IFOP executive director, Luis Parot Donoso. (Photo: IFOP)
Harmful algal bloom monitoring and prediction project launched
CHILE
Friday, September 07, 2018, 01:10 (GMT + 9)
The 'Project for the development of monitoring methods and prediction systems of harmful algal blooms for a sustainable aquaculture and coastal fishing in Chile' was carried out in Santiago de Chile.
The activity was attended by Japanese Ambassador Yoshinobu Hiraishi; Sofia Bustos, head of the public policy division of MINSAL; Luis Parot Donoso, executive director of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP); Leonardo Guzmán, head of the aquaculture division of IFOP; Oscar Espinoza, head of the Noxious Algal Study Centre (CREAN) of IFOP; Chilean authorities of fisheries and aquaculture institutions; private sector and Japanese researchers who will participate in the project.
The program, based on a study that will last five years and has a cost close to USD 6 million, brings together a group of institutions where IFOP will be the recipient of the final product, which consists of operating an early warning system of red tide.
Japanese Ambassador Yoshinobu Hiraishi said "our country has a long history of working together with Chile on aquaculture and fish farming issues, for years we have developed cooperation projects with universities and also the donation of the vessel Abate Molina, so I am very happy to be able to participate in this important project".
Luis Parot Donoso, IFOP executive director, highlighted: "our participation is the result of a process that was initiated in mid-2000 that has allowed us to have research capabilities in the extreme south of the country, which has culminated with the installation of the Study of Harmful Algae CREAN.
In addition to a recognized national and international prestige in the field of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and its effects. But IFOP's experience in the subject dates back to the early nineties.
It is important to note that IFOP has had links with JICA, in the Coyhaique fish complex linked initially to the cultivation of chinook salmon, then of coho salmon. There is also a historical relationship with JICA in the donation of B/I ABATE MOLINA to Chile.
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