“Women of the sea, coast and islands of Aysén Region” is the given name to the first publication aimed at disseminating female participation in artisanal fishing sector from Melinka, on the north coast, to Caleta Tortel, in the southern region. Recognizing women on the coast’s importance history and activities. Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and the Artisanal Fisheries Women’s Roundtable agreed to publish Women of the Sea, as part of a collaborative effort. As the table’s president Rodrigo Araya, Regional...
Different authorities attended the event, including Valparaíso’s region Economy and Environment ministerial Secretariat ( Seremis) and Valparaíso and Viña del Mar mayors Jorge Sharp, and Macarena Ripamonti respectively. On September 29th and 30th, 2022, beach dissemination and cleaning activities were carried out in Caleta Portales and Reñaca beach, with a large gathering attended by schools and general public. On this occasion, delegations from Chilean Navy, Municipalities, Universities, Environment Seremi, Agricultural and Livestock Service, National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA),...
The workshop was held in Caldera port it was organized by the Chilean National Artisanal Fishermen Confederation (CONAPACH), the Interregional Pelagic Federation Changos del Norte and Northen Macrozone Artisanal Fishermen Organizations, this meeting was attended by more than 60 participants from the artisanal fishing sector, representatives of Fisheries Undersecretariat, Fisheries Development Institute, National Fisheries Service, Chilean Navy and regional authorities. The event began with welcome greetings from Mr. Miguel Avalos, Caldera’s COOPESCADORES president and via telematics, Mrs. Zoila Bustamante,...
From Antofagasta’s Port Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail on September 23rd for a 45-day cruise that will cover between the northern limit of the country and 26°S and up to a distance of 100 nm from the coast. Within the framework of the XXV Joint Regional Cruise, coordinated by the South Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS) The cruise’s execution is in charge of Oceanography and Environment Department (DOMA) of Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and the head of the cruise...
On September 15th, the 2nd virtual meeting of the year 2022 of the Network of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Institutions of the Pacific Alliance (IIPA/AP network) was held. This is a network that was born in the context of the 2017 Work Plan of the ad hoc group on Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Pacific Alliance and is made up of IFOP (Chile), INVEMAR (Colombia), INAPESCA (Mexico) and IMARPE (Peru). , and INIDEP (Argentina), SCIRO (Australia) and FAO have...
Dr. Jaime Letelier Pino, head of IFOP Fisheries Research Division of Oceanography and Environment, presented “Chilean Contribution to the MultinationDepartment al Alert System for the Resilience of Fisheries in the Great Humboldt Current System (S.A.P.O) ”, at the “international conference on Eastern Rim Upwelling Systems (EBUS): Past, Present and Future & Second International Conference on the Humboldt Current System” held in Lima between September 19th and 23rd, 2022. The exhibition was part of the shared session with leading scientists...
The event will take place on September 23rd at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and will include national and international specialists participation. What is the importance of science for Humboldt Current System in Chile and Peru management main fishery? What benefits can scientific tools provide for sustainable fisheries that are resilient to climatic change ? These and other questions will be addressed in the event “From Science to Humboldt Current Fisheries Policy“, organized jointly by Humboldt II project and Environmental...
During September, within SATREPS MACH project framework (Algae Monitoring in Chile: Monitoring methods and prediction system of harmful algal blooms development for sustainable aquaculture and coastal fishing in Chile). A Chile-Japan international cooperation initiative financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japanese Science and Technology (JST), Dr. Mikihiko KAWAI from Kyoto University and Mr. Yuji MISU, coordinator of the project in Chile. These visits aims on coordinating all computer aspects related to the project, which is in its...
In Lima, Peru, between September 19th and 23rd Eastern Rim Upwelling Systems (EBUS): Past, Present and Future and Second International Humboldt Current System Conference will be held. https://www.ebus-lima2022.com/es From IFOP Fisheries Development Institute, a delegation made up of 8 researchers is attending. They will show their Humboldt Current related work . The contribution provided by the Binational Chile-Peru project “Catalysing Implementation of a Strategic Action Program for the Sustainable Management of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Humboldt Current...
He presented part of FIPA project results “Development of a proposal for an epidemiological surveillance program based on risk for ornamental fish in Chile, based on their characterization and current health condition” Between September 5th and 8th, the 9th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health (ISAAH 9th) was held, organized by the School of Veterinary Medicine of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. This event is held every four years and for the first time it is being held in...
Access link: https://meet.google.com/hcd-vawa-fbw On Monday, September 26th, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), will hold a workshop to disseminate “Monitoring and Surveillance Program on the larval availability of mussels for the sustainability of the aquaculture activity in the southern southern zone of Chile, IX stage 2021-22”results, a study that has been carried out since 2013 and is part of the permanent monitoring programs carried out by IFOP and defined by Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat. In...
Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail today, September 6th, from Valparaíso’s Port, to assess anchoveta spawning stock during maximum reproductive activity period and the oceanographic conditions associated with this process, in the area between Region de Atacama and Coquimbo. It is the first time that, in this cruise, a project that IFOP has been carrying out since 2014, anchoveta eggs module and oceanography are carried out on the Abate Molina scientific vessel. This will allow both components to be...
I am a fisherman’s daughter and very proud of having progressed thanks to my parent’s work. An industrial civil engineer by profession and also an artisanal fisherwoman, mother of five children who are her greatest pride. She tells us that her eldest is an architect and has a master’s degree in sustainability, the only boy is finishing industrial civil engineering, her other daughter is in her fourth year of med school and the two girls, eleven and thirteen years...
“Predatory interactions and environmental variability as control mechanisms for euphausiids abundance and diversity in Humboldt Current System” On Monday, August 22nd, at 10 am, Macarena Díaz Astudillo successfully presented at Universidad de Concepción her Ph.D. degree thesis in oceanography. His thesis called “Predatory interactions and environmental variability as control mechanisms for the abundance and diversity of euphausiids in the Humboldt Current System” raises questions about the environmental influence on the planktonic dynamics of euphausiids and their link with anchoveta...
