Ignacio Payá, IFOP researcher, participated in cephalopods life history and fisheries at ICES, Spain working group meeting
August 30th, 2023
With the aim of staying at the frontier of knowledge about biology, ecology and cephalopod fisheries (cuttlefish, squid and octopus), researcher Ignacio Payá from IFOP’s Resource Evaluation Department (DER), participated in ICES life history and cephalopods fisheries working group.
(https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WGCEPH.aspx ).
This group, made up of a total of 56 scientists from 14 countries, met between July 3rd and 7th, 2023, at the Marine Research Institute (CSIC-IIM) in Vigo, Spain. At IFOP, Payá is in charge of evaluating cuttlefish (Dosidicus gigas) stock and calculating biologically acceptable catch for Chile. He is also co-chair of the squid working group looking at cuttlefish fisheries at the South Pacific Fisheries Organization (www.sprfmo.int).
Payá mentioned that participation in this meeting will improve work and analysis carried out in “Status and Possibilities of Biologically Sustainable Exploitation of Cuttlefish 2024” project. It will also contribute to “Biological study program of cuttlefish in Chile, in sectors outside the fishery, with emphasis on renewal and growth rates, complementary to the studies carried out in the Cuttlefish (Dosidicus gigas) Fishery Monitoring project.”. This program is part of the GEF-UNDP Chile Peru UNDP GEF PIMS ID N° 5697 project “Catalyzing Strategic Action Program implementation for shared marine resources sustainable management in Humboldt-Humboldt II current system”.