Juan Antonio Camiñas PhD in biology from the
Complutense University, is a retired scientist from the
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). After more
than 30 years at IEO, he became a FAO officer in
February 2008 working at the organization until March
2015. During that period, he was the coordinator of two
FAO Projects: CopeMed II (Co-ordination to Support
Fisheries Management in the Western and Central Mediterranean - CopeMed Phase II) and ArtFiMed (Sustainable development of the artisanal fisheries in
Morocco and Tunisia) aiming at fisheries sustainability
in the central and western Mediterranean region. Director of the FAO CopeMed II headquarters in Malaga
from 2008, he was member of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the FAO.
Director of the IEO Malaga Marine Laboratory from
July 1989 until 2008, he has been working as scientific
advisor of the Spanish and the European Commission
administrations on fisheries and fish biology issues; his
main expertise is in the Mediterranean artisanal fisheries
and the interactions of fishing gears with marine turtles
and other species. As Spanish representative in the General Fisheries Commissions for the Mediterranean
(GFCM) from the early eighties of the twentieth century, he was an animator for the transformation of the
GFCM and elected the first Chairperson of the Scientific
Advisory Committee (SAC) from 1994 to 2004. He was
also a Spanish representative and member of the
European Commission STECF (Scientific, Technical
and Economic Committee of Fisheries).
Currently, he is member of the Board of Directors of
the Academy of Sciences of Malaga and the Chairperson of the Spanish Herpetological Association AHE,
both from 2016. He has been coordinating and participating in international marine research projects with the
EU, working as consultant with IUCN and to FAO in
northern Africa and as marine turtle’s expert. He was
one of the first Spanish members of the Species Survival
Commission-IUCN’s Marine Turtles Specialists Group
(Mediterranean Region) and is a member and
co-founder of the Spanish Network of Marine Turtle
Experts in 2018, and he is currently participating in
different projects aiming at improving the marine turtles
knowledge and international management in
About the Editors
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Complutense University, is a retired scientist from the
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). After more
than 30 years at IEO, he became a FAO officer in
February 2008 working at the organization until March
2015. During that period, he was the coordinator of two
FAO Projects: CopeMed II (Co-ordination to Support
Fisheries Management in the Western and Central Mediterranean - CopeMed Phase II) and ArtFiMed (Sustainable development of the artisanal fisheries in
Morocco and Tunisia) aiming at fisheries sustainability
in the central and western Mediterranean region. Director of the FAO CopeMed II headquarters in Malaga
from 2008, he was member of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the FAO.
Director of the IEO Malaga Marine Laboratory from
July 1989 until 2008, he has been working as scientific
advisor of the Spanish and the European Commission
administrations on fisheries and fish biology issues; his
main expertise is in the Mediterranean artisanal fisheries
and the interactions of fishing gears with marine turtles
and other species. As Spanish representative in the General Fisheries Commissions for the Mediterranean
(GFCM) from the early eighties of the twentieth century, he was an animator for the transformation of the
GFCM and elected the first Chairperson of the Scientific
Advisory Committee (SAC) from 1994 to 2004. He was
also a Spanish representative and member of the
European Commission STECF (Scientific, Technical
and Economic Committee of Fisheries).
Currently, he is member of the Board of Directors of
the Academy of Sciences of Malaga and the Chairperson of the Spanish Herpetological Association AHE,
both from 2016. He has been coordinating and participating in international marine research projects with the
EU, working as consultant with IUCN and to FAO in
northern Africa and as marine turtle’s expert. He was
one of the first Spanish members of the Species Survival
Commission-IUCN’s Marine Turtles Specialists Group
(Mediterranean Region) and is a member and
co-founder of the Spanish Network of Marine Turtle
Experts in 2018, and he is currently participating in
different projects aiming at improving the marine turtles
knowledge and international management in
About the Editors
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