On Monday, December 13th, in Puerto Montt, IFOP signed a collaboration agreement with Ministry of Sciences, in which main National Fisheries Research institution will contribute environmental information as a result of its activity and that are part of “Climatic Change Monitoring System to monitor fisheries and Aquaculture ”(www.ifop.cl) to Climatic Change Observatory promoted by Ministry of Sciences (https://www.minciencia.gob.cl/occ/). Luis Parot Donoso, IFOP Executive Director explained “our research institute has a direct activity in fishing resources evaluation and environmental monitoring...
Held between November 29th and December 3rd, the VIII National Aquaculture Congress was held. The event was organized by Universidad Catolica de Temuco (UCT) together with Chilean Aquaculture Society (SCHACUI), also with IFOP sponsorship. Instance which proposes to form a joining point between academia, institutions and intensive aquaculture productive sector, as well as small-scale (artisanal), suppliers and services, in order to share advances, proposals, innovations, diversification and improvements, aimed at making a more sustainable activity, environmentally friendly and, above...
The information, compiled together with MMA and IFOP for “Global Biodiversity Information Facility”, is about Didymo, a species present in freshwater bodies in the south-central zone of Chile. At the end of 2020, the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) invited Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat (Subpesca) to participate in “Global Biodiversity Information Facility” (GBIF), an international network that, with more than 1,200 public organizations and private companies present in 123 countries, seeks to provide the community with free and open...
Between November 30th and December 2nd, the XLIII Chilean Microbiology Congress will be held. It is organized by Chilean Microbiology Society, which is done yearly and this time is online. Dr. Gonzalo Fuenzalida participates in IFOP with phytoplankton communities Genetic diversity research contrasting environments along Chilean Coast. Dr. Fuenzalida explained “During the last decades, mass sequencing technology has allowed scientists to advance in aquatic ecosystems biodiversity research. Specifically, metabarcoding technique allows prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms simultaneous identification in aquatic...
The seminar has been held annually since 2015 and brings together national researchers to present their results associated with mythiliculture. This Thursday, November 25th, in the morning and afternoon (8: 30-12: 30 and 14: 30-18: 00) “VII Seminar on Research Applied to Mitiliculture (SIAM 2021)”will be held. Instance in which researchers from different national institutions meet to present their results associated with mythiliculture. In this edition, there will be 10 exhibitions, of which 3 will be in charge of...
This Monitoring Program has been carried out since 2013 and its main mission is to describe and understand supply of larval larvae that supplies Los Lagos region mussel industry. This Friday, November 26th, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Aquaculture Research Division (DIA) will hold the Research Results Dissemination “Monitoring and Surveillance Program on larval availability of mitilids for aquaculture activity sustainability in south southern zone of Chile, Stage VIII (2020-21) Workshop ”, which is...
