Catarina Abril

Graduated from the University of Algarve in Marine Biology and with a Master’s degree in Marine Biology and Conservation from ISPA, she is a true “sharky”. Her love of sharks earned her the South African Shark Conservancy’s Women in Shark Science scholarship in 2019, allowing her to do her internship in Hermanus, South Africa, where she developed her love of communication and awareness. She is currently leading the work on deep-sea mining and closely following other issues related to the seabed, particularly fisheries. She is also working on fisheries in the North East Atlantic and is a member of Sciaena’s Fisheries and Climate teams.