Patricio Barría Martínez is a Marine Biologist with a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences, mention in Ecology, from Universidad de Chile. His main interest areas have been fisheries ecology, population dynamics, highly migratory fish stock assessment, and scientific advice for fisheries at the national and international levels conservation and management. At the XVI Annual Meeting of the Regional Action Plan for Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras Conservation and Management in the Southeast Pacific Scientific Technical Committee. Delegates representing the Member...
On Monday, October 17th, in Santiago, Gonzalo Pereira, Fisheries Development Institute Director met Minister of Sciences Silvia Díaz on a formal visit. They were also accompanied by the Minister’s Chief of Staff, Sebastián Vergara, and Doctors Daniela Díaz, in charge of IFOP cooperation and international affairs and Carlos Montenegro, Fisheries Research Division head. On the occasion the authorities discussed IFOP’s research issues, projects and international alliances. Daniela Díaz explained “in the meeting with the Minister, the Director talked with...
The initiative aims to protect cetaceans, with the first intelligent buoy installation by means of an acoustic signal, will warn vessels of the presence of whales. This buoy and those that will follow it will also contribute to oceanographic and meteorological data collection for Climatic Change impact on chilean coast, reducing public oceanographic data gap that has characterized the eastern South Pacific. Dr. Carlos Montenegro Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP),Fisheries Research Division’s Head and Oceanography and Environment Department head of...
It reviews regional action plan these resources conservation and management. The Regional Action Plan (PAR) for sharks, rays and chimaeras in the Southeast Pacific Scientific Technical Committee (CTC) XVI annual meeting was held in Bogotá cityf, Colombia, organized by the South PacificPermanent Commission (CPPS), in which scientists and technicians from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru participated. The meeting aims to facilitate knowledge and experiences exchange and to learn about member countries regional progress on RAP-Shark Regional Action Plan application....
The Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Austral Macrozone Seremi ministerial secretariar) organized the Science Festival (FECI), a national, public and free celebration that aimed to position science, technology, knowledge and innovation in collective imagination as part of culture, also promoting its appropriation. This year the central theme was “Climatic Change”, with special emphasis on water, and the inaugural milestone was held in Punta Arenas. On Sunday, October 2nd, starting at 10 a.m., the first “Plogging of Magellan, Running with...
Also as part of the tour, the delegation had the opportunity to present their experience of joint work between Chile and Japan to the Chilean Ambassador in that country, Ricardo Rojas, highlighting relevant aspects of MACH’s research. Between September 30th and October 9th, integrating a delegation that also included Universities of Antofagasta, La Frontera and Los Lagos academics,researchers Drs. Leonardo Guzmán and Oscar Espinoza, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Aquaculture Research Division and the Harmful Algae Research Center heads ,...
With deep sadness, Our IFOP family bids farewell today to whoever was its Executive Director, between the years 1990-1994, a prominent marine biologist and oceanographer, his IFOP colleagues; We remember him as a very intelligent, charismatic and, above all, hard-working man, always aware of everything he had to do with the progress of marine science research. Generous in his knowledge, professor of many professionals who today work in the area of fisheries and aquaculture research, his closest ones remember...
Within the framework of a new version of the Science Festival, organized by the Explora Arica and Parinacota Regional Associative Project (PAR), the Science and Innovation Fair was held on October 7th in Punta Norte Park, whose motto this year It was “Every drop counts”. This instance, which every year brings together in one place different institutions linked to scientific, technological and educational activities, during its inauguration was attended by the North Macrozone’s Sciences SEREMI Mr. Rubén Moraga,along with...
It will be a modern 2-story building of 951.52m2, laboratories for Pre-shipment analysis of fishmeal, ichthyology and oceanography laboratories. The new regional headquarters of the Fisheries Development Institute will be located in the Primeras Piedras sector, Iquique. It is a maritime concession located on a plot of 3,285.44 m2, which was delivered by the Maritime Authority to the Fisheries Development Institute until December 31rst, 2041. Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, IFOP’s Executive Director traveled to the region to talk with the...
This successful workshop was organized by EDF at Palacio Astoreca Montealegre Hotel , located at Cerro Alegre 149, Valparaíso, on October 5th and 6th, 2022, Valparaíso, Chile. Within the framework of Learning Network, Artisanal Fishing -Chile “The sea and fishing challenges facing climatic change (CC)” 8th Workshop. Dr. Jaime Letelier, Fishing Development Institute’s Oceanography and Environment Department’s head showed advances of “An ocean warning, prediction and observation system”. This IFOP’s developed system contributes to public data integration from Eastern...
Activity that was carried out in an online format, between 9:30 and 12:30 on Monday, September 26th. This Monday, September 26th. Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) held a workshop to disseminate the results of “Monitoring and Surveillance Program on mytilids larval availability for aquaculture activity sustainability in Chilean southern zone IX stage 2021-22”, a study that has been carried out since 2013 and is part of IFOP permanently executed monitoring programs and defined by Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat. The workshop...
this activity was held in Ecuador, IFOP attended represented by Dr. Patricia Zárate in her capacity as a member of the Technical Scientific Committee of sea turtles of Southeast Pacific of South Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS) These activities will bring together technical scientific committees delegates from Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Regional Workshop “Marking of Sea Turtles in the Southeast Pacific” was held on October 3rd and 4th, at Pachoche Coastal Marine Wildlife Refuge, in Manabí Province Ecuador....
From September 28th to 30th, IFOP Director, Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, toured IFOP’s Puerto Montt, Aysén and Punta Arenas headquarters; on the occasion, IFOP’s highest authority held meetings with the institution’s workers and with regional authorities. The Board of Directors was held in Puerto Montt, in which the head of the Aquaculture Research Division, Dr. Leonardo Guzmán, presented to councilors the division’s current development, gaps and medium-term projections. In addition, the council became aware of the facilities and means available...
