Ignacio Payá, IFOP researcher, is elected South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization Scientific Committee’s Vice President.
February 15th, 2024
Within the 12th South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization Meeting’s framework (RFMO-PS) held in Manta’s city, Ecuador from January 29th to February 3rd, Ignacio Payá, at Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Resource Assessment Department researcher, was elected Scientific Committee Vice President.
The SPRFMO, made up of 15 countries in addition to the European Union, is responsible for research and adoption of management measures for horse mackerel, cuttlefish, deep-sea fisheries (Orange Roughy), monitoring and environmental protection. vulnerable, habitat monitoring, exploratory fishing, climatic change and other South Pacific high seas issues.
Participating in this meeting as members of the Chilean Delegation were Ambassador Julio Cordano, Foreign Affairs Ministry; Head of Environment, Climatic Change and Oceans Division; Salvador Vega, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ocean Affairs Department´s Head of the of of the; Juan Francisco Santibáñez, Fisheries Development Division Head from Fisheries Undersecretariat; Mauro Urbina, Fisheries Undersecretariat Sectorial Analysis Department Head; Pablo Ortiz, from National Fisheries Service; and Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, IFOP Executive Director together with researchers José Zenteno and Ignacio Payá. This Official Delegation was accompanied by Artisanal Fishermen Chilean National Confederation artisanal fishermen (CONAPACH); from National Fisheries Society (SONAPESCA); Oceana NGO, and Universidad Católica del Norte Representatives.
Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, IFOP’s Director explained “this week’s negotiations were very beneficial for Chile in terms of the agreement regarding assigned quotas of horse mackerel for a period of 10 years with an increase for our country and for positioning as a country and as “IFOP by installing one of our scientists as Scientific Committee vice president.”
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