IFOP Inaugurates New “Immersion” Exhibition for Marine Diversity Month
May 23rd, 2025Today, May 22nd at 12:00 PM, the restocking and farming team will hold the event “Small-Scale Aquaculture and Marine Diversity: Books and Visual Immersion,” which will be held at Casa Pauly in Puerto Montt.
The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), Balmaceda Arte Joven (BAJ), the Casa Pauly Oelckers Interpretation Center, and the Municipality of Puerto Montt formed a strategic alliance to promote science and culture. This exhibition will be presented by Sebastián Cook Alvarado, a researcher from the Department of Restocking and Farming. He states that this will be an opportunity for scientific outreach to promote the conservation of regional marine ecosystems. This event also includes the official launch of two reissues of educational materials aimed at promoting small-scale aquaculture as a way of life. Both books are part of the dissemination products of the study “Comprehensive Aquaculture Development Program for Artisanal Fishermen and Small-Scale Aquaculturists, Stage VIII.” This is part of the Research Program for the Regulation of Fisheries and Aquaculture, carried out under the agreement signed between the Undersecretariat of Economy and Small-Sized Enterprises and the IFOP, with the scientific and technical counterpart being the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
One of the books is the manual “Farming Systems for Small-Scale Aquaculturists,” led by Francisco Galleguillos, a semi-senior researcher at IFOP, and featuring illustrations by María Ester Chapa and photographs by Rafael Arenas Encinas. It was designed by Liset Mansilla and printed at the Gráfica Magenta S.A. workshops.
The other is the manual “Macroalgae Cultivation: Diversification of Small-Scale Aquaculture in Chile,” led by semi-senior researcher MSc. Sandra Saavedra, and designed by Puerto Sur Ltda.
Everyone is cordially invited to the launch. Register with Carolina Barrientos at carolina.barrientos@ifop.cl. However, the exhibition will remain open to the public until July during business hours.