Project director Marco
Salamanca, a researcher from
Concepción University
said the research aims to "integrate and support two very
relevant activities in the south of Chile - aquaculture
and agriculture."
The research is being
carried out by Concepción University, the Institute of
Agricultural Research (INIA) and the
Fisheries Promotion Institute
(IFOP) and will cost CLP 460 million (approximately
USD 619,000). Funding is being provided by the
National Fund for the Promotion of
Scientific and Technological Development (Fondef),
which will contribute 53 per cent (about CLP 240 million)
of the total investment. The remaining 47 per cent will be
funded by participating private institutions and companies
-
Marine Harvest Chile S.A.,
Salmones Llanquihue S.A., Salmones Multiexport Ltda. and
Aguas Claras S.A.
The Fondef D01I1113 project
was launched by Cristián Lagos, on behalf of Fondef, Dr
Franklin Carrasco, dean of the Natural and Oceanographic
Sciences Faculty at Concepción University, and Dr. Julio
Kalazich, director of INIA Remehue Regional Research
Centre in Osorno.
By Patricia Diácono
FIS Latino
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