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From May 4 to 8, 2026, the international symposium on small pelagic fish, “Navigating Changes in Small Pelagic and Forage Fish Communities: Climate, Ecosystems and Sustainable Fisheries” (SPF-2026), was held in La Paz. This scientific meeting brought together specialists from various countries to address...

On May 13th, the Marine Month Fair was held at the Penco High School. An IFOP team attended, as in previous years. Regarding the event, Cristián Villouta, Field Coordinator of the pelagic project, which includes an outreach component, stated that the objective of their...

From April 2nd to May 6th, 2026, Pamela Carbonell A., a researcher at the Center for the Study of Harmful Algae (CREAN) of the Aquaculture Division based in Puerto Montt, participated in the scientific expedition aboard the German vessel METEOR. The expedition covered a...

A group of Fisheries Biology students from the Catholic University of the Holy Conception visited the IFOP Talcahuano headquarters, where they toured the laboratories, spoke with scientific observers, and learned firsthand about the important work IFOP carries out throughout the country. This visit, requested...

On Friday, May 15, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture Osvaldo Urrutia Silva visited the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) in Valparaíso. During his visit, he met with IFOP Executive Director Luis Parot Donoso and IFOP Chairman of the Board Gabriel Yany, where they discussed various...

A collaborative effort between 16 Chilean salmon farming companies, Intesal, and IFOP to assess the risk of wild salmon re-establishment revealed a low presence of Coho salmon and an absence of Atlantic salmon. The Chilean salmon farming industry has made significant progress toward international...

The technical workshop “Status of Brown Algae Fisheries in the Tarapacá Region: Resource, Fleet, Market, and Management Recommendations” was held at the end of April in the Océano Sur room of the Gran Cavancha Hotel in the city of Iquique. The workshop was organized...

Between April 14 and 16, IFOP’s Repopulation and Cultivation (RyC) team delivered seeds of key resources to strengthen Small-Scale Aquaculture (APE) in southern Chile. The IFOP Repopulation and Cultivation team delivered seeds of northern scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) and Japanese oyster (Magallana gigas), produced at...

As part of the celebration of Marine Month and its 62nd anniversary, IFOP is participating in the 8th EXPOMAR, organized by the Marine Biology program at the University of Magallanes. This interactive fair brings together public and private entities connected to the marine and...

Dr. Osvaldo Ulloa shared his experience on expeditions to depths of over 8,000 meters and the latest advances in the study of extreme ecosystems. As part of the Benthic Fisheries Monitoring Project, a keynote address was given by Dr. Osvaldo Ulloa Quijada, professor at...

As part of the Benthic Fisheries Monitoring Project, nine scientific observers from fishing coves in the Biobío and Los Ríos regions participated in a training workshop held at the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) in Talcahuano. The activity, organized by senior researcher Nancy Barahona Toledo,...

The heads of the Arica and Iquique regional offices, Claudia Molina and Hernan Padilla, accompanied by the Head of the Department of Oceanography and Environment (DOMA), Dr. Jaime Letelier, participated as active members in the second session of the regional roundtable on El Niño...

On Monday, May 4, students from the Natural Resources Engineering program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), specializing in Marine Systems/Sustainable Development, visited the Valparaíso facilities of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP). The purpose of the visit was to learn firsthand about...

A binational workshop of the GEF Humboldt II project analyzed particle drift simulations and detected areas of high connectivity and retention along the coastal strip of southern Peru and northern Chile. Lima hosted the workshop “Oceanographic Modeling and Larval Connectivity of Anchovy between Southern...