Baigun, Claudio

Senior Researcher CONICET

Professional resume + Expertise

He has a degree in Biological Sciences (FCEyN, UBA) and a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires. He has carried out specialization studies in fisheries at Oregon State University (USA) where he obtained a Master's degree in Fisheries and Wildlife. He received the Fulbright and Encyclopedia Britannica scholarships and the Skinner Award from the American Fisheries Society. He is a Principal Investigator of CONICET and currently directs the Laboratory of Applied Fisheries Ecology at the Institute of Research and Environmental Engineering (3iA) of the National University of San Martín. He has taught courses on fisheries in various universities such as Comahue, Buenos Aires, Litoral, CAECE, CENTRO, La Plata, Patagonia, Iowa, Venezuela, Antioquia, etc., having published over 70 scientific papers in indexed journals, about 40 parts of books and presented papers in over 200 national and international conferences. He has also participated in several research projects for national and international organizations (Trinational Pilcomayo Commission, FREPLATA, FAO, CTM, EBY, Wetlands International, etc.) linked to transboundary basins. His areas of expertise are related to the impact of hydrotechnical works on fish and fisheries, management of small-scale fisheries, ecological knowledge of fishermen, freshwater fisheries, migratory fish. inland fisheries samplings.

Keywords

small scale fisheries, dams, large rivers, migratory fish, fisheries management.

Most important publications

Castillo, T., Brancolini, F., Saigo, M. Correa, J. y Baigún. C. 2018. Ethnoichthyology of artisanal fisheries from the Lower La Plata basin Plata River basin (Argentina). Journal of Ethnobiology 2019. 38(3): 406–423.ISSN 0278-077. DOI 10.2993/0278-0771-38.3.406

Maiztegui T, Baigún C., Garcia de Souza, J.R, Weyl, O. and Colautti, D. C. 2019 .

Population responses of common carp Cyprinus carpio to floods and droughts in the Pampean wetlands of South America. NeoBiota, 48: 25-44. DOI: 10.3897-NEOBIOTA.48.34850.

Castillo, T., C. Baigún y P. Minotti. 2016. Assessment of fisheries legal framework for potential development of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management in large rivers. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 23: 510–518.

Llompart, F. M., D. C. Colautti y C. Baigún. 2017. Conciliating artisanal and recreational fisheries in Anegada Bay, Argentina. Fisheries Research, 190: 140-149.

Barletta, M., V. Cussac, A. A. Agostinho, C. Baigún, E. K. Okada, A. C. Catella, N. F. Fontoura, P. S. Pompeu, L. F. Jimenez-Segura, V. S. Batista, C. A. Lasso, D. Taphorn y N. N. Fabre. 2016. Fisheries ecology in South American river basins. Pages 311- 348 In J. F. Craig (ed). Freshwater Fisheries Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford