Carlos Olivares

Carlos Olivares Bernal has been working as a Fisheries Health Formalization Specialist for the Marine Governance Program of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law since 2022.

Carlos is a Fisheries Engineer from the National University of Piura, registered with CIP No. 154705, deputy secretary of the fisheries engineers chapter of the Peruvian Engineers Association, with a PhD in Environmental Sciences and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and Industrial Safety. He specializes in Fisheries Law, Fisheries and Aquaculture Business, Health Legislation, Risk-Based Process Management, and Occupational Health and Safety.

He has 13 years of experience in the fisheries sector and has served as Regional Coordinator of the Ministry of Production’s Eat Fish Program, Scientific Analyst of Artisanal Fisheries at IMARPE, and Health Inspector at the National Fisheries Health Agency, where he carried out formalization, control, and inspection activities with various actors in the fisheries production chain under the regulatory and normative aspects of the activity’s health, quality control, and value chains. He also worked at Shellcacth INC. As director of fishing operations and traceability marketing projects in Peru, he is constantly involved in artisanal fishing villages in the north and center of the country and with artisanal fishing guilds to reduce the vulnerability of fishing communities to the impacts of climate change on the coastal marine ecosystem, with a focus on responsible and sustainable fishing.

As a specialist in fisheries health formalization, he is currently implementing and developing strategies to achieve fisheries health formalization for the various actors in the fisheries production chain.

In the project “Involving the capture sector to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in artisanal fisheries in Peru,” the northern region of Peru is achieving the health formalization of more than 80 fishing vessels dedicated to hake extraction.

In the project “For Fishing,” more than 25 artisanal fishing vessels are being certified for health and safety.

During 2023, more than 300 artisanal fishermen were trained in good handling and preservation practices on board, hygiene and sanitation programs, and fisheries health regulations.

He collaborated in the drafting of the fisheries health section of the Formalization Guide for artisanal fishing produced by SPDA.

Contact: colivares@spda.org.pe