Manuel; Soares, Eduardo; Silva, Alexandra; Nunes, Cristina. 2018. Autumn acoustic surveys off the Portuguese continental shelf and Gulf of Cádiz, In: Pelagic survey series for sardine and anchovy in ICES subareas 8 and 9 - Towards an ecosystem pproach, pp. 151-163, ICES Cooperative Research Report.
  12. Marçalo, Ana; Sequeira, Marina; Nicolau, Lídia; Azevedo, M.; Fernandes, A.C.; Silva, A.. 2018. Annual report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 812/2004-2017.
  13. Stratoudakis, Yorgos; Figueiredo, Ivone; Silva, Alexandra. 2016. Relatório final do projeto CERTIFICA-Certificação MSC em Portugal: obtenção de conhecimento e estudos de viabilidade para candidaturas de pescarias costeiras e artesanaisMarço.
  14. Vítor Marques; Silva, Alexandra; Eduardo Soares; Sílvia Rodríguez-Climent; Raquel Marques. 2016. Relatório final do projeto SARECOOP-Avaliação do recrutamento da sardinha para a gestão sustentável da pescaria do cerco - cooperação entre os agentes da pescaria.
  15. ICES. 2016. Report of the Workshop on Atlantic Sardine. ICES CM 2016.. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19284746.
    Editor
  16. Silva, Alexandra; Moreno, Ana; Riveiro, Isabel; Santos, Begoña; Pita, Cristina; Garcia-Rodrigues, José; Villasante, Sebastian; Pawlowski, Lionel; Duhamel, Erwan. 2015. Sardine Fisheries: Resource assessment and social and economic situation..
  17. Silva, Alexandra; Matos, André; Santos, Miguel. A; Marques, Vitor; Barra, J; Bento, Tiago; Guerreiro, Miguel; et al. 2014. RELATÓRIO DA CAMPANHA JUVESAR13. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314371210_RELATORIO_DA_CAMPANHA_JUVESAR13_02061013.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.13847.98727
  18. Rodríguez-Climent S, Silva A, Martins R. 2013. Relatório de Caracterização da Pesca com Arte-Xávega-Anexo Técnico.
  19. Azevedo, manuela; Silva, Alexandra; Gaspar, Miguel; Silva, Cristina; Murta, Alberto; Moura, Teresa; Santos, Miguel Neves. 2012. Avaliação inicial do estado ambiental das populações de peixes e moluscos explorados comercialmente na ZEE continental portuguesa: Descritor 3 da Directiva Quadro da Estratégia Marinha (DQEM)..
  20. Feijó, Diana; Marçalo, Ana; WISE, LAURA; Silva, Alexandra. 2012. Protocolo de Amostragem a Bordo da Pesca do Cerco. Relatórios Científicos e Técnicos do IPIMAR, Série digital. https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/docs/publicacoes.site/docweb/2012/Reln57final.pdf.
  21. Diana Feijó; Marçalo, Ana; Wise, L.; Silva, Alexandra. 2011. Protocolo de Amostragem a Bordo da Pesca do Cerco. https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/docs/publicacoes.site/docweb/2012/Reln57final.pdf.
  22. Soares, Eduardo; Silva, Alexandra; Morais, Alexandre. 2007. Workshop on sardine otolith age reading and biology.. https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/docs/publicacoes.site/docweb/2007/Reln42final.pdf.
  23. Wise, L.; Ferreira, Marisa; Silva, Mónica A.; Sequeira, Marina; Silva, Alexandra. 2005. Estudo das Interacções entre Mamíferos Marinhos e a Pesca de Cerco na Costa Oeste Portuguesa.. https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/docs/publicacoes.site/docweb/2005/Reln26final.pdf.
  24. Wise, L.; Ferreira, Marisa; Silva, Alexandra. 2005. Caracterização da Pesca de Cerco na Costa Oeste Portuguesa.. https://www.ipma.pt/resources.www/docs/publicacoes.site/docweb/2005/Reln24final.pdf.
