Dr Miguel BERNAL

Senior Fishery Officer, FAO - GFCM

Dr. Miguel Bernal is the leading fisheries expert within the Secretariat of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of FAO. He is the responsible of planning and coordinating the production of the scientific advice related to fisheries and marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, as well as the dissemination of results in support of decision-making, including through the publication of the biennial FAO-GFCM report on the State of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries. He has previously worked in a number of top-level universities and fisheries research institutes across the world, publishing numerous scientific contributions in the fields of stock assessment, ecosystem modeling and climate change.