Dr. Marcos Gilberto Godoy is a veterinarian, academic and researcher marine biologist at Faculty of Natural Sciences, Veterinary School, San Sebastián University, Puerto Montt, Chile, and Technical Director at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Aplicadas (CIBA), Puerto Montt, Chile. He graduated from the Austral University of Chile in 1992, obtained his Master's degree at the Universidad Austral de Chile in 1995, and his Ph.D. degree at the Austral University of Chile in 2000. Since 2007, he has worked at the Gerente Institute of Biovac, in the course of which he also worked in a multidisciplinary equipment laboratory, the Instrumental Geology, Microbiology, and Diagnostic Laboratory, that studies chemicals and molds. In 2007, he became a Biovac, Marine Harvest, and Sernapesca specialist, specializing in diagnostics, diagnosis, and analysis of salmon diseases in Chile. In these roles, he has been involved in the field of the sanitary import of new species, including abalones, and species plans and some of the country's most vulnerable groups, with a specialization in salmonids, also working to prevent and treat salmonids, which helps to reduce the risk of infection and helps to maintain a comprehensive health care network.