Cristina Pita

Commercial fisheries (especially small-scale fisheries), marine recreational fisheries, aquaculture, seafood markets and market tools, sustainable use of marine resources, coastal governance, coastal community development.

• Principal researcher in the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Portugal
• Invited assistant professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Co-leader of CESAM’s marine ecosystems and resources research line
• Leader of the Coastal and Ocean Planning and Governance (COPING) group
• Part of several international committees in the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (e.g., ICES-SOCIAL, ICES-WGRMES, ICES- WGCEPH, ICES-SIHD)
• Member of the management committee of two COST actions (OCEANGOV and MARCONS)
• Part of the pool of national experts for the United Nations World Ocean Assessment (UN-WOAII), as an expert in socioeconomic aspects of fisheries
• Assistant researcher, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Education

• Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Aberdeen, UK
• PhD in social and environmental sustainability (2010), University of Aberdeen, UK
• MSc in marine and coastal studies (2003), University of the Algarve, Portugal
• Honours degree in marine biology: fisheries and aquaculture (1998), University of the Algarve, Portugal