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Rui Miguel Oliveira Martins Regional Director for Maritime Policies
Biographical Note
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Academic Qualifications

  • PhD in Marine Sciences, specialisation in Marine Resources, area: Population Dynamics, May 2003, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores, Portugal.
  • Thesis theme: "Estimation and management of the abundance of Azorean demersal species" Advisors:  Dr Helder Marques da Silva (PDO/UAz, Portugal) and Dr Michael Sigler (Auke Bay Laboratory - NOAA-Alaska, USA) with the "Highest Honours" (summa cum laude) by unanimity.
  • Master's Degree, July 1996, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores, Portugal.
  • Thesis theme: “General Production Models.” Advisors: Professor Emygdio Landerset Cadima (University of Algarve, Portugal) and Professor João Gil Pereira (University of the Azores, Portugal).  
  • Degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries, May 1990, University of Algarve, Portugal.
  • Thesis theme: "Assessment of the Red Shrimp Population (Aristeus antenatus, Risso, 1816) on the Algarve Coast." Advisors: Professor Emygdio Landerset Cadima (University of Algarve, Portugal) and Dr Miguel Carvalho (National Institute of Fisheries Research, Regional Fisheries Research Centre - Olhão).

Professional Experience

  • 2019 - 2021 - Coordinator of the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores.
  • 2019 - Member of the Commission on Teaching, member of the General Assembly and of the Scientific Committee of the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of the Azores.
  • 2018 - 2021 - President of the Azores Fisheries Observer Programme (POPA).
  • 2018 - 2021 - President of the Institute of Marine Research (IMAR).
  • 2017 - Member of the Installing Committee of the School of Technologies of the University of the Azores.
  • 2003 - present - Assistant researcher - Department of Oceanography and Fisheries - University of the Azores.
  • 1998 - present - Lecturer for the Marine Biology and Marine Sciences degree programmes and for the Master's programme in Integrated Ocean Studies and Erasmus Mundus Master's programme in Maritime Spatial Planning.
  • 1996 - 2003 - Research Assistant - Department of Oceanography and Fisheries - University of the Azores.
  • 1993 - 1996 - Research Trainee - Department of Oceanography and Fisheries - University of the Azores.
  • 1991 - Consultant for the Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD) at the Fisheries Research Institute of Mozambique.
  • 1990 - Teacher at Quarteira School of Maritime Technologies.

Scientific Career

  • 1993 - 1998 - Member of the Portuguese scientific delegation to the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) of the International Committee for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT).
  • 1993 - 2000 - Scientific coordinator of the research vessel Arquipélago.
  • 1998 - present - Member of the Working Group on Biology and Assessment of Deep-sea Fisheries Resources (WGDEEP) of the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
  • 2005 - present - Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes (WGEF) of the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
  • 2006 - 2021 - Co-coordinator of the annual Survey Cruise for the monitoring of demersal species in the Azores (DEMERSAIS).
  • 2010 - Member of the Working Group for North-east Atlantic Continental Slope Survey (WGNEACS) of the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
  • 2012 - Member of the Working Group on Southern Horse Mackerel, Anchovy and Sardine (WGHANSA) of the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
  • 2015 - Member of the Expert Group of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (FAO/CECAF) on stock assessment methods and review of small pelagic and demersal assessments.
  • 2020 - Coordinator of the Working Group on Integrated Assessment of the Azores (WGIAZOR) of the International Committee for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

Publications

Author of about 50 articles published in indexed international journals and numerous posters, conference proceedings, and scientific and technical reports on his area of expertise.

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