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On November 12, in the Hall of Honor of the Central House of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV), located at Av. Brasil 2950, Valparaíso, the II International Seminar: “Management of Fisheries and Aquaculture with an Ecosystemic Approach in Times of Climate Change: Advances, Challenges and Actions”, SIMPAEE2, was inaugurated. The event was attended by local and national authorities and prominent personalities from the fishing and aquaculture sector, and took place over three days in both in-person and...

During the month of October, various activities were carried out aimed at promoting small-scale aquaculture (SSA) and the underlying scientific disciplines and technologies among students, fishermen and the general community. On October 9, and at the request of the municipality of Quemchi, Dr. Francisco Cárcamo traveled to Tac Island to be part of the Artisanal Fishing Seminar – Voices of the Ocean, with the participation of artisanal fishermen and shore collectors from this island, presenting the presentation “SSA and...

The project is executed by IFOP and IMIPAS institutes, and incorporates the principles of gender equality, inclusion, aquaculture-fisheries technology training, and climate change. Santiago, October 30, 2024.- The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) together with the Mexican Institute for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (IMIPAS) began, this second semester, the execution of a cooperation project that aims to develop co-management processes for small-scale fisheries, with an emphasis on benthic resources on Chiloé Island, Ancud Bay, in southern Chile; and in...

Between October 14 and 18, 2024, the 43rd meeting of the Scientific Committee of the CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) was held in Hobart, Australia. Dr. Carlos Montenegro Silva, Head of the Fisheries Research Division of IFOP, attended this meeting as a representative of IFOP. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is an intergovernmental organization established by an international convention within the framework of the Antarctic Treaty System. The Commission,...

Highlighting its commitment to innovation and collaboration in research and culture On October 24, between 8:30 and 13:00, IFOP participated with a stand at the FECI Science Festival, within the framework of the XX Regional Congress of School Research and Innovation Explora Los Lagos. FECI is a massive scientific dissemination event, with significant participation from school communities. “The Science Festival is a national, public and free event, organized since 2019 by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation...

On October 24 and 25, the Tenth Annual NENRE EFD-Chile Meeting was held at the Colchagua Campus of the University of Talca, Santa Cruz, a conference focused on Environmental and Natural Resources Economics. Researchers from the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), Andrea Araya and Pedro Romero, participated in this event. Researcher Andrea Araya presented progress on her master’s thesis entitled “Searching for a relationship between biomass and the capture of black snail in the Atacama Region,” which analyzes the causal...

Yesterday, November 5th, in Puerto Varas, with the assistance of regional authorities, the ISSESR7 International Symposium was inaugurated. It is being held in Chile for the first time. 70 exhibitors are participating. This symposium focuses on the dissemination and transfer of the sciences of stock improvement, restocking and conservation assisted by aquaculture to improve the sustainability of the marine economy. In its seventh, and at the same time, first version in Latin America, it addresses with special emphasis on...

The scientific dissemination workshops carried out by the IFOP Benthic Monitoring Program on the coast of the Los Ríos Region, where students from preschool to technical-professional secondary education from the towns of Corral and Niebla participated, were successfully concluded. In the workshops, carried out by researchers and scientific observers, the importance of caring for the ocean was addressed, avoiding the consumption of marine products under commercial size or during closed seasons, as well as other threats such as marine...

In the framework of the Scientific Observer Training Courses for the year 2024, which on this occasion included the holding of practical workshops aimed at providing knowledge to the new IFOP scientific observers. These technical and practical skills are necessary for their performance in the field in the collection of biological-fishery data in various fisheries and resources; additionally, a workshop on identification and taxonomic differentiation of benthic resources was held. The activity, which was attended by 15 participants, was...

In order to promote the development of aquaculture, the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) has established a collaboration with Dr. Tomás Isola, researcher at the Coastal Development Institute of the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco, in Argentina. This alliance is part of the cooperation agreement with the Aquaculture Faculty of the Austral University of Chile. During the visit made from October 14 to 16, to the Puerto Montt Base, Dr. Isola and the IFOP team carried out a...

As every year, the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) must carry out the procedures to accredit the competences and suitability of its Scientific Observers, in different dimensions, such as: health, permits to carry out work on board and specific knowledge. This last dimension, the knowledge they must have on the subjects inherent to their work, to carry out sampling of Chile’s fishing resources, both in coves or ports, as well as on board artisanal vessels or industrial ships, even for...

In the Aysén Region, and with the presence of local and regional authorities, female fishermen from Aysén, the launch of the digital photobook Women of the Sea, Coast and Islands of the Aysén Region was held, which portrays the stories of many women who made fishing their source of work and passion. In addition, the women portrayed were recognized. Gonzalo Pereira, Director of the Institute for Fisheries Development, referred to the photobook “Fishing is an ancient trade that has...

Between October 7 and 11, the XVII Congress of the Chilean Limnology Society “Connecting Science and Society” was held in the city of Futaleufú, Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. On this occasion, the congress was organized by the Municipality of Futaleufú, the Austral University, the University of Los Lagos, the CIEP and the Fisheries Development Institute. The event brought together researchers in the limnological sciences (science focused on continental waters) from Chile and Argentina where topics related to ecological,...

Located at Arturo Barros No. 402, Puerto Aysén On Tuesday, October 8, and with the presence of local and national authorities, the Fisheries Development Institute inaugurated its new headquarters in Aysén, which will replace the one it had before. The new IFOP home is a 2-story building, of good construction quality, built in 2015. Located in the oldest residential area of ​​Aysén, relatively close to the central area of ​​Puerto Aysén, Plaza de Armas, civic and financial center, with...

Lima, Peru, September 30 to October 5 For the third consecutive year, Ignacio Payá, a researcher from the IFOP Resource Assessment Department, was the spokesperson for the Chilean delegation at the XI Meeting of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organization (OROP-PS). The meeting took place from September 30 to October 5 in Lima, Peru. The Chilean delegation was chaired by Aurora Guerrero and was made up of a total of 14 members. Ignacio Payá,...