Pierluigi
Carbonara
Researcher, Vice-President and Board Member
Research interests:
I'm a fisheries scientist with experience in fishery biology /ecology and fish population dynamics. My activity is focused on age reading/validation in fish (otolith, spine, vertebrae etc); reproductive biology in fish, crustacean and cephalopods; LFDs analysis; fish tagging; bycatch; Vulnerable Merine Ecosystem. I carried out several trawl surveys, discard and landing sampling project. In the last 20 years I conducted studies on fish behavior and physiology by telemetry tools in both captivity (aquaculture) and wild environment.
Articles:
Titolo | Anno | Rivista |
|---|---|---|
Age and growth of bamboo coral Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788): a Mediterranean Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa. | 2025 | Coral Reefs |
Growth pattern and exploitation status of two Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) stocks in Sardinian waters (Western Mediterranean) | 2025 | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
Classification of European Illex coindetii and Loligo forbesii Squid Stocks by Trace Element Analysis of Statoliths. | 2025 | Fisheries Management and Ecology |
Unveiling the biochemical and haematological profile of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Mediterranean after bycatch | 2025 | Conservation Physiology |
Stock discrimination of two European squids (Illex coindetii, Loligo forbesii) by statolith shape analysis | 2024 | Fisheries Management and Ecology |
Biography:
Researcher at COISPA since 1994. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology. He has 25 years of experience in fisheries biology and aquaculture. He has long international experience in the field of age determination in fish and in the study of reproductive processes in cephalopod fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Since 2002, he has participated in national fisheries data collection programs established in compliance with European Regulations, coordinating scientific fishing surveys and biological sampling of commercial catches. He is responsible for the Experimental Aquaculture Laboratory (EAL) and the Energy Metabolism and Telemetry Laboratory (EMTEL). He has authored or co-authored more than 90 scientific papers.