Personal

     Name: Manuel Esteve Cavaller
     Place of Birth: Barcelona
     Date of Birth: 07,29,1965
     Marital status: Married (with one daughter)
     Spanish ID (D.N.I.): 00415169 L
     Address: Taquígrafo Garriga 95-97.  08029, Barcelona.
     Telephone/Fax : 93-439 77 92
     email: manu19b@u.washington.edu

       Education

    Double bachelor In Marine Science-Biology at the University of Miami (UM). 1992

     360 credit hours of graduate courses in a Ph.D. Marine Science program at the
    Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC).  1996.

     45 hours Field course  “Field methodology studying Fishes” at the
    Universidad de Barcelona (U.B.).  1993.

     Open water Scuba Diver. PADI. Miami, 1991.
 

        Professional Experience

     6 years of underwater filming in rivers.

    2 months working in  Doctor García de Leániz Fisheries team for Atlantic salmon restoration in Galicia ( Xunta Galicia;
    CIF Lourizán; Departamento de Aguas Continentales).  November and December, 1994

    2 months of stay in Scotland in the following centers: Marine Lab Aberdeen, University of Glasgow, Atlantic Salmon
    Trust and Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory in Pitlochry. September and October, 1995

    2 months of stay in Scotland working on a project about Atlantic salmon spawning behaviour.  November and
    December, 1996.

     2 months of stay in Scotland working on a project about Atlantic salmon spawning behaviour.  October and
    November, 1999.

     Owner of the company: W.U.V. Wildlife Underwater Video
 

       Languages and Computer Knowledge

     Spanish and English
     Statistical and word processors
     Electronic mail and internet
 

       Publications and other Merits

    Design of the web page: https://members.tripod.com/~manu19b/index.html
 

     “Algunas consideraciones sobre el ascenso de los salmones en el río”.  “El Pescador”  Junio
    de 1994. (in Spanish)

    “Comportamiento Reproductivo del Salmón Atlántico en el Medio Natural”.  Trofeo Pesca,
    Septiembre 1999.   (in Spanish)

     Underwater stock footage for the Video series: “Parques Nacionales de España.”
     Editorial Planeta Agostini.  August, 1996.

    Underwater stock footage for a Multimedia Nature CD ROM's.  Agrupación Editorial, S.A.  April, 1997.

    Underwater stock footage for the Television series “Jara y sedal.”  Televisión Española.  Nov. 97

     Underwater stock footage for the Videonet company.  Dic. 97

     Underwater stock footage of atlantic salmon spawning in the wild.  Canal +.  Nov. 98

    Underwater stock footage for Media Park productions company.  January 99

    Underwater stock footage for CEPESMA (Coordinadora de Espacios Marinos).  April 99

    Underwater stock footage for the Television series "La España Salvaje".  Televisión Española.  July 2000.

     Underwater stock footage for Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH.  December 2000.

    In October 1995 I was awarded by a governmental fund to cover the expenses of a project with the tittle:  Use of a
    video camera for studying and analyzing Atlantic salmon spawning behaviour.  Are there differences between Northern and
    Southern populations? (in Spanish)
 

       Films

     “The Farrar Architects” Dic. 96.  Wildlife Underwater Video

    "Salmon: El Reto del Nomada" Feb. 99.  Canal natura, Vía Digital

    "La Tabla de Mafi" Abr.  00.  Wildlife Underwater Video-Can Esteve de la Riera S.L.
 

       Scientific Projects Proposals

     1. R.S.C a proposal for Atlantic salmon enhancement in an Asturian river of
         Northern Spain. 1992.  59 pp.

     2.  Use of a Video camera for studying and analyzing Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar L. spawning strategies.
          Are there differences between Northern and Southern populations?.  July, 1995. 16 pp.

      3. Comportamiento reproductivo del salmón Atlántico.
           Estudio comparativo.  Noviembre de 1995.  50 pp..

      4. Utilización de cámaras subacuáticas fijas para el estudio de la biología y el comportamiento natural de meros,
          Epinephelus guaza, en la Reserva Marina Ses Negres.  Febrero de 1996. 35 pp..
 

        Additional and Significant Data

    On the 30 of April, 1988 I suffered a car accident which leave me in a wheelchair.  I have a spinal cord injury at the
    T5 level.  Other than that I am an independent person with only small limitations on the field work.  I have a driver licensee
    and car.