Publicado el 4 June, 2025 / News

Centro INCAR stands out in the Symposia and Sessions of Aquaculture at the XLIV Congress of Marine Sciences

On Monday, May 26, INCAR’s Public Engagement Officer, Pablo Carrasco, opened INCAR’s participation by presenting “From the Laboratory to Policy: Connecting Knowledge with Decision-Making for Sustainable Aquaculture” during the IX Symposium on Marine Science Communication, part of the “Ocean Literacy Route”, a parallel activity to the main congress.

On Tuesday, May 27, Dr. Jessica Fuentes, Associate Researcher in the Integrative Program, presented “New Aquaculture Regulations: Opportunities and Challenges” in the symposium on new legislative proposals for fisheries and aquaculture, organized by the College of Marine Biologists.

Later, Dr. Carlos Molinet, Adjunct Researcher at INCAR and professor at Universidad Austral de Chile (Puerto Montt campus), presented “Natural Beds of Chilean Mussel and Their Importance for the Collection of Wild Seed for Fattening” during a symposium on planning future research for the mussel farming industry, organized by AmiChile and Intemit.

On Wednesday, May 28, during the session “Aquaculture, Resource Management and Governance”, Dr. Ruben Avendaño-Herrera gave the talk Development of a Multiplex PCR Method to Type the O-Antigen of Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi Isolates”, a study from Universidad Andrés Bello and INCAR, which contributes to vaccine development and enables researchers worldwide to type isolates and conduct epidemiological studies. Dr. Jessica Fuentes gave the talk “Elements to Consider in New Aquaculture Regulation”, sharing INCAR’s input to the debate on the new Aquaculture Law in Chile”.

That same evening, INCAR, along with COPAS Coastal and the CIDEMAR Foundation, organized the “Scientific Monologues”, part of the Ocean Literacy Route. The event, held at Café Journal in Viña del Mar, featured researchers and communicators including Katherine Neira, Ana González, Vero López, Karo Oyarzo-Miranda, Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Sofía Bermeo, and Paul Gómez, who shared their experiences doing science with humor.

This was the third edition of the event, which began in 2022, hosted by biologist and science communicator Sergio Villagrán, CIDEMAR’s executive director María José Ochoa (“La Medusa”), and INCAR’s communications officer Edgardo Vera.

Finally, on Thursday, May 28, three students from the “Animal Health in Early Stages of Salmonids and Native Species” research line presented posters: