The final evaluation of an important international Chile-Japan study on red tides has been successfully completed.
19 December, 2022

The final evaluation of an important international Chile-Japan study on red tides has been successfully completed.

December 21st, 2022 Periodista Gabriela.Gutiérrez

Between December 5th and 15th, at Universidad de los Lagos in the city of Puerto Montt, presented its research’s final evaluation “Project for monitoring methods development and a forecast system of harmful algal blooms for sustainable coastal aquaculture and fisheries in Chile”, which ends at the end of March 2023.

The project aims to introduce new technologies for harmful microalgae detection using biomolecular methods, along with developing tools to forecast blooms of these organisms. This project has been possible thanks to funding from the International Cooperation (JICA) and Science and Technology (JST) agencies, both from Japan, in addition to the contributions made by each of the participating institutions.

Researchers from the Universities of Hiroshima, Kyoto, Okayama and the National Institute for Research in Fisheries Sciences of Japan participated, together with Universidad de Antofagasta, La Frontera, Los Lagos and Fisheries Development Institute . An international expert hired specifically for this purpose, Dr. Mimi Sheikh, the representatives of JICA and JST, participated in this evaluation process, who were in charge of the final evaluation of the different activities involved in this research. The evaluation process culminated with the signing of the minutes of the 4th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the final evaluation document of the project, by Messrs. Shoji Osawa, Resident Representative of JICA-Chile, Yutaka Fukase, Leader JICA Evaluation Team, Dr. Fumito Maruyama, Scientific Leader of the Project, Dr. María Elena Arias, Research Director of the University of La Frontera and Gonzalo Pereira, Executive Director of the Fisheries Development Institute.
As research’s projections the importance of the applicability and use of the tools developed in the short, medium and long term, the strengthening of collaboration between the participating institutions and relations between public and private areas and academia were revealed.

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