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The Undersecretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture is a public institution that belongs to the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism. Its mission is to regulate and manage fisheries and aquaculture activities through management policies, regulations and measures supported by technical reports based on scientific research and social and economic variables. This mission has a participatory and territorial approach aimed at the sustainable development of the national fisheries and aquaculture activity.
Osvaldo Urrutia Silva graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV). He has a strong international academic background, including a PhD in Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2022), and a Master of Laws in International Law from the University College London (2008).
At the professional level, he has over 20 years of experience in the public sector and international organizations, highlighting his participation as a consultant in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of FAO and in the Legal Division and International Affairs Unit of the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture between 2009 and 2022.
He also has a significant career in academia, having served as a professor of Public International Law and the Law of the Sea at PUCV until his appointment.
"Osvaldo Urrutia Silva, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture"