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Day F

F from Finish! Fim - End - Ände...but also Fish and hopefully it is going to be just Fine. The PhD viva is this Friday, 5th of December 2014!* I have 15 minutes to present the result of 4 years of work, 145 pages, 4 manuscripts, help from many people, life in two countries, 3 institutions, everything in one PhD thesis.** Thank you - Obrigada - Tack so mycket - everybody that directly or indirectly helped in this project. The abstract: Seafood production from the sea is on its limit because of overfishing and environmental impacts, but consumer demand is increasing worldwide. Portugal is one of the countries with the highest seafood consumption per capita in the World. The aim of this thesis was to study the seafood consumption in Portugal to find its potential to sustainability. Four studies were developed independently, based on different methodologies including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and an internet-based survey. The Portuguese seafood consumption was analysed through t