BIOTECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON CONCHOLEPAS CONCHOLEPAS (BRUGUIERE, 1789) (GASTROPODA, MURICIDAE) LARVAE

Abstract

Basic research in marine organisms has been an important contribution to the development of aquaculture technologies. On one hand, there is the generation of new knowledge concerning the species of interest and on the other, the creation of technologies that would allow the management of different cultivara, in this case of species that are native to the chileancoast line. This has been largely ignored inourcountry in theexploitationof valuable marine resources. The "loco" (Concholepas concholepas) fishery is a dramatic example of this situation because it has becomc an overexploited species. It is urgent to search and develop adequate alternatives to obtain seed and recruits for the repopulation of natural stocks in order to recuperate their economic potential.