Dr. Carlos Montenegro Silva, IFOP Fisheries Research Division Head, participated in the World Fisheries Congress, 2024 in Seattle, USA
March 18th, 2024Dr. Carlos Montenegro Silva, IFOP Fisheries Research Division Head, participated in “World Fisheries Congress, 2024” in Seattle, USA and in “Helping Science Advance Policy in Ocean Conservation”Workshop, organized by University of Washington ( UW), particularly Aquatic and Fisheries Science School (SAFS). The first is the ninth world fisheries congress, which is held every four years and is organized mainly by the World Council of Fisheries Societies. This took place between March 3rd and 7th, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Seattle and included four plenary sessions, expert panels, round tables and of course presentations by scientists from all continents.
In the second event, which took place on March 2nd and 3rd, 2024, at UW SAFS facilities , a smaller group of scientists participated, in which Dr. Montenegro offered “Status of the main fisheries of Chile in 2023” presentation. This conference purpose was not only to present an status overview of main national fisheries, but also challenges presented by fishing resource populations study in Chile and also those aspects associated with their dissemination and dissemination among different fishing system actors.
On this visit Dr. Montenegro had meetings with new SAFS Director Dr. Tim Essington and UW Sustaining Seafood Center Director, Dr. Christopher Anderson. Strategies were discussed with both to continue deepening SAFS and IFOP interaction.
This activity was carried out thanks to RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database project funding, led by Dr. Ray Hilborn.
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