Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Sede di Ancona. National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Fisheries Section, Largo Fiera della Pesca, Ancona, Italy.

Antonello Sala: He is scientific researcher and scientific responsible of the Fishing Technology Unit at the CNR-ISMAR, Italy. Expert in efficiency and selectivity research, fishing gear technology and fuel saving, measurements of the engineering performance of the fishing gears at sea using underwater instrumentation; fishing gear design, netting material properties, modelling and performance, physical and biological impacts produced in the marine environment by human activities.