On August 12th and 13th , at Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso Marine Sciences School, a team of national and foreign professionals gathered to share their research cocerning loco (Concholepas concholepas). The activity was organized by the Oceanography and Environment Department from the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Management Areas Section . The workshop aimed to analyze locust resource status of knowledge emphasizing on connectivity between management areas along chilea coast. Gabriel Jerez from Fisheries Undersecretariat, noted the economic importance of...

At Valparaiso’s Marine Sciences School from Pontificia Universidad Católica dependencies IFOP Fisheries Development Institute, conducted “Fisheries Under Management Areas Regime Monitoring Program Result’s Workshop, 2018”, which is developed by IFOP Management Areas Section, in order to show AMERB regime analysis results and properly advise the Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat . The workshop was attended by professionals from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat Benthic Resources Unit, consultants, researchers and representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations, where the following topics were addressed: Quality...

The Sea’s Regional Seminar, care, opportunities and challenges was held at Universidad de Machala, Ecuador, It was organized by the General Directorate of Maritime Interests of the Navy. Representatives from France, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Chile participated in the activity. Our researcher from Fisheries Development Institute Nancy Barahona Toledo attended from our country. The seminar objective was to provide knowledge about the sea in order to generate positive attitudes towards care and conservation of marine resources, creating reflection spaces...

On July 31, the results of the Highly Migratory Resources Monitoring Program were presented in one of the conference rooms of Baburizza Palace in Valparaíso. Dr. Patricia Zárate, project manager, together with a work team that involves observers, researchers from IFOP and from several Universities analyzed the results of the observations made during 2018. Among the guests were representatives of the Scientific Committees, the Undersecretariat of Fisheries, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, the DIRECTEMAR and national universities. Among...

This research is intended to support small-scale fisheries development through a socially and environmentally sustainable approach. A key element to technically support this is to “illuminate” various fisheries contributions. Recently it was a known fact that Chilean Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) will participate in the global study “Illuminating Hidden Crops” (Illuminating Hidden Harvests, IHH), which is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO, for its acronym in English), WorldFish and Duke University (United...

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  The cruise will last 42 days, between July 24th and September 4th On July 24th, Abate Molina IFOP’s scientific ship set sail from Valparaíso’s port to evaluate through hydroacoustic method,common hake stock between the northern limit of the Coquimbo region to the Los Lagos region As head of the cruise is Esteban Molina and the captain of the ship is Enrique Quiero sailing with a crew of 28 people among investigators and ship’s crew. Specific objectives of the...

The exposition aims to request the extreme zone bonus recognition for the institution’s workers On July 22nd at Santiago’s former National Congress, twhere the Senate Extreme Zones commission session was held, in which IFOP was represented by its Executive Director Luis Parot Donoso and institutional union leaders, all of whom agreed to request Senators the workers desire that is to be able to obtain the extreme zone bonus. Luis Parot explained “We were invited to make a presentation of...

Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in hard tissues of organisms, such as; molluscs, corals and otoliths in fish and the temporal context in which they were formed. Its main research focuses on growth bands and their relationship with environmental forcing at different time scales. Between June 16th and 21rst, 2019, the Fifth International Sclerochronology Conference was held at Split – Croatia. From Chile the Fishing Development Institute professionals Guillermo Moyano and Lizandro Muñoz presented their...

The project in Chile is led by the head of the IFOP Economics Section, Elizabeth Palta and researchers Andrea Araya and Johanna Rojas. The study entitled “Illuminating Hidden Harvests” is being prepared by Duke University, FAO and WorldFish, while the Chilean component is developed by the Fisheries Development Institute. The UN report states that, through a better understanding of small-scale fisheries, the study “Illuminating Hidden Crops” will promote policies and programs that will build resilience in the sector to...

On June 28th , at Valparaíso’s Natural History Museum auditorium, the Fisheries Development Institute Oceanography and Environment Department, presented results of three spawning stock evaluation projects through the anchovy eggs production daily method between Arica and Valdivia and common sardine between Valparaíso and Valdivia. It counted with the presence of exhibitors from Fisheries Development Institute, Universidad Arturo Prat, Universidad de Concepción, Universidad de Valparaíso and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso. Among the attendees were representatives Economy Ministry, FisheriesUndersecretary, Scientific...

The Environmental Economists and Resources European Association (EEREA) Annual Conference is one of the main global meetings on the subject, and brings together more than 700 economists from five continents, raising current issues and methodology applied in resources and environmental economic analyzes. Between June 26th and 30th , Pedro Romero, IFOP researcher, participated in the 24th European Association Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference (EEREA), held in Manchester, England. Together with Professor Oscar Melo, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de...

In Carlos Condell and Santa Teresa schools A team of professionals from Fishing Development Institute traveled four hours on a catamaran from Aysén to Caleta Andrade, to give a talk at Carlos Condell school, about Aysén region’s coastline characteristics from different points of view: its richness in species, geomorphological, oceanographic aspects and its commercial activities. Yessica Robles, IFOP researcher spoke with children about the island’s marine fauna “Many times when we talk about marine fauna, we only think of...