Meeting of the Aquaculture Working Group of the National Oceanographic Committee, takes place at IFOP Valparaíso facilities
October 1st, 2024On Wednesday, September 25, at the IFOP headquarters in Valparaíso, the meeting of the Aquaculture Working Group (GT ACU) of the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA) was held. The GT ACU, which has been operating since 2017, has among its objectives to identify gaps and promote, through research and development, the diversification of national aquaculture with an ecosystemic approach; contribute to the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge through programs that allow the dissemination and appreciation of the scope of aquaculture as a driver of national development; and promote actions that motivate the specialization of young professionals in aquaculture and related topics, through programs that respond to the requirements of aquaculture with an ecosystemic approach.
The group is chaired by Marcelo Campos Larraín and is made up of various national researchers and professionals with experience in the field of aquaculture. In addition to the president of the GT, Dr. Juan Manuel Estrada, professor at the Andrés Bello University, participated in the meeting; Doris Oliva, professor at the University of Valparaíso; Juan Fierro, Executive Secretary of CONA; Dr. Francisco Cárcamo, Head of the Repopulation and Cultivation Department of IFOP; and online MSc. Héctor Flores.
They were received at IFOP by Dr. Carlos Montenegro, Head of the Fisheries Research Division, representing the Executive Director. The holding of this meeting at IFOP is part of the celebration of the institute’s sixtieth anniversary and reaffirms the active link between IFOP and CONA, with IFOP being one of the nine member institutions that formed the Committee in 1971. It should be noted that CONA is a public body whose main function is to coordinate institutions that carry out research and activities related to Marine Sciences in Chile and today it maintains 11 Working Groups on different topics, and IFOP participates in 10 of these WGs.
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