Biography:
Dr. Maria Fernanda Jiménez Reyes, studied Marine Biology at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá (Colombia) and graduated as a Doctor in Aquaculture in 2015, at the Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaiso (Chile). During her doctoral thesis, she worked at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), where she observed the stimulation of the innate immune system of rainbow trout and Salmo salar, through bacteria typical of the microbiota of these species. She currently works at the Chilean Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP). She specializes in identifying the causes of discards in the purse seine fishery of the main pelagic species in Chile.
Title : Causes of discard observed in the industrial purse seine fishery targeting anchovy (Engraulis ringens), between the Arica y Parinacota and Antofagasta Regions in the Northern Chile