The Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY) was part of a series of technical conferences linked to a research project aimed at the study and preservation of gold in the Paraná River, one of the most representative species of that ecosystem.
The activities took place in the city of Ayolas, in the entity's Historical Hall of Public Relations, and were attended by specialists from different countries.
There, the central guidelines of the program “In the wake of the tiger: marking and monitoring of gold by radiotelemetry” were presented, an initiative focused on deepening scientific knowledge about the behavior of this fish.
The project is promoted by the National University of the Northeast (UNNE), the Institute of Ichthyology of the Northeast (INICNE) and the University of Massachusetts, with the support of the Argentine-Paraguayan Joint Commission of the Paraná
River (COMIP) and the coordination of the EBY.During the conference, Dr. Andy J. Danylchuk, representative of the University of Massachusetts, together with biologist Natalia Silva, from INICNE, were in charge of the technical presentation. Both detailed the work methodology, the objectives of the research and the expected results, focusing on the application of new technologies for monitoring migratory fish
