IFOP Talcahuano, holds talks on caring for the ocean at Colegio San Vicente
June 21st, 2023
The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), Talcahuano headquarters, carried out a valuable dissemination initiative in collaboration with the San Vicente school, during June, the month of the environment. This activity is part of the Pelagic Discard project and its objective is to promote knowledge and the importance of the work carried out by IFOP in fisheries and aquaculture research in Chile through an ecosystem approach. Likewise, it seeks to stimulate student interest in science, bringing these tasks closer to the educational community, especially in those schools where a large part of their students come from families related to the fishing industry.
The dissemination activity was divided into two stages. First, there were talks for first cycle students. These talks were an introduction to IFOP’s work, followed by two presentations on marine fauna of Talcahuano area and the problem of marine pollution. Finally, there was a trivia and the delivery of incentives such as gifts for participation. The speakers in charge and organizers of the activity were Cristian Villouta and Danilo Oro from IFOP Fishing Development Institute , together with Barbara Navarrete, in charge of the environmental workshop, and Claudia Sánchez, in charge of the eco-sciences workshop, both teachers from the San Vicente School.
In the second stage, an educational exhibition was held in which the students could see; jars with marine fauna preserved in liquids, models of two types of purse-seine boats: one industrial and the other artisanal, and a didactic fish as well as various measuring instruments. This activity was aimed at second cycle students and some first cycle courses. During this part of the activity, the students were able to learn more about Chilean marine fauna, the collection of biological-fishing data and the different parts that make up the purse seine fishing gear. The stations were in charge of Katherine Pinto, Diego Mendoza and Bryan Muñoz from Fishing Developmet Institute.