IFOP will investigate the current situation of the common hake in Chile
July 30th, 2024
Yesterday, July 24, the scientific vessel Abate Molina set sail from the Port of Valparaíso to investigate the current state of the common hake.
The general objective of the cruise, headed by the fisheries engineer Álvaro Saavedra, is to carry out a hydroacoustic survey between the northern border of the Coquimbo Region and the Los Ríos Region, to determine the stock of common hake.
Professionals, technicians and the crew of the Abate Molina Vessel are participating in the cruise and it will take place between July 24 and August 28 (34 days). Samples will be obtained to identify and assign the corresponding echotraces to common hake, biological samples of common hake to characterize its demographic and reproductive structure. Quantify and characterize the accompanying fauna present in the identification fishing hauls. And at each bio-oceanographic station, physical profiles of the water column, meteorological data and samples of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton.