Sergio was Fisheries Development Institute’s Director between 1970 and 1973. In 1959 he joined Agriculture Ministry Fisheries and Hunting Development Department as counterpart to an international whaling research project. Likewise, he served for several years as secretary of the Chilean Section of the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific. In 1965 he traveled on a scholarship to Japan, where he obtained certificates in courses on “Fisheries Propagation and Management” and “Fisheries Research.” Likewise, under his responsibility, in 1986, government...

Otoliths are calcareous structures that allow us to determine age, migratory patterns, micro-evolutionary and ecological changes of fish populations in the interaction with their habitat, being a fundamental piece of information in the evaluation of fish stocks and the impact of climatic change. on their populations. Between October 9th and 13th, the Seventh International Otolith Symposium will be held in Chile, an event that brings together the world’s scientific leaders who carry out otoliths and other calcified structures of...

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Within this Administration strategic objectives regarding Information Technologies, projects to update our connectivity infrastructure are being addressed. To this end, a series of investments are being made aimed at reducing existing obsolescencelevels , with strong regional headquarters priority. This modernization translates into our networks improvement, investment in high-end communications switches, communications rack, cable management, among other measures, which provide better capabilities for management and administration. Next institutional level initiatives will be focused on continuing to modernize regions, and increasing...

In Guayaquil city, Ecuador, Southeast Pacific Scientific Technical Committee Regional Action Plan for Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras Conservation and Management at XVII Annual Meeting (PAR-Shark) was held between September 12th and 14th, organized by South Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS), scientists and administrators from Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru participated. The purpose of the meeting was to facilitate scientific and technical knowledge exchange, to learn about experiences from the point of view of these resources management in member countries and...

On September 15th, Dr. Jorge Mardones from Fisheries Development Institute’s Harmful Algae Studies Center (CREAN), was appointed by “Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)” of UNESCO and by “Oceanic Research Scientific Committee (SCOR)” as part of GlobalHAB Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) for 2023-2025 period. The Global Harmful Algal Bloom Program (GlobalHAB) is an international scientific program focused on harmful algal blooms (HABs). Its objective is to encourage and promote cooperative research aimed at improving the understanding and prediction of HAB events,...

On Friday, September 8th, two officials from Mozambique, Inhambane Province;Vilankulo District. Edmundo Galiza Dimande District Administrator and advisor Feliz Nbangha, visited IFOP. They were received by IFOP Executive Director, Nancy Barahona Fisheries, Evaluation Department