Massimiliano Bottaro received his master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Fish Biology and Ecology from the University of Siena, Italy, in 2009. He finished his post-doctoral study at the National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Italy in 2011. He is a Researcher at the Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Genova Marine Centre, Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Genova, Italy. His research interests mainly focus on marine biology, marine ecology, fish biology, fisheries, and conservation biology.