Since a young age, I was always interested in aquatic ecosystems, freshwater fish and angling. When growing up, studying biology was an obvious journey and when the time came to select the topic for my BSc thesis, the choice was obvious. From this first scientific work, more than 20-year have passed and, after 2 MSc and 1 PhD theses, several scholarships and temporary contracts within the academy, I have finally got a permanent position at the University of Évora as an Assistant Researcher, working on these thematic.