• 19 August 2025

    IFOP Scientific Observer Embarks on Research Cruise in Argentina

    Between August 7 and 29, Senior Scientific Observer Guillermo Carrasco Cisternas, who works at the IFOP Talcahuano headquarters as part of the institution’s Sampling Management Department (DGM), will participate in the cruise “Global Assessment Campaign of Hake (Merluccius hubbsi) Abundance. Area between 41°S and 48°S (Southern Effective),” which will be carried out by the National


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  • 29 July 2025

    Specialists in acoustic evaluation of Chilean Width Biomass (IFOP) and Peru (Imarpe), met in Valparaíso.

    Between July 21 and 25, 2025, the Hydroacoustic Specialists of the Institute of Fishing Development of Chile (FOP) and of the Peruvian Sea Institute (IMARPE) met in Valparaíso, in order to estimate the biomass of the shared stock of Width (Empharulis Ringens) in southern Peru and Northern Chile (Spch). This activity is part of the


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  • 1 August 2025

    IFOP Holds Mussel Farming Class for Students in the Los Lagos Region

    Cochamó, as part of a collaboration with the Technical Training Support Objective of the “Comprehensive Aquaculture Development Program for Artisanal Fishermen and Small-Scale Aquaculturists. Stage VIII,” a specialized mussel farming class was held for third- and fourth-year students at Juan Soler Manfredini Fronter High School in the municipality of Cochamó. The activity was organized and


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  • 13 August 2025

    New outreach tools launched to strengthen prevention and monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms

    Puerto Montt, with the goal of improving communication and facilitating access to timely information on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), which arise from the red tide monitoring and research programs carried out by the Center for Harmful Algal Studies (CREAN) of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), officially launched a set of outreach tools aimed at preventing


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  • Argentina’s INIDEP and Chile’s IFOP strengthen scientific cooperation with the signing of two new agreements

    The event took place at INIDEP facilities, with the participation of authorities and scientific teams from both countries.   On Thursday, August 7 and Friday, August 8, the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) hosted an important international cooperation meeting in marine science. In the presence of INIDEP Director Gonzalo Eduardo Bacigalupo and


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  • 31 July 2025

    Scientific Vessel Abate Molina Set Sail to Research Common Hake

    On July 29, the scientific vessel Abate Molina set sail from the Port of Valparaíso to conduct a hydroacoustic survey of the continental shelf, between the northern border of the Coquimbo Region and the Los Ríos Region, to determine the common hake stock. The cruise is led by fisheries engineer Víctor Catasti Barraza, and the


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  • 18 August 2025

    IFOP Attends Science Fair at Playa Ancha University

    With a fair focused on environmental protection, the traveling magazine “Cambalache” from the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) arrived at UPLA to present its ninth edition, dedicated to ocean preservation and the importance of marine species.   In this new issue, the magazine featured researchers from the university’s Faculties of Engineering and Natural and


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  • IFOP delegation strengthens scientific cooperation in China during international conference.

    In Fuzhou, China, a delegation from the Institute for Fisheries Development (IFOP) participated in the “Conference on Innovation and Science in Fisheries” (ICFIS 2025), held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. The conference was organized by the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences; the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute; the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute; the


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