Argentina: INIDEP researcher participated in a course on cephalopod cultivation in Mexico

Published 2024년 11월 8일

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A research member from the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), Lic. Mercedes Berrueta, participated in a course at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) focusing on the biology, fisheries, and cephalopod farming. The course, led by Dr. Carlos Rosas, aimed to understand the adaptability of octopods to environmental changes and optimal conditions for their cultivation. Berrueta presented INIDEP's work on the cultivation of Octopus tehuelchus in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) and taught the use of a portable ultrasound machine to determine the sex and maturity of octopuses, seahorses, and pompano fish, potentially leading to a collaboration between INIDEP and UNAM.

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From Monday, October 7 to Friday, October 18, the member of the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), Lic. Mercedes Berrueta, participated in the practical course "Biology, fisheries and cephalopod farming", which was held at the Multidisciplinary Teaching and Research Unit of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in the city of Sisal, state of Yucatan. The academic activity, directed by Dr. Carlos Rosas, addressed key aspects of biology, farming and cephalopod fisheries, also highlighting that in the last 20 years the Applied Ecophysiology group of the UNAM Faculty of Sciences, in charge of organizing the course, has studied various aspects of the biology of octopods with the main objective of understanding their ability to adapt to environmental changes and the optimal conditions for their cultivation. This course included the participation of leading specialists such as Dr. Unai Markaida from Colegio de la Fontera Sur and Dr. ...

Source: Inidep