Sofia Graça Aranha is a PhD candidate at the University of Algarve and research associate at CCMAR and Ciimar, studying the impacts of bottom trawling on deep-sea sharks and skates.
During her bachelor degree, she have studied the taxonomy of shark species of the genera Squalus and Cirrhigaleus. Sofia has developed a shark conservation project called 'Shark FREE' as part of her postgraduate studies in Brazil. For her Master programme in Marine and Coastal Systems at the University of Algarve, she evaluated the trophic ecology and ecophysiology of seven deep-sea shark species from the southwest coast of Portugal, using a novel methodology on sharks - the RNA / DNA ratios - as well as she also evaluated their trophic ecology using stable isotope analyses (δ13C: 13C / 12C and δ15N: 15N / 14N).
Currently, as a PhD candidate from the University of Algarve and as a research assistant at CCMAR, she is continuing with the work developed for her master's degree, thus, expanding the focus to deep-sea elasmobranchs and their interactions with crustacean bottom trawlers, as part of two research and technological projects: the DELASMOP (Deep-sea elasmobranchs of Portugal) and the EMREP (The development of electronic monitoring and reporting tools for the Portuguese fishery).
Sofia will be presenting her work next monday 17th of march and we're hoping to put together a full room to show her support.
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