Maria Cozzolino is a senior fishery economist.
She is more 17 years involved in researchers on marine resource economics.
She has more focused on data collection, aquaculture, processing industries and fishery value chain economic analysis.
She has been involved in assistance to national aquaculture sector for adopting green accounting, certification management schemes, such as ISO, EMAS, Friend of the Sea, MSC and ASC.
Since 2001 she is environmental auditor.
She is involved in numerous national and international research projects. She is expert in some thematic scientific groups, such as STECF, PGECON, GFCM/CAQ working groups, and reviewer for the ANR.