The activity was held in San Diego, United States and brought together over 250 delegates from 40 countries. There were representatives of Europe, South America (Peru, Chile), besides of United States, the organizer. Between August 29 and September 2, the International Conference on Fishing and Monitoring Observers was held in San Diego, California (USA). The activity is the main international forum for working on critical issues of scientific observer programs in fisheries, monitoring technologies and other new approaches for...

Dr. Patricia Zarate of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero participated in a training for operating in a more efficient way satellite transmitters utilized in marine animals. In La Jolla, United States, training workshop organized by the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NOAA-NMFS) was carried out, for the analysis of satellite data. This workshop was given by Kevin Ng, Matt Rutishauser and Danny Vo, engineers from Wildlife Computers company, leading manufacturers and designers in the world of electronic devices specially used for...

Have quality technical antecedents on the performance of fishery and hake resource conditions are very important when recommending management measures that favor stock recovery. Patricio Galvez, researcher of IFOP and head of project “Demersal and deep water fisheries monitoring” referred to the study that monitors extraction activities, artisanal and industrial activities, guiding efforts to catch bottom fish species, such as, common hake, deep codfish, golden conger and others. The professional pointed out that in the group of hakes, an...

As an institution related to marine environment, we consider as an indispensable thing that the community know us and become familiar with our work regarding biological-fishery research. The professional Raul Ojeda, Rodrigo Ulloa, Maria Esther Peña and Cynthia Carrasco, of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, give some talks for 6 grades of Saucache School of Arica. “The meeting takes place under the recently initiated discard Program in the north area, under an ecosystem approach which considers workshops for the general public,...

In Viña del Mar, the second session of the Management Committee on southern blue whiting took place, where Subpesca institution exposed state of the main indicators of fishery, jointly with reproductive antecedent of the resource. Luis Adasme, professional of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) explained the importance of this committee, and how necessary was to advance in the creation and implementation of an appropriate management plan, which could be supported by the best available scientific information of resources. He...

Researchers from Instituto Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) attend to the event. The target of the conference is to be a unifying unit of different efforts, both national and international, oriented to the study of continental waters. This is intended to create a productive environment for interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, results and job prospects. Between 21 and 25 August at Hilton Tucuman hotel in Argentina, the VII Congress of Limnology will be held, whose slogan is “Water for biodiversity.” It is...

María José Calderón Nash: is a marine biologist of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) with experience in pelagic trophic web, carbon flux, and ecophysiology. Her work is focused on phytoplankton, with emphasis on harmful species. She participates in the management and monitoring program of red tides in the regions of Los Lagos, Aysen and Magallanes (X Stage) 2016-17. Between 7 and 18 August, in the Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, at...

The information provided by these simulations will allow to know and evaluate (based on dissolved oxygen levels in the water column and food availability) the load capacity of certain areas of the inland sea of Chiloé. On Thursday August 11, at Gran Pacifico Hotel of Puerto Montt, a seminar was held on diffusion of projects that are currently underway within the aquaculture division of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero. On that occasion, Dr. Pablo Rojas presented the work entitled:...

The central subject of the workshop was red tide and climate change On Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11, at Cumbres Hotel of Puerto Varas, researchers of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Dr. Oscar Espinoza and Ximena González Vivanco, participated in the workshop on harmful algal blooms organized by the Instituto Tecnológico del Salmón (Intesal) of SalmonChile. The central topic of the workshop was the red tide and climate change. National and international experts in harmful algal blooms attended to...

The study is carried out between Valparaiso (V Region) and Los Lagos (X Region), in fishing areas of San Antonio bay (V region), Curanipe (VII Region), Tomé y Tumbes (VIII Region), Los Molinos (XIV Region) y Ancud (X Region). The Instituto de Fomento Pesquero jointly with the Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas of Universidad Austral de Chile, is developing an update project of biological and fishing parameters of Stone crab from central-south of Chile. This project is financed...

Between August 1 and 5, at Universidad Católica del Norte in Coquimbo, researchers of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Luis Ossa Medina and Vladimir Murillo Haro, participated as delegate guest of Chile in the training course on micro plastics. It was supported by Environment Program of United Nations (PNUMA, as per Spanish acronym) and the Permanent Commission of South Pacific (CPPS). Two representatives respectively from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile attended to the course. In addition, researchers from Panama and...

In the line of Discard Research Project developed by IFOP, the Argentine researcher of the Scientific Research Commission of Buenos Aires Province (CIC) – presented some advances in the research of by-catch in fisheries in the Southwest Atlantic and mitigation measures being developed. In Valparaiso, at Marco Espejo Vidal Auditorium (IFOP), in line with the development of Discard Research Program and By-catch capture, the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), jointly with Centro de Ecología Aplicada and Sutainability (CAPES) conducted...

The new site is part of the communication plan that aims to promote greater proximity to users and also show the projects carried out by the IFOP. From today on, the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero makes available for users and general public a new Web site, which operates in English and Spanish. In addition, you can access quickly and easily to technical reports and newsletters IFOP has developed, which can be access and download from web page http: //www.ifop.cl/....

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 Magellan. It will run from 1 to 31 August .The goal of this expedition is to evaluate the spawning stock of southern hake, hoki and southern blue Whiting in the outer waters between Los Lagos...

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, which currently offers the best options for work at scientific level. With this, it is possible to develop different studies based on high-resolution digital images. An image analysis system consists of a microscope or stereo...