1 (one) Research Fellowship (BI) for Master Student

1 (one) research fellowship (BI) for Master Student is open at the Instituto Politécnico de Santarém – Escola Superior Agrária, to support the Project “Megapredator - giant on the water: from predation pressure to population control of the European catfish (Silurus glanis)” financed by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Education, Social Sciences.

Work plan:

Analysis of the behaviours, attitudes, and values of professional and recreational-sport fishermen towards the invasive exotic species Silurus glanis (European catfish), namely through:

- Participation in the construction of questionnaires and their application, in person and online, to professional and recreational-sport fishermen;

- Statistical analysis of the obtained data;

- The design of an effective communication strategy for the control of the invasive alien species Silurus glanis, either in the lotic and lentic component of the Tagus River;

- Participation in congresses/fairs/events to publicize the project and promote environmental education and awareness actions;

- The production of interim reports, indicating critical points and actions to improve the communication strategy to target groups.