Between November 8 and 10 in Viña del Mar, the third Binational Workshop on biological fishery studies was carried out on top and highly migratory predators in the South Pacific Ocean. It is organized by the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), the Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE) and the GEF Humboldt project towards an ecosystem approach of the large marine ecosystem of the Humboldt Current. In the activity, researchers from IMARPE from Peru and from Chile: Subsecretaría de...

Young people of Marine Biology career of Universidad de Valparaíso toured the facilities of IFOP accompanied by Professor Fernando Balbontín, where they were able to know how is utilized the data collected along the coast of Chile. On Thursday, November 10, in Valparaíso, a group of 15 students of Marine biology of Universidad de Valparaiso visited the facilities of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero. The objective of the activity is to know the work done by the IFOP in the...

Su navegador no reproduce video en HTML5. It is considered the eyes and ears of Chile in the sea, its strategic function is; Provide the scientific and technical bases for conducting studies leading to adopt regulatory measures allowing the sustainability of marine resources, product of their studies establish the condition of species in terms of biomass and biological conditions. At the same time, objective knowledge of the ecosystems where fisheries and aquaculture are developed is achieved.

The International Whaling Commission aims to provide the proper conservation of whale stocks and make a well-arranged development of the whaling industry as possible. Chile is a member of the committee since 1979 and actively participates in the Scientific Committee and at meetings of the Commission. Between October 24 and 28, in the city of Portoroz, Slovenia, the 66th Biennial Meeting of the IWC took place. The Chilean delegation was composed by Commissioner, Mr. José Fernández Barahona of Ministry...

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The annual meeting of the scientific committee is where scientific recommendations for the organization are made, therefore is very important since data, models and biologically acceptable catches are analyzed, also different subjects for the management of different fisheries. The Chilean delegation was composed by: Maria Angela Barbieri, Mauricio Galvez, Mario Acevedo, of Subsecretaría de Pesca, Ignacio Payá of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Cristián Canales of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Achilles Sepulveda of Inpesca, Albert Arthur of Anapesca AG,...

The bleak is an important resource, which constitutes a major component of the bait in the lobster fishery of Juan Fernandez (Jasus frontalis), especially in the subsystem of Robinson-Santa Clara islands, where it is also caught for human consumption during the period of lobster closure; in this sector of the archipelago, a big fishing force is developed since there is a larger fleet. Since last year, a team of Universidad de Concepcion and professionals of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero...

The Executive Director of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Leonardo Nunez, is in Aysén where he met with regional authorities and with the family of Bruno Nunez. Between 24 and 26 October, the Executive Director of IFOP, Leonardo Nunez, remained at Aysen. The professional explained: “I traveled to meet with the Chief Prosecutor of Aysén, who is leading the cause for the disappearance of Bruno, Mr. Patricio Jory, Maritime Governor, Jaime Aros and Provincial Governor, Ms. Paz Foitzick, to be...

It is developed within the project “Upgrading of fishery biological parameters of south-central Chilean crab” and will feature leading national and foreign experts On 26 and 27 October, at the “Marco Espejo Vidal” auditorium of IFOP Valparaiso, a meeting will be held with national and international experts linked to the knowledge of benthic crustaceans. The objective of this activity is to provide knowledge to the study of crabs being made by IFOP in conjunction with Instituto de Ciencias Marinas...

Ximena Vivanco (Marine Biologist, candidate for Master on Environmental Management) is a researcher of IFOP Puerto Montt and participates in the “Monitoring Program of Red Tide regions of Los Lagos, Aysen and Magallanes”; her photograph “Chilean Alexandrium catenella” was awarded with the second place. The image was obtained through epifluorescence microscopy (DAPI) from cells Alexandrium catenella culture. From 9 to 14 October in the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, the 17th version of the International Conference on Harmful...

The attendance of researchers from Instituto de Fomento Pesquero to the World Conference on harmful algal bloom has revealed the level of work done in Chile and competencies of this group compared with similar activities in other parts of the globe. An important participation of the researchers from Aquaculture Research Division of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) at the 17th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms (International Conference on Harmful Algae; http://www.icha2016.com/) carried out between October 9 and 14...

The worker is lost since Saturday in the Aysén fjord Bruno Nunez works as a technician in the Red Tide program at Aysen. On Saturday, around 9:30 pm, sailed onboard ship “Rio Charly” from Los Palos river in Aysen, and after 20 nautical miles of sailing (4-5 hours of sailing), around Mentirosa Island, he was not longer found. Immediately, the Navy was alerted, and they sent a boat on same day and confirmed Bruno’s status as missing. From that...

At Viña del Mar, the Technical Group on Marine Mammals of Chile met. Doris Oliva, president of the group, said “this is a technical group, and our role is to advise Subsecretaría de Pesca on issues of marine mammals. We have a plan of activities on issues we deem as relevant for Subsecretaría to consider, issues related to legislation or technical issues required by them to make decisions. Today, we are dealing with a content related to the export...

This is Dr. Patricia Zárate, Professional of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero Dr. Patricia Zarate, Project Manager Highly Migratory Resources, Ecosystemic Approach, of the Department of Oceanography and Environment of IFOP, and member of the Working Group on Sharks has been invited by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to be a member of the Shark Specialist Group for South America. The Shark Specialist Group (SSG) has been working for the past 25 years to assess the...

Antonio Aranis, marine biologist and head (I) of the Department of Fisheries Assessment said “the monitoring of biological closure is made to protect and to safeguard the resource. For sardine and anchovy, two closures are implemented in the year: one of recruitment at year commencement, and other reproductive, late winter-spring. The purpose of monitoring is to obtain information on the evolution of the biological processes of resource being protected.” Leonardo Nunez, Executive Director of IFOP said “according to IFOP...