Next Thursday, September 14th, IFOP Oceanography group in Putemún, Castro (chonos.ifop.cl) will offer a new dissemination workshop titled “Patagonia Fjords and Channels Oceanography and Numerical Modeling”, with most relevant projects results and progress by Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat Performance Agreement that IFOP carries out as a state consultant on marine ecosystems sustainable development in southern Chile. The workshop presentations address various topics related to Chilean Patagonia oceanography, considering hydrodynamics and biogeochemistry of Golfo Almirante Montt de Magallanes (for more...
The researcher worked for 26 years at Fisheries Development Institute, and is the only woman who has been head of the hydroacoustic evaluation department. Chile’s new research ship will bear her name María Ángela, is doctorate in Biological Oceanography from Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France), prominent professor, researcher and fisheries engineer at Pontificia Uiversidad Catolica de Valparaiso (PUCV), has an extensive work career, she served as academic at Universidad Catolica , as an IFOP researcher , and at the...
Captain Takashi Abe is in command of the ship, and the final call is expected to be on September 21rst in Valparaíso. Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail on Saturday, September 2nd, from Valparaíso’s port, and will sail for 19 days, to investigate spawning stock of anchovy and common sardine distribution, abundance and biomass between Valparaíso Region and Los Lagos Region. This research cruise, led by Dr. Jessica Bonicelli from IFOP Oceanography and Environment Department, takes place during the...
Yesterday, Thursday, August 31rd, a sunny and beautiful day accompanied the visit of the IFOP Board of Directors to the scientific ship Abate Molina, in the Valparaíso Region, they were received by Gonzalo Pereira, IFOP’s Executive Director, Patricio Herrera, head of marine operations, Takashi Abbe, boat captain and crew. They gave them a tour of the ship and explained what each of the scientific equipment is for, they learned about the laboratories, and the spaces that the ship has...
Javiera, won a scholarship at prestigious Flanders research institute, in Blue Science and Technology Summer Training program. There were two weeks in which she participated in an international Blue Science and Technology training. The improvement addresses important (global) societal challenges from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective. Academic conferences were held by different international institutions’s best researchers, active in various Blue Economy fields, with seminars given by European politicians, as well as by private companies with established value in their...
With the aim of staying at the frontier of knowledge about biology, ecology and cephalopod fisheries (cuttlefish, squid and octopus), researcher Ignacio Payá from IFOP’s Resource Evaluation Department (DER), participated in ICES life history and cephalopods fisheries working group. (https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WGCEPH.aspx ). This group, made up of a total of 56 scientists from 14 countries, met between July 3rd and 7th, 2023, at the Marine Research Institute (CSIC-IIM) in Vigo, Spain. At IFOP, Payá is in charge of evaluating cuttlefish...
Within the framework of “Evaluation of Management Strategies (EEM) for the Implementation of the Precautionary Approach in Common Hake (Merluccius gayi) in the Context of the General Law on Fisheries and Aquaculture” project, which is executed by IFOP Resource Evaluation Department , “Advanced training workshop on the use of openMSE software packages” was held. EEM implementation activities began in July with concepts and theory basic training, and openMSE software platform introduction, by a team of Canadian experts from Blue...
The scientific committee organizing the event is made up of a scientist from: France, USA, Malaysia and Argentina. Between August 14 -15, the first aquaculture, fisheries and marine biology international conference (ICAF 2023) will be held in London, United Kingdom, an opportunity in which a contribution from IFOP’s CREAN (Center for Harmful Algae Studies) has been accepted. (below attached summary translated into Spanish). This contribution has been prepared by six CREAN researchers, Oscar Espinoza, Pablo Salgado, Pamela Carbonell, Gemita...
On Tuesday, August 8th, Gonzalo Pereira Puchy Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP)’s Executive Director accompanied by his advisor Daniela Diaz Guisado, made a trip to Arica and Parinacota’s region, aiming to strengthen ties with IFOP’s Regional Headquarters workers, in addition, carry out a series of meetings with the regional authorities, to address various issues related to the fishing sector. The day was inaugurated with a dissemination workshop by researcher Carola Hernández, who together with other IFOP researchers who work in...
