Researcher with extensive experience across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, the Persian Gulf and the Pacific in coordinating fisheries data collection, management projects and sustainable development initiatives, with a focus on labour and remuneration in fisheries. He holds a degree in Environmental Sciences and an MBA from the University of Genoa. He began his career in 2003 at IREPA, specializing in the coordination of the national network of surveyors of the Italian National Fisheries Data Collection Programme, gaining in-depth knowledge of fishing communities, key stakeholders and fish market dynamics. He later obtained a PhD in Fisheries Economics. Since 2011 he has collaborated with FAO on projects addressing socio-economic aspects, sustainable development and fisheries data analysis. He is the author of the FAO manual on socio-economic data collection and analysis in fisheries, recognized as an international reference. Since 2013 he has been a founding partner and researcher at NISEA.
