In the context of the process of energizing Roadmap in science, technology, knowledge and innovation – a planning instrument for the year 2030 – Southern Macrozone 17 public institutions linked to the marine and freshwater ecosystems met, in simultaneous meetings that took place in Coyhaique and Punta Arenas. Austral Macrozone has a large maritime surface, made up of fjords, channels, continental waters and important marine protected areas. These ecosystems are key to global change, marine conservation and economic activities...
On Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th, at Valparaíso’s Ex-jail Cultural Center, Acción Azul Oceanic Festival was held, an NGO dedicated to oceanic culture protection and dissemination. Fisheries Development Institute was part of the activity, with an interactive stand and Gonzalo Pereira Puchy Executive Director, participated in a blue economy’s discussion in which he referred to IFOP’s work and how the institute’s research work tdevelops, is of vital importance in our country economy, since it allows our marine...
On Friday, November 3rd, Ann Katrien, in charge of Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) international cooperation, visited Abate Molina scientific vessel, in Valparaíso, and was received by IFOP’s Director, Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, by José Echeverría vessel’s Captain, they gave him a ship’s tour and explained what each of the scientific equipment is used for, he learned about the laboratories, the spaces that the ship has and that make it possible for workers to be on board for long periods of...
Its objective was international knowledge exchange about El Niño phenomenon and climatic change. Between October 30th and November 3rd, an IFOP delegation made up of doctors Jaime Letelier and Gastón Vidal together with oceanographer Hernán Reyes participated in an oceanographic cruise aboard Carrasco ship, with professionals from Sea of Peru Institute (IMARPE ), Environmental Defense Foundation (EDF), researchers from Ecuador and United States. During the activity, two oceanographic stations were carried out, marine currents were measured and a hydrographic...
On November 6th, Gonzalo Pereira, Fisheries Development Institute Executive Director, visited the Peruvian Sea Institute (IMARPE), in Callao, Peru. He met with its Scientific Executive Director, Renato Guevara. At the meeting, they discussed SAPO EDF initiative support and its strengthening’s importance in El Niño phenomenon current circumstance presence on Chilean and Peruvian coasts. Likewise, they agreed on the need to strengthen cooperation between both institutions regarding information exchange on southern Peru and northern Chile pelagic fisheries in El Niño’s...
In a collaboration to face environmental challenges, Plaza Colón emerged as activities committed to climate awareness epicenter. Last October 24rth. Seremi de Medio Ambiente (Enviroment Ministerial Secretariat) organized an event that brought together various government and private entities with the purpose of raising community awareness about climatic change and proper waste management. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., this city square came to life with the active participation of Water General Directorate (DGA), Energy Regional Ministerial Secretariat (SEREMI Energía),...
Doctors Javier Paredes and Jorge Mardones were invited as plenary speakers to the International PICES conference that took place between October 20th and 27th, 2023 in Seattle, United States. Researchers presented two talks: the first talk titled “Patagonian fjords dealing with extreme Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Lessons and challenges in a climatic change” was held in a session “Oceanographic, Ecological and societal impacts arising from extreme weather and climate events in coastal regions” and the second talk “Mitigation of...
Between October 16th and 20th, 2023, Dr. Carlos Montenegro Silva, IFOP Fisheries Research Division Head, participated as a member of the Chilean delegation in CCAMLR 42nd Scientific Committee meeting ( Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Commission), which was held in Hobart, Australia. The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Commission is an intergovernmental organization established by an international convention. The Commission, assisted by the Scientific Committee, is responsible for developing necessary measures for Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica marine life’s the...
During October, researchers, coordinators, and scientific observers of the Monitoring Program for main benthic fisheries and Larval Monitoring Program for mytilids carried out various dissemination actions, among which stand out; workshops participation, radio interviews, talks at schools in the area and negotiations with local municipality to participate in the V version of Melinka town hedgehog festival. All this with the support of colleagues Andrea Ruiz and Lorena González from the Guaitecas artisanal fishing office. The first activity consisted of...
On October 23rd, students from Liceo Bicentenario de Valparaíso toured IFOP’s facilities, were received by researchers from Fisheries Development Institute and were shown scientific work carried out in the various laboratories that the institution has. The tour included the Otolith laboratory, where young people learned what they are and what they are for, as well as the importance of being able to calculate the age of fish through them. They also explored the plankton and oceanography laboratory, where boys...
Fisheries economics researcher Camilo Torres Almuna, MSc. (Economy Section), participated in the Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment Ninth Annual Research Meeting, held between October 19th and 20th in hybrid format, the event was organized by Environment for Development (EfD), https://sites.google.com/view/nenre-efdchile/workshop-2023. The purpose of the meeting was to review research´s advancesn carried out in Chile, in Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics, Environmental Economics and Energy areas, Ecosystem Conservation and Climatic Change, Economics of Atmospheric Pollution in Fisheries Regulation and...
For the second consecutive year, the researcher from the IFOP Resource Assessment Department, Ignacio Payá, acted as 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 11th to 16th in Panama City, Panama. The Chilean delegation was chaired by Aurora Guerrero and was made up of a total of 13 members. Ignacio Payá indicated that the role of being...
