Nancy Barahona Toledo and Paulo Mora Vásquez participated in the Marine Sciences Congress.
June 23rd, 2025They are researchers from the IFOP Benthic Fisheries Monitoring and Benthic Crustacean Fisheries project.
The 44th Marine Sciences Congress was held in Viña del Mar, an event that, as usual, attracted the interest of students, academics, and researchers in the Marine Sciences. This event featured various symposia, including sessions covering a range of topics related to research conducted primarily at the national level.
In Session 1: Fisheries and Fisheries Oceanography, IFOP senior researcher Nancy Barahona Toledo presented the work she developed with semi-senior researcher Pablo Araya Castillo entitled “Proposal for performance or operational indicators for the management of benthic fisheries in Chile.” In Session 2, semi-senior researcher Paulo Mora Vásquez presented the work entitled “Study of the morphometric maturity of Lithodes santolla for the sustainable management of the fishery in southern Chile.” Researchers Nancy Barahona Toledo and Andrés Olguín Ibacache participated in the study presented by academic and researcher Carlos Molinet Flores of the Austral University of Chile, entitled “Monitoring the spread of the invasive anemone Metridium senile and its effect on local sea urchin (Loxechinus albus) populations.” This study was presented in Session 1: Marine Ecology: Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems. As is traditional, the congress offered opportunities for knowledge and the exchange of ideas among the various attendees. The next organizer of this important event, in 2026, will be the University of Concepción.