Miguel Sepúlveda

Marine Biologist and Master Degree at University Federal Fluminense - UFF, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil and
specialist in Seaweed Farming.
He has developed several projects of Seaweed Farming (Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Caribbean, Mozambique,
Zanzibar, Tunisia, Morocco) etc. working also as Consultant Seaweed Resources and their uses for
Industry.
Has published some papers on mariculture of seaweed besides author of several governmental
projects.
In these countries it has been able to implement Seaweed Mariculture programs for fishing communities
and private companies.

➢ Contact Information:

• Name: Miguel Sepulveda

• Address: Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
• Cell Phone : +55 24 999463697
• Email: seaweedconsulting@gmail.com
• Company: www.seaweedconsulting.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-sepulveda-49990092/

➢ Optional Personal Information:

• Date of Birth: 14/05/1967
• Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Citizenship: Brazilian

➢ Work and Employment History:

Chile:

• 1989 - Team Member of Dr. Bernabé Santelices and Dra. Alicia Hoffmann in research program of Seaweed
Cultivation- University Catolicaof Chile.

• 1990 - Algas Farah Seaweed Farming Company–Atacama Desert – Chile.

• 1992 - Pesquera San Jorge Seaweed Farming Company - Atacama Desert–Chile.
 Brazil:
• 1993 - Technical Consultancy inSeaweed Farming– EPAGRI Company
• 1994 - TechnicalConsultancyin SeaweedFarming–SEBRAECompany
• 1998 - Implementationof Seaweed Farming Projects in Ilha Grande Bay
• 2001- TechnicalConsultancyinSeaweedFarmingand Factory - Sete Ondas Biomar

• 2008 - TechnicalConsultancyinSeaweedFarming - Algas Bras Company

• 2009 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming - Bahia Pesca Company
• 2010 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming - GDK Company
Ecuador:
• 2010 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming–ECUAALGAS Company
• 2011- Implementationof SeaweedFarming Project inFUZUCompany(shrimp farm)
• 2012 - Implementation of Seaweed Farming Project in Santa Priscila Company (shrimp farm)
• 2012 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming – LOBELIA Company
• (2012 - 2013) Technical Consultancy in SeaweedFarming– FENACOPEC Cooperative
Tunisia:
• 2016 - 2019 TechnicalConsultancy in Seaweed Farming - Selt Marine Group Tunisia
Mozambique:
• 2016 - 2019 TechnicalConsultancy in Seaweed Farming - Selt Marine Group Mozambique
Zanzibar:
• 2016 - 2019 TechnicalConsultancy in Seaweed Farming - Selt Marine Group Zanzibar
Morocco:
• 2020 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming
• Namibia:
• 2022 - Technical Consultancy in Seaweed Farming

➢ Academic Positions:

• 1989 - Team Member of Dr.Bernabé Santelices andDra. Alicia Hoffmannin research

program of Seaweed Cultivation - University Catolica of Chile.
• 1994 - Professor of Marine Botany - FAMATH University – Rio de Janeiro–Brazil.

➢ Education:

• High School: Educational Center - Rio de Janeiro– Brazil

• University of Marine Biology - FAMATH - Rio de Janeiro– Brazil

• Master DegreeinMarine Biology-UFF - University Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro –Brazil

➢ Professional Qualifications:

• Seaweed Farming Specialist (Commercial Seaweed Farms);

• Seaweed Farming Projects in Coastal Communities;
• Consultant Seaweed Resources and their uses for Industry;
• Processing Seaweeds (Factory Installation Project).

➢ Technical Mission (Projects) in Seaweed farming:

• Chile
• Argentina
• Venezuela
• Ecuador
• Perú
• Panama
• Tunisia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Zanzibar
• Namibia

➢ Publications:

• “The Seaweeds and their uses” - Panorama da Aquicultura Magazine – Jan/ Feb 1993.

• “Chemical Defenses in Seaweeds” - Master Thesis.1994.

• “ Seaweed Farming in Rio de Janeiro” - Brazil– IBAMA 2001”.
• “ Seaweed Farming in Bahia”– Brazil - IBAMA 2001”.
• “Seaweed Farming in tanks of shrimp en Ecuador”- Tilapias y Camarones Magazine 2012

• “The potential of Seaweed Farming in South America - Panorama da Aquicultura Magazine - Jan / Feb 2016.

• Reflections on the Commercial Development of Eucheumatoid Seaweed Farming © Springer

International Publishing AG 2017

➢ Language skills:

• Portuguese: Reads, Speaks and Writes

• English: Reads, Speaks and Writes

• Spanish: Reads, Speaks and W rites

• French: Reads and understand