This week, the new Chilean fishing and oceanographic research vessel, Dr. Barbieri. The vessel, which involved an investment of more than $14.5 million, will collect scientific data across the Chilean coast, including in inland waters, from the Chacao Canal to the Gulf of Penalties.
In the instance, also participated the same doctor in Oceanography, María Angela Barbieri, who emphasized that Chile is part of the great ecosystem of Humboldt, one of the most prosperous in the world, and that in times of climate change "have a boat like this, where we can see everything that happens from the surface to the bottom of the sea, we see the resources that there is, the phytoplankton, the zooplankton, all the fish, but also the whole variable With an information processing and acquisition system that allows us to do a job practically in real time, it's a wonder."
The "Dr. Barbieri" was built in Valdivia by the ASENAV shipyard reaching 30.8 meters long (slora), 9 meters wide (sleeve) and measuring up to 3.9 meters high (point). One of its main features is its 3 metre draught. For this reason, it becomes a scientific vessel capable of sailing in low-deep waters along the entire coast of the country.
This vessel, whose first voyage will be in May for crustacean research, will be operated by the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and has the capacity to accommodate eight scientists and eleven crew members. In addition, it has a system that reduces the noise irradiated to the water, to avoid interfering with the marine habitat. Also, since its propulsion system is diesel-electric, it generates less emissions, therefore, it is more environmentally friendly.
Faced with this challenge, the director of IFOP, Gonzalo Pereira, stressed that the vessel -which joins the ship "Abate Molina" - represents an advance "as much as resources as oceanographic research and the environment" and that they assumed "the challenge of being the operators of the ship with great satisfaction and responsibility" for which they have been training with officials of the Subsecretariat. In this line, Pereira stressed that Barbieri's crew will be a "good balance between experience and youth" by considering a captain of experienced trajectory and a first female pilot, as well as students graduated from Valparaiso's crew schools after an agreement they maintain with the purpose of empowering professions linked to the sea.
See photo gallery of the opening ceremony of operations in Valparaiso.
