On August 1, morning time, M.V. Cabo de Hornos sat sailed from Valparaíso port for a scientific cruise, which will make research on southern hake, hoki and southern blue Whiting. The area of study includes from Guafo Island to the north of Strait of...
Image-Pro is an image analysis program, which has the section Age and Growth of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, and thanks to this program, different activities and research projects have been carried out. In Talcahuano, training was developed for the use of Image-Pro analysis software,...
The study extends across the area between northern Totoralillo in the region of Coquimbo, to the north of Ancud in the Region de Los Lagos. The scientific ship Abate Molina, of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) sailed at 12 hours, of Monday July 25,...
Between July and August, IFOP will continue with the training which has been given to its workers since 2006, in the Data Management System Quality ISO 9001. The activity is designed to the headquarters, scientifics, technicals and administrative staff of the Regional Headquarters of...
Eliana Escudero, Head of IFOP Iquique, said “is a first step, to raise awareness on environmental preservation, closely linked with our work, as an institute dedicated to the conservation of species through research, and finally a lot of trash and plastic came into the...
This is new pioneering software just launched in the world. Chile is one of the top five countries using this program; this is why FAO is very interested about the utilization progress of the program in our country. At Campus Huayquique, of Universidad Arturo...
The mobulas are giant rays and the inclusion of these species into Appendix II to CITES (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora considering) is being considered. In Iquique, the sharks working group hold a meeting. This is part...
Initiative of Chilean researchers to share scientific information and complement efforts to monitor the ocean begins to happen On Wednesday 6 July, at IFOP Valparaiso, renowned scientists from national universities and researchers of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero met together to discuss the way in...
The importance of the course is that this type of software is a tool that has proven to be very useful for modeling different processes (physical and biogeochemical) in diverse aquatic systems (hydrographic watersheds and estuaries) at different scales. During the days June 27...
EnIn Valparaíso, an expert panel was carried out about climatic change, which is part of the project of IFOP “logistical support for the development and management of regional action plans and programs of aquatic species conservation and adaptation to climate change in fisheries and...
The project is critical for the process of accreditation of the lobster fishery, the data collection and generation of knowledge of fisheries, resources and ecosystems of Alejandro Selkirk Island, Robinson Crusoe island, Santa Clara island and Desventuradas islands. The IFOP jointly with University of...
On May and June, the Championship of Futsal “Copa Mes del Mar 2016” was carried out, being this year organized by IFOP. The tournament takes place from 7 years ago and brings together some institutions and workers who are linked to the sea and...
The 6th meeting of the National Marine Turtle Specialist Group was held in Vina del Mar. This time experts on sea turtle of Chile had as main objective to design a National Action Plan for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles that considers...
On June 21, the vessel “Abate Molina” enter floating dock “Gutierrez” in ASMAR Talcahuano, the docking flooding maneuvers began at 08:00 hours and at 11:30 hours, the ship was completely stranded. According to Maintenance Plan and requirements of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK) Classification society,...
A group of students of Marine Biology of the University of Valparaiso, visited Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, accompanied by academician of this university, Fernando Balbontín. Professor Balbontín explained the purpose of the activity: “We have visited IFOP mainly, because it is the one in...
