Financed by Aysén Regional Government it aims to identify new benthic resource banks and increase information access frequency associated with marine biotoxins in seafood presence or absence, at Program of Management and Monitoring of Red Tide current monitoring stations. At the end of June, Aysén Regional Government, through Productive Development, Science, Technology and Innovation Commissions, convened (IFOP) Fisheries Development Institute to show progress status of Monitoring Improvement of Harmful Algal Blooms Transfer Program. (FANs) at Aysén Region . This...

This activity aim was to sensitize and train people in the area regarding effects and the need to incorporate adaptation measures to management of fisheries and aquaculture phenomenon. More than 50 representatives from fisheries management committees, scientific committees, salmon farmers, mussel farmers, artisanal fisheries and small-scale aquaculture, as well as public services related to the area met yesterday at Hotel Diego de Almagro, in Valparaíso, at a seminar organized by Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat to internalize them regarding weather...

Argentina and Chile strengthen and promote scientific links in INIDEP Coordinating Committee of the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute of Argentina and the Fishing Development Institute of Chile IV Annual Coordination Workshop 2018 is being held. From June 25th to 27th at INIDEP facilities, a new meeting between institutions was held, thanks to the Framework Agreement signed on July 8th , 2014 and whose general objective is to formalize cooperation relations among both...

On Wednesday, June 20th , at IFOP auditorium in Valparaíso, a dissemination workshop was held on fisheries monitoring program under 2017 management areas. Results of Fisheries Development Institute developed at AMERB studies were delivered. AMERB are Bentonic Resources Management and Exploitation Areas , is a fishery management measure that assigns exclusive rights of use and exploitation of benthic resources (invertebrates and algae) to organizations of artisanal fishermen (OPA) legally constituted, who must report AMERB performance to the Undersecretariat of...

Fisheries Development Institute invites to this Workshop to show: “Surveillance of pathogens resistance that affect national salmon industry to the commonly used antimicrobials (Stage IV)”, Program results. Which will take place on Tuesday June 26th , 2018,at “Austral room” of Hotel Gran Pacífico, from 10:00, until 1:00 p.m. The program is financed by the Economy Ministry, which is actively participating in its development as a technical counterpart of Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat . Counting, in addition, with National Fisheries...

Ichthyology is a branch of science dedicated to fish study. On June 13TH , Antonio Aranis, IFOP researcher in charge of Fisheries Assessment Department Center-South Monitoring Program, presented the study “Criteria for estimating the reference size at Ibero-American International Ictilogy Congress (SIBIC) in Portugal. in juveniles of Common Sardine (Strangomera bentincki) of Chile‘s south central zone“, this work corresponds to a commissioned Scientific Committee and  SUBPESCA investigation that was carried out by researchers Karen Walker, Javier Contreras and Antonio...

The signed agreement establishes collaboration between both entities for four years Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) conservation NGO, signed on June 15th , 2018 a collaboration agreement which promotes joint research activities to advance towards Chilean coast fisheries sustainability and contribute to the country’s marine ecosystem protection. The four-year agreement will develop and expand tools to improve monitoring, monitoring and evaluation programs of main Chilean fisheries, which is IFOP´s main purpose. The agreement will also...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) global team is a partner NGO of Fisheries Promotion Institute (IFOP), invited two researchers from the institution, María Cristina Pérez, marine biologist and master in fisheries and Mauricio Ibarra, fishing engineer and master in statistics, they participated in “Data-limited Stock Assessment” technical training course (limited data), given on June 4th and 5th in Arlington city, United States, by Dr. Jason Cope, NOAA’s researcher and Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. María Cristina, told us ”...

The bird traveled 9350 km and has been traveling almost 9 years A black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) marked on March 6, 2009 on Windsor Bay slopes, Mcquarie Island south of Tasmania (Australia), when it was a chick, by biologist Julie MacInnes of the University of Hobart (Tasmania, Australia) with Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service support and registered by Australian Bird & Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) jointly with Tasmania’s Parks, Water and Environment Department of Primary Industries Marine Conservation Program...

The future platform will be available to all users FAO and Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) signed an agreement for the implementation of a project aimed at designing an information system that includes fisheries, aquaculture and climate change databases. In this way, it seeks to provide diverse users with data that improves their decision-making processes in areas related to their respective work areas. The initiative is within GEF project Strengthening Adaptation Capacity in the Chilean Fish and Aquaculture Sector to...

Collaboration is part of a Framework Agreement signed by both institutions in 2007, and will last for three years with extension possibilities for a similar period. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) and Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), signed a training agreement by means of which all professionals belonging to the latter, enrolled in the Master in Aquatic Resources Management of Ocean Sciences School, you will have a 50% reduction in the regular fee value. Professor Exequiel González, PUCV Master’s...

Information about currents, temperature and sea salinity between Los Lagos and Aysén regions. Connectivity statistics among water plots through climate scenarios. It’s free and public you can find it at https://www.ifop.cl/chonos/ Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) jointly with Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture launched a new oceanographic information site called CHONOS, “whose name has been coined because seas that lie between Chiloé island and Golfo de Penas which was inhabited by Chonos, natives that were considered great navigators, who were...

Universidad Austral together with Marine Sciences Chilean Society are organizing the XXXVIII Marine Sciences Congress (version 2018) which has as its slogan: Marine sciences in times of global change. This event will take place between May 14th and 18th , at Villa del Río hotel in Valdivia. The activity brings together academics, researchers and University students, Research Centers and Institutes of Chile and abroad; as well as international experts in the most emerging areas of Marine Sciences.

International Symposium will be held on May 18th  in the framework of the XXXVIII Marine Sciences Congress , in Valdivia. Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) fisheries research agenda this year has been marked by the Ecosystemic Approach to Fisheries Management concept (EEMP). As a high point of these discussions IFOP with Environmental Defend Fund (EDF) will hold an International Symposium on May 18th  at the XXXVIII Congress of Marine Sciences, in Valdivia. As is traditional, issues related to our sea...

Researcher Romanet Seguel was awarded with “1000 scientists a thousand classrooms” award granted in Aysén On April 19th in the city of Coyhaique, “Meeting of relevant actors and leaders 2018” was held, an activity carried out by Universidad Austral of Chile, Patagonia Campus, and Regional Associative Project, PAR Explora de CONICYT Region of Aysén. In this instance, two researchers from Aysén headquarters, Romanet Seguel and Alfredo Astorga, participated. The meeting reviewed regional activities carried out during 2017, pointing out...