Fernando de la Gándara (Barcelona, 1958) Degree in Biological Sciences (1982). Doctor in Biology (2003) from the University of Murcia. IEO researcher since 2001. President of the Spanish Aquaculture Society in 2006-2007. Twenty years of experience coordinating and participating in twenty national and international research projects on bluefin tuna farming. Organizer and participant in numerous Congresses and scientific meetings. Professor in the Master's degrees in Aquaculture at the Universities of Valencia and Murcia. Author or co-author in more than 50 publications in books and scientific journals. He currently directs the Oceanographic Center of Murcia and the Singular and Technical Scientific Infrastructure for the Atlantic bluefin tuna culture (ICTS-ICAR).