  25. Godinho, Susana; Adelaide Resende; Silva, Alexandra. 2001. Análise da amostragem biológica de Verdinho (Micromesistius poutassou) proveniente dos desembarques comerciais entre 1997 e 1998..
  26. Cardador, Fátima; Borges, Maria de Fátima; Duarte, Rafael; Silva, Alexandra. 1999. Principais resultados do cruzeiro de pesca demersal Outono 989 na costa continental Portuguesa.. Godinho, S., Silva, A., Resende, A. 2001 – Análise da amostragem biológica de Verdinho (Micromesistius poutassou) proveniente dos desembarques comerciais entre 1997 e 1998. Relat. Cient. Téc. Inst. Invest. Pescas Mar, nº66. Cardador, F., Borges, L., Duarte, R., Silva, A. 1999 –. Rel. Cient. Téc. Int. Inv. Pescas e do Mar, nº 38..
  27. Silva, Alexandra. 1994. Biologia e Pesca dos areeiros, Lepidorhombus boscii e L. whiffiagonis. Síntese dos conhecimentos actuais..
  28. Silva, Alexandra. 1992. Contribuição para o conhecimento da pesca do Peixe-galo (Zeus faber, Linnaeus, 1758) na costa continental Portuguesa.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Alexandra. "Geographic variation in sardine population traits: implications for stock assessment.". PhD, Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/250.
  2. Silva, Alexandra. "Morphometric variation of sardine using multivariate statistical analysis". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 2002.
  3. Silva, Alexandra. "Contribuição para o estudo da inanição dos estados larvares da sardinha". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 1988.
Working paper
  1. Amorim, P.; Marques, V.; Angélico, Maria; Silva, A.; Nunes, C.; Soares, E.; Henriques, Elisabete; Oliveira, N.; Moreno, Ana. 2019. "PELAGO19 acoustic survey in the Atlantic Iberian Waters of ICES area 9a (River Minho - Cape Trafalgar) - WGACEGG".
  2. Marques, V.; Moreno, Ana; Amorim, p.; Silva, A.; Henriques, Elisabete; Soares, E.; Nunes, C.; et al. 2018. "PELAGO18 acoustic survey in the Atlantic Iberian Waters of ICES area 9a (River Minho - Cape Trafalgar) - ICES WGACEGG".
  3. Marques, V.; Angélico, Maria; Nunes, C.; Moreno, Ana; Silva, A.; Henriques, Elisabete. 2017. "Atlantic Iberian Waters of ICES area 9a (River Minho - Cabo Trafalgar): PELAGO17 acoustic estimations for sardine and anchovy and PTDEPM17-PIL summary - WGHANSA".
  4. Marques, V.; Angélico, Maria; Moreno, Ana; Nunes, C.; Soares, E.; García Seoane, E.; Silva, A. V.; et al. 2016. "PELAGO16 Spring Acoustics Survey in Atlantic Iberian waters of ICES area 9a (Cabo Trafalgar to River Minho) - WGACEGG".
  5. Marques, V.; Angélico, Maria; Moreno, Ana; Nunes, C.; Soares, E.; Garcia-Seoane, E; Silva, A.; Amorim, P.; Henriques, Elisabete. 2016. "Spring 2016 Acoustics and DEPM surveys in ICES area IXa. (PELAGO16 and PT-DEPM16- HOM) - Sardine and Anchovy echo-acoustics estimations - WGHANSA".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10 Beyond the SINGLE paradigm: multi-area, multi-species and bioeconomic models for stock assessment and fisheries management SIMERPE2- Second Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Instituto Español de Oceanografía (El Puerto de Santa María, Spain)
2023/09/11 Regime-shifts for Iberian sardine: a multi-model approach ICES Annual Science Conference
(Bilbao, Spain)
2023/09/11 Dynamic harvest control rules based on recruitment levels to manage stocks of uncertain productivity: application to Iberian sardine ICES Annual Science Conference
(Bilbao, Spain)
2023/01/23 Investigating fish spatial population dynamics with GAMs and area based stock assessment models. Workshop on "Advanced Species Distribution Modeling"
University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022/07/28 The Iberian sardine fishery. Science towards a sustainable ocean by 2030: International accountability, best practices and success stories.
