During the months of June and July 2024, the “IFOP 60th Anniversary Cup” Soccer Championship was held, an activity that is part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fisheries Development Institute. On this occasion, the organization was in charge of IFOP and as is tradition, most of the institutions related to the maritime-fishing sector participated, such as: National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA), the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA), the Maritime Hydrographic Service of Chile...

Yesterday, July 24, the scientific vessel Abate Molina set sail from the Port of Valparaíso to investigate the current state of the common hake. The general objective of the cruise, headed by the fisheries engineer Álvaro Saavedra, is to carry out a hydroacoustic survey between the northern border of the Coquimbo Region and the Los Ríos Region, to determine the stock of common hake. Professionals, technicians and the crew of the Abate Molina Vessel are participating in the cruise...

On July 17 and 18, in Viña del Mar, the “first national meeting of operators of vessels and scientific platforms oriented to marine research” was held, organized by the Department of Marine Operations within the framework of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Institute. The activity began with the words of the Executive Director of IFOP, Gonzalo Pereira, who highlighted the importance of having the B/C Abate Molina and B/C Dra. Barbieri, in the development of the...

The efforts were led by professionals from the Meteorological Center (V.), dependent on the Maritime Government of Valparaíso. The fishing and oceanographic research vessel “Dra. Barbieri”, built in the Asenav shipyards in Valdivia for the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), joined the Voluntary Meteorological Observation Vessels (VOS) program, reinforcing the organization’s commitment to the collection of meteorological data crucial for the study and understanding of the oceans and climate, providing essential information to the professional teams that work in the...

Brussels – During the EDITO 2024 Digital Ocean Forum, Elías Pinilla, researcher at the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), presented the innovative CHONOS Initiative, a program that has as its central objective the sustainable management of the coasts in the Chilean Patagonia region, through ocean observations and simulations. Aligned with the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) is a multidimensional virtual representation of the ocean. It combines marine observations, artificial...

Carried out in the Aquaculture Research Division at the Puerto Montt Regional Headquarters of the Fisheries Development Institute. Between July 1 and 5, the training course “Image Analysis” was held at the Puerto Montt Regional Headquarters of the Fisheries Development Institute. Image-Pro Software”. Lizandro Muñoz R. laboratory analyst of the Age and Growth Section and who has various international and national trainings in microscopy and image analysis among others in his curriculum, indicated as course rapporteur that this is...

Exhibition will run until August 29 at the Galeria Activa de Balmaceda Arte Joven Los Lagos. A call to educational establishments, groups and neighborhood associations to register to participate in artistic mediations. From a look at the care of marine ecosystems and their environment, the Exhibition “Immersion: Photography of Marine Diversity” was launched, where the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and Balmaceda Arte Joven (BAJ) finalized their strategic alliance focused in scientific dissemination in the Lakes region. Within the framework...

The Propedeutics Program of the University of Playa Ancha began its classes with a day in the Dr. Félix Morales Pettorino Classroom, in which the documentary prepared by the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and the UPLA TV channel was broadcast to raise awareness about the reduction of bycatch of Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles in spinel fisheries in Northern Chile. In this way, just over 100 high school students and graduates began a crucial period of preparation through this alternative...

Within the framework of the sixth Call for Actions of the Decade, called by the Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) or Decade of the Oceans, the IFOP postulated the “Oceanographic Information System – CHONOS” initiative, led by the Department of Environment of the Aquaculture Research Division. The Decade of the Oceans is an initiative coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), which provides a framework for global actors to engage and collaborate outside their traditional communities...

Between July 8 and 12 in Rome, Italy, the 36th Meeting of the Fisheries Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was held. COFI is the only global intergovernmental forum where FAO member states meet to examine and consider issues and challenges related to fisheries and aquaculture. It periodically provides recommendations and advice to governments, regional fisheries bodies, civil society organizations, private sector agents and the international community. The delegation was headed by the...

The 7th International Symposium of Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching SSESR7 entitled “Aquaculture-based enhancement science to unify the conservation and the restoration of fisheries” shall take place from November 5-8 in Puerto Varas, a scientific-public event within the framework of the activities commemorating IFOP’s 60th anniversary. For the first time. this International Symposium organized by IFOP’S Repopulation and Cultivation Department under the Aquaculture Research Division shall take place in a Latin-American country and seeks to prompt discussions on aquaculture-assisted...

The M.Sc. Johana Ojeda P., Senior Researcher of the Department of Environment of the Aquaculture Division, who is currently head of the project: “Monitoring study of the environmental performance of aquaculture in Chile and its effect on the site ecosystems”, made a visit technical to the NORCE Research Center in Bergen (https://www.norceresearch.no/en/), is one of the largest research organizations in Norway, related to the environment and aquaculture, contributes to research and development of the use and sustainable management of...

 The opening of the Exhibition “Immersion: Underwater Photography” will be next July 12 at 6:00 p.m. at the BAJ Gallery and admission is free. Los Lagos Region, Chile, July 2024. As an unprecedented milestone, the strategic alliance between science and culture is framed, starring the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and Balmaceda Arte Joven (BAJ), who together will launch the Exhibition “Immersion: Photography of Marine Diversity”, an instance of scientific dissemination to promote the conservation of regional marine ecosystems. This...

Did you know? IFOP has modernized its server platform where the systems used by the research areas, dependent on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Divisions, mainly reside. As well as, the systems that are part of the administrative, financial, accounting, management and human resources support, among others. Within the strategic objectives of this Administration regarding modernization, the Department of Information Technologies, during the first quarter of 2024, has implemented the new virtual server platform, composed of a cluster of physical...

The XV Annual Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission was held in La Jolla California, from June 10 to 14, 2024. At this meeting, researcher Patricio Barría Martínez from the Department of Fish Evaluation attended on behalf of the country. IFOP fisheries. This meeting had an extensive agenda in which fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) were analyzed, as well as the development of the tuna fishery during the year 2023. In...