At a stop on Norway's tallest and oldest sailboat in La Paz, the Innovaciones Alumbra collective announced with fanfare the Center for Applied Aquaculture and Innovation (CAAI), an initiative that seeks to promote the application of knowledge for regenerative aquaculture.
“The degradation of our oceans will not fix itself. Not without us, without changing our behaviors, and our investments. We cannot say that we will become sustainable from this point on, we must regenerate, the investment must be on land and from the sea,” said Cristy Walton, philanthropist of the seas and founder of IAlumbra, at an event organized on the deck of the Statstraad Lehmkuhl sailboat.
To materialize these efforts, the CAAI has signed the first two agreements that will give it life and operation. The first with the Mexican Institute for Research in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (Imipas) and the second with the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
The firm is the beginning of a project that promotes the application of knowledge for regenerative aquaculture. Source: Juan Luis Garcia.
Through the signing with the university, the CAAI plans to advance training and technological development programs, while the agreement with Imipas will focus on applied research.
The general director of Imipas, Víctor Vidal, explained that the alliance will seek social effects. “I think this center is going to be a very powerful tool to provide a solution to people as soon as possible,” he said.
On behalf of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Linda Medina, dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey for the Central West Region, highlighted the value that can be added to the production of communities.
“We deeply recognize the CAAI as a catalyst for transformative models, which open up and nurture possibilities, not only responds to an urgent challenge, but also positions the country at the forefront.”
Knowledge between researchers and fishermen will be key. Source: Juan Luis Garcia.
The event was attended by Senator Ivideliza Reyes Hernández, president of the Fisheries Commission. He stressed that the Oceans Caucus, just installed in November, is a parliamentary effort that articulates conservation, regenerative aquaculture, responsible fishing, ghost net care and a budget for coastal communities.
“The solutions are here, in cooperatives that innovate, in scientists who research, in nurseries that regenerate, in projects that restore corals and in people who have dedicated their lives to the sea,” said Reyes Hernández.
The announcement of the CAAI was made official within the framework of Statstraad Lehmkuhl's One Ocean Expedition, a journey with several stops at ports around the world that aims to raise awareness about the sustainability of the oceans. For the Mexican chapter, the ship has taken a tour with a group of Mexicans from different disciplines between Ensenada and La Paz.
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