United Nations Conference 2022. Side Event Mexico and Spain. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/02/26 Riscos das alterações climáticas para os recursos pesqueiros. Seminário "Alterações climáticas e recursos marinhos: passado, presente e futuro"
Conselho Científico, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/11/16 Recursos da pesca Portuguesa: estado atual e perspetivas. Encontro Nacional: Desafiar o futuro das pescas (Dia Nacional do Mar)
Câmara Municipal de Sesimbra (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2019/05/15 Lecture at ISPA: Sardine (Sardina pilchardus): assessment and management Master in Marine Biology and Conservation
ISPA-Instituto Universitário de Psicologia Aplicada (Portugal)
2019/05/09 Lecture at University of Lisbon: The purse seine fishery in Portugal Master in Marine Ecology-Seminars
University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences
2019/05/02 IPMA: Division of Modelling and Management of Fishery Resources.
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/03/06 Reducing seabird bycatch in European Waters. How is IPMA participating ? What can be improved ? Workshop Reducing seabird bycatch in European Waters – Challenges & Opportunities
SPEA - Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Peniche, Portugal)
2018/12/20 Nem só de sardinha vive a pesca do cerco : como têm evoluído as populações de cavala e biqueirão na costa continental Portuguesa. Palestras Quintas do MARE
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/04/11 Lecture at University of Lisbon: Research and monitoring for advice sardine fisheries management. Master in Marine Ecology-Seminars
University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences
2018/03/23 Lecture at University of Algarve: Research and monitoring for advice sardine fisheries management Degree in Marine Biology - Discipline Fisheries and Aquaculture
University of Algarve
2005/11/23 Lecture at University of Lisbon: Assessment and management of the sardine stock Master in Marine biology-Discipline Assessment and management of fishing resources
University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences (Lisbon, Portugal)
2002/12/11 Lecture University of Algarve: Sardine biology Mater in Fisheries Biology and Aquaculture
(Faro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10 - Current Rejeições na pesca de cerco na costa Portuguesa
Co-supervisor
 Ecologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/10 - Current Padrões regionais e temporais dos desembarques de espécies acessórias da pesca do cerco
Co-supervisor
 Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental (Specialization course)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/05/01 - Current Fisheries footprint and sustainability: a spatial assessment framework.
Co-supervisor
 Doctoral Program in Marine, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Marine and Environmental Sciences Branch Fisheries and Aquaculture. (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021/04/12 - Current Temporal changes in purse seine fishery: from fishing dynamics to stakeholders.
Co-supervisor
 PhD Program in Marine Science, Technology and Management. (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01/01 - 2029/01/01 Development of spatial and bioeconomic models for the European sardine fishery.
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/12/01 - 2028/11/30 Distributed Statistical Learning: Addressing Privacy Challenges in Marine Sciences and Beyond.
Co-supervisor
 Estatística Aplicada (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/10/01 - 2028/09/30 Spatial-temporal modelling as a tool to assess the impact of offshore wind farms on marine ecosystem and fisheries.
Co-supervisor
 Ciências do Mar (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2025/03/01 - 2028/02/28 Assess the abundance and exploitation status of data-limited species.
Co-supervisor
 Doctoral Program in Marine Sciences, Technology and Management (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2022/04/01 - 2022/09/21 Análise de padrões regionais e temporais nos desembarques da pesca do cerco em Portugal Continental.
Co-supervisor
 Licenciatura em Estatística Aplicada (LEAp) (Degree)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2021/11/10 An ecosystem approach to pelagic fisheries management in portuguese continetal waters
Co-supervisor
 Marine Sciences (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/12/15 Interações entre cetáceos e a pesca do cerco em Portugal: o que mudou com as alterações da comunidade de pequenos peixes pelágicos.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Ecologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Análise de padrões e correlação entre variáveis nos desembarques de peixes pelágicos em Portugal, 2003-2017 - Caso da cavala.
Co-supervisor
 Appllied Statistics. (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Variação de longo-termo na dinâmica populacional da sardinha em relação às condições oceanográficas e à pesca
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Caraterização da pesca do cerco na costa Portuguesa
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Estudo morfométrico das populações de biqueirão (Engraulis encrasicholus) da Península Ibérica e Golfo da Biscaia
Co-supervisor
 Biologia ;Marinha e Pescas (Degree)
2011 - 2011 Crescimento diário de juvenis de sardinha (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum 1792): relação com actividade reprodutiva e condições ambientais
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Ecologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Reproductive potential in an indeterminate batch-spawning fish, the Atlanto-Iberian sardine
Co-supervisor
2010 - 2011 Interacções tróficas entre sardinha (Sardina pilchardus) e cavala (Scomber colias)
Co-supervisor
 Master in Aquaculture and Fisheries (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Population structure of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) using otolith microchemical signatures.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2009/01 - 2009/11 Estudo da relação entre o peso dos otólitos, a idade e o comprimento dos juvenis de sardinha (Sardina pilchardus Walb.)
Co-supervisor
2008 - 2009 Modelação do crescimento de Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) em duas zonas (oceanograficamente distintas) da costa portuguesa
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2004/09/01 - 2004/12/15 Padrões de maturação e crescimento da sardinha (Sardina pilchardus): comparação das décadas de 1940 1970 com anos recentes.
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha e Biotecnologia (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, Portugal
1999 - 2000 Biologia da reprodução do verdinho (Micromesistius poutassou) na costa continental Portuguesa
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Marinha e Pescas (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Palestras da Divisão de Modelação e Recursos da Pesca. (2022/01/01)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
1992/10 - Current II Congresso Nacional dos Biólogos (1992/10 - 1992/10)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Biólogos – APB, Portugal
2024/07/28 - 2024/08/03 AMARE-MED 2024 - Advanced school on Multispecies modelling Approaches for ecosystem based marine REsource management in the MEDiterranean Sea. School on modelling trawl survey data using traditional and geostatistical methods and their use in multispecies models for fisheries management. (2024 - 2024)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 IPMA- Portiguese Institute for the Atmosphere and the Sea, OGS ECHO group, Dynamics of Ecosystems and Computational Oceanography, Portugal
1995/06/02 - 1995/06/03 III Congresso Nacional de Biólogos (1995/06/02 - 1995/06/03)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Biólogos – APB, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/03 - 2025/02/07 WKCOMPORE – Workshop to compile evidence on the impacts of offshore renewable energy on fisheries and marine ecosystems.
Workshop
 Workshop to compile evidence on the impacts of offshore renewable energy on fisheries and marine ecosystems.
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2024/06/01 - 2024/06/06 Participation in meeting of the Working Group on Offshore Wind Development and Fisheries (WGOWDF)
Workshop
 Working Group on Offshore Wind Development and Fisheries (WGOWDF)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2024/04/29 - 2024/05/03 Participation in the meeting of the Workshop to develop guidelines on how to approach the ecological, economic and social trade-offs between offshore renewable energy developments (wind farms) and fisheries (WKWIND)
Workshop
 Workshop to develop guidelines on how to approach the ecological, economic and social trade-offs between offshore renewable energy developments (wind farms) and fisheries (WKWIND)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2023 - 2023 Discussion of approaches for integrated management of marine ecosystems.
Workshop
 Working Group on Ecosystem Assessment of Western European Shelf Seas
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/06 Fisheries advice for small pelagic fish stocks in the Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast ecoregion.
Workshop
 Anchovy and Sardine Advice drafting Group (ADGANSA)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/06 Species distribution models: a hierarchical Bayesian modelling approach
Workshop
 Advanced Species Distribution Modeling
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2022/06/06 - 2022/06/09 Fisheries advice for demersal stocks of the Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast ecoregion.
Workshop
 Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Waters Advice Drafting Group (ADGBBI)¿
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2004/03/03 - 2004/03/10 Workshop on Advanced Fish Stock Assessment Techniques
Workshop
 Workshop on Advanced Fish Stock Assessment Techniques, https://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/CM Doccuments/2004/D/WKAFAT04.pdf
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/11/10 An ecosystem approach to pelagic fisheries management in Portuguese continental waters.
Supervisor
 Dorota Szalaj (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/07/15 From habitat to management: a simulation framework for improving statistical methods in fisheries science.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Leire Citores Martinez (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2021/03/04 Modelação geoestatística da abundância de peixes.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Katy Garcia de Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2019/06/14 Análise de padrões e correlação entre variáveis nos desembarques de peixes pelágicos em Portugal, 2003-2017: Caso da Cavala.
Supervisor
 João Alexandre Ferreira Couto Mendes (Other)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2015/12/01 Estudio de la dinámica de poblaciones pelágicas de peces mediante técnicas hidroacústicas
Thesis Member
 Pablo Carrera López (PhD)
Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2015/11/14 Quantification of key biological processes determining the dynamics and the assessment of the anchovy population in the Bay of Biscay: growth, reproduction, demography and natural mortality
Thesis Member
 Andrés Uriarte Seminario (PhD)
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
2014/12/03 Assessing the impact of human activities on the fish assemblages from the Ebro Delta coastal lagoons: towards a sustainable management model
Thesis Member
 Sílvia Rodríguez Climent (PhD)
Universidade de Barcelona-Faculdade de Biologia, Spain
2012/06/12 An integrative study to the functioning of the Flemish Cap demersal community
Thesis Member
 Alfonso Pérez Rodríguez (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - 2025 Fisheries Management and Ecology
2024 - 2024 Fisheries Reserach
2023/01/03 - 2023/01/10 Fisheries Research Elsevier
2021/02/08 - 2021/03/09 Conservation Physiology Oxford Univrsity Press
2018/01/05 - 2018/01/05 African Journal of Marine Science (1814-2338) Taylor & Francis
2016/03/10 - 2016/03/10 ICES Journal of Marine Science (1095-9289) Oxford University Press
2014/04/28 - 2014/04/28 Cahiers de Biologie Marine (2262-3094) Station Biologique de Roscoff
2011/10/26 - 2011/11/17 Fisheries Research Elsevier
2009/03/04 - 2009/03/04 Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria (1734-1515) Sofia: Pensoft Publishers
2008/12/10 - 2009/01/19 ICES Journal of Marine Science (1095-9289) Oxford University Press
2007/11/20 - 2007/12/13 Marine Biology (1432-1793) Springer-Verlag Germany

Association member

Society Organization name Role
1990 - 1995 Associação Portuguesa de Biólogos Member of the Board in 1992/1993; member of Annual Congresses Organizations in 1992/1995; member of the Organizing Committees of several courses.

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2014/01/01 - Current ICES Advisory Committee (ACOM).
Member
 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark
2010/01 - 2019/06/01 Stakeholder commission for the sardine fishery
Member
 DGRM - Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services , Portugal
2013 - 2015 Stakeholder commission of the Portuguese beach-seine fishery.
Member
 DGRM - Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services , Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/09/20 - Current Television documentary: "Sardinha Portuguesa: Uma riqueza natural.
2021/01/11 - 2021/02/28 Reviewer of the Benchmark Workshop on sardine and anchovy stock assessment in the Western Mediterranean Sea (GSA6-7, Catalan Sea and Gulf of Lion) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
2019/12/09 - 2020/04/17 Reviewer of the Benchmark Workshop on sardine and anchovy stock assessment in the Southwest Mediterranean Sea (GSA1-3, Alboran Sea) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Italy
2018/10/15 - 2019/01/01 Reviewer of the monitoring program of the main pelagic fisheries of the central-south zone of Chile. Universidade Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
2018/11/05 - 2018/11/09 Reviewer of the ICES Benchmark Workshop on sprat (WKSPRAT). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/05/17 - Current SPICT- um modelo de produção geral para avaliar o estado de exploração de recursos pesqueiros Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Mestrado em Recursos Biológicos Aquáticos Pescas (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
1996/02/17 - 1997/03/08 Biology of Fishing Resources Fishing skippers Courses of 1996 and 1997 (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Escola Profissional de Pesca, Portugal
1993/03/01 - 1993/06/18 Environment, conservation and protected areas. Regional Heritage Technicians (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) NERSET and Concilium, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/06/15 Article "Portugal é louco por ela. Um ensaio sobre a sardinha" Jornal Expresso
2017/04 Contribution to the article "Portugal's sardine fishery is in crisis: stocks are shrinking and no one knows why." Süddeutsche Zeitung
2015/07/08 Participation in the infographics "Vem aí a época da sardinha: Sabe porquê ?" Dinheiro Vivo
2015/07 Article "A situação da sardinha" MARÉS. Revista da Mútua dos Pescadores para o Mar e Economia Social, Nº 72, julho 2015, p15.
2015/05/31 Article "Portugal consome 13 sardinhas por segundo em Junho" O Público
2013/02/01 Sardinha portuguesa recupera rótulo de sustentabilidade/Portuguese sardine regains sustainability label O Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022 - 2022 Documentary. Sardinha Portuguesa: uma riqueza natural.
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/05 Fronteiras XX1 Oceanic Research vessel "Mar Portugal"
2015/02/05 - 2015/02/05 Documentary "O mar a terra prometida- episódio 11-Pescado" Fisheries
2014/10/21 - 2014/10/21 Evening News SIC Notícias The abundance of the Iberian sardine stock decreased 60% in the last decade.
2014/10/10 - 2014/10/10 Portugal Em Directo Pesca da sardinha
2014/05/23 - 2014/05/23 Bombordo - Episódio 2 Canudos de Prata

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/03/09 - Current FISHES MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/03/20 - 2023/07/15 Spatio-temporal analysis of purse seine fisheries in Italy Domenico Sciorciaro
2018/02/12 - 2018/03/02 Improve knowledge on sardine stock assessment with the model Stock Synthesis, incorporating stock structure hypothesis and environmentally-driven dynamics Matthieu Véron
2012/05 - 2013/02 Growth and maturation of lanternfish. Eva Garcia-Seoane

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2001 - 2015 Participation in more than ten acoustic-trawl research surveys (more than 150 days-at-sea) to monitor pelagic fish distribution and abundance in Portuguese waters; project PNAB-DCF; cruise leader of three surveys, collaboration in acoustic recording, fish identification and biological sampling. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
1999 - 2000 Participation in two acoustic-trawl research surveys (30 days-at-sea) aiming to study the distribution and abundance of blue whiting on the Portuguese waters; project PRAXIS XXI Ref 2/2.1/MAR/1710/95; collaboration in fish identification and biological sampling,
1991 - 1995 Participation in six groundfish surveys (90 days at sea) in Portuguese waters; projects CEE-FAR 1.203 MA and SEFOS; collaboration in fish identification and biological sampling. Instituto Português de Investigação do Mar (IPIMAR), Portugal
1987 - 1989 Participation in six oceanographic research surveys (45 days-at-sea) ; project JNICT nº 87344/MAR; collaboration in plankton sampling and collection of oceanographic parameters Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas - INIP, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Relevant contribution to fish stock assessment.
SIMERPE2- Second Iberian Symposium on Modeling and Assessment of Fishery Resources, Spain