SEBASTIAN HERRERA

SERVICES: External consultant for Chile or Latin America in: i) Occupational Safety and Health in Fishing and Diving (Salmon Farming and Artisanal), including compliance with Regulations or proposal of new Public Policies; ii) Public management with social innovation to generate Oceanic Literacy; and iii) Coastal Marine Governance for the transformation of the value chain in small-scale fishing for Latin America. INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION & WORK EXPERIENCE: i) All 2024: Participation in Course Strengthening Ocean Governance (Organized by: World Bank, FAO and UN/DOALOS). ii) March 2024: Exhibitor and speakers at AQUASUR International Fair. iii) January 2024, representing Latin America: With his paper “Public Management in Maritime-Fisheries Social Safety and Protection of Chile, speaker at the International Conference on Safety and Health of the Fishing and Aquaculture Industry (IFISH 6) at FAO, Rome. iv) December 2023, representing the Southeast Pacific: Speakers on the Expert Panel of International Symposium on Strengthening the Ocean Science-Policy Interface (DOALOS/UN); at UNESCO, Paris. FEBRUARY 2024 UNTIL NOW Pool of Experts from the UN Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (DOALOS/UN) for review of the Third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III), representing the Southeast Pacific. APRIL 2023 UNTIL NOW. i) In charge of International Affairs and Public Management. Directorate of Maritime Interests and Aquatic Environment (Central Technical Directorate of DIRECTEMAR – Maritime Authority). Manager of technical cooperation alliances with UNESCO (for the Ocean Literacy in national study plans project) and FAO-GEF (Coastal Marine Governance project). ii) External consultant (PSA-TRN) of FAO (Rome) and Translator of: Safety Guide for Hookah Diving, in marine organisms 2016 to 2022: i) National Head of Professional Diving and Nautical Sports (DIRECTEMAR – National Maritime Authority). Manager and executor of Regulations, Working Groups, Seminars and National Programs, together with other State Agency and International Organizations, all territorially socialized with the communities. ii) In parallel, from 2019 to 2022. Covers shifts of Service of the National Tsunami Alarm System (SNAM) of Chile. iii) 2019: With the Master's Thesis topic Applicability of the Fisheries Ecosystem Approach, in the management of IUU Fishing, he participated in the International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability, Science-Policy nexus; at FAO, Rome. 2002 to 2015: Work in Local Maritime Authorities (Port Captain and Public Management in cities of Chile) and onboard in General Services Ship (Maritime Inspection), of the Chilean Navy. (rank up to Commander) COLLABORATOR IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: 2023: FAO (Rome) A Practical Guide on Safe Hookah Diving, for occupational safety and health in international artisanal fishing diving. Co-author and official English - Spanish translator. 2022: Maritime Heritage Corporation of Chile, on the International Webinar on Underwater Cultural Heritage. 2017 and 2020: FAO (Mesoamerica) Guidelines for Diving in Small-Scale Fisheries for Latin America and the Caribbean. Work in Panamá. REFERENCES: i) PhD. Alejandro Flores, former Senior Fisheries Officer at the for Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO. Cell +529993250391, email alejandrofloresnava@gmail.com ii) PhD. Dante Queirolo, Director of the Marine Sciences School, of Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Cell +56988641738, email dante.queirolo@pucv.cl