The Symposium “Improving Information on Studies of Chilean Management Areas” will be presented within the framework of the 2025 Congress of Marine Sciences. Benthic Resource Management and Exploitation Areas (AMERBs) have represented a significant change in fisheries management, promoting greater responsibility among fishing organizations regarding resource sustainability. The AMERB regime grants exclusive use or exploitation rights to benthic resources—invertebrates and algae—present in previously delimited geographic areas, which are assigned exclusively to legally constituted artisanal fishing organizations. The assigned spaces...

As part of the activities commemorating the Month of the Sea, the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) actively participated in the Maritime Fair organized by the Arica Maritime Government. The event took place at the Mall Plaza. The fair, already a tradition in the region, brought together various institutions linked to the maritime and coastal areas, including Sernapesca, the Arica Port Company, the University of Tarapacá, the Yacht Club, and the IFOP. The main objective of this activity is to...

Punta Arenas, As part of the process of promoting the Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation (CTCI) Roadmap, regional authorities and representatives from the economic, environmental, and scientific sectors met to advance a joint strategy to strengthen the conservation of marine and freshwater ecosystems in the Southern Macrozone. The Southern Science Node network promotes decentralization and equity in science and technology in the southern regions of Chile. One of its main instruments is the CTCI Roadmap, a collaborative planning process...

Today, May 22nd at 12:00 PM, the restocking and farming team will hold the event “Small-Scale Aquaculture and Marine Diversity: Books and Visual Immersion,” which will be held at Casa Pauly in Puerto Montt. The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), Balmaceda Arte Joven (BAJ), the Casa Pauly Oelckers Interpretation Center, and the Municipality of Puerto Montt formed a strategic alliance to promote science and culture. This exhibition will be presented by Sebastián Cook Alvarado, a researcher from the Department of...

May is an ideal month to talk about the oceans, their enigmas, and challenges. For this reason, the Scientific Culture Fridays at the Fonck Museum, Viña del Mar, (6:00 PM) invite you to participate in two talks dedicated to the sea: on Friday the 16th, you will learn about the mysteries of an ancient creature, and on Friday the 23rd, there will be an opportunity to question the present and future of the ocean and our relationship with it....

From April 21 to 25, IFOP Valparaíso professionals Pablo Araya, José Fuentes, and Oscar Gallo visited the Magallanes Region to conduct training workshops for scientific observers working at the monitoring centers in Punta Arenas (Barranco Amarillo), Puerto Natales, and Porvenir. In this regard, Researcher Pablo Araya, head of the southern and austral subzone of the monitoring program, stated: “A group of professionals visited the region with the goal of strengthening and standardizing the methodological processes associated with data collection...

On Saturday, April 26, the scientific vessel Dra. Barbieri set sail from the Port of Valparaíso to conduct an acoustic survey cruise to characterize and assess the anchovy and common sardine stocks present between the Valparaíso and Los Lagos regions in the fall of 2025. The cruise is led by fisheries engineer Álvaro Saavedra, and the vessel’s captain is Rolando Cabrera. Cabrera, accompanied by an expert team of professionals, technicians, and the vessel’s crew, will conduct studies related to...

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Researchers from the Fisheries Development Institute, to commemorate World Water Day, gathered for an online workshop entitled: Freshwater in Chile: How do public monitoring contribute to the management of human activities? This workshop sought to highlight the importance of freshwater in our lives and to highlight the country’s need for environmental monitoring to understand, classify, assess, and sustainably manage activities carried out in continental aquatic systems. To kick off the workshop, Gastón Vidal Santana, head of the Aquaculture Division,...

During 2025, the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) has renewed its Data Center service. Jaime González, Head of the Information Technology Department, explained, “We are pleased to announce that, as part of the renewal of our Data Center services, IFX has been awarded the management of this service through a public tender. It is worth noting that this management entails benefits in terms of service quality, as well as savings in the institutional budget. IFX is an internationally recognized company...

Researchers, technologists, and analysts from IFOP’s Department of Oceanography and Environment received state-of-the-art scientific equipment. A ZooSCAN allows the digitization of historical zooplankton samples and gives new value to organisms collected more than 40 years ago, enabling new studies as well as the generation of climate indicators that represent changes in planktonic ecosystems along the Chilean coast over the last half-century. This equipment is incorporated into the Digital Library of Marine Plankton project, funded by CORFO. Furthermore, DOMA also...

Between April 8 and 10, the specialized technical group from IFOP’s Department of Oceanography and Environment installed two meteorological stations on Mocha Island, 40 km off the coast of Tirúa, in the Biobío region. Oceanographers Andrés Varas and Adrián Bustamante, along with Navy Metrology Service specialist Sergeant Daniel de la Fuente, installed these automatic recorders on the east and west sides of the island to capture all the spatial and temporal variability of the local wind. The wind recorded...

Framework Agreement for Collaboration between the Fisheries Development Institute and the Municipality of Cochamó The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and the Municipality of Cochamó signed a Framework Agreement for Collaboration with the aim of establishing general bases for collaboration in the areas of sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture, and ties with various educational institutions. The signing ceremony took place at the Juan Soler Manfredini Border School in Cochamó and was attended by prominent authorities and representatives of the institutions...

On Wednesday, March 19th, the Environmental Education Seminar: School Coexistence and Citizenship Training Outreach Fair was held in the Angelmó Hall of the Puerto Montt Arena. This fair was organized by the Llanquihue Municipal Association and represented an opportunity to mainstream environmental issues into school education. Researchers Macarena Herrera and Alejandra Oyanedel, and Rodrigo Jaramillo and Mario Ortiz participated from the Puerto Montt headquarters of the Aquaculture Research Division of the Fisheries Development Institute, to disseminate the work of...

Statoliths are calcareous structures located in the cranial region of cephalopods and are composed of calcium carbonate (aragonite and calcite). These structures allow the age of individuals to be determined through the formation of daily microincrements present in their microstructure. Between March 24th and 28th, the workshop “Preparation and Reading of Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas) Statoliths” was successfully held. This activity is part of the Biological Study Program for Jumbo Squid in Chile in Non-Fishing Sectors, with an emphasis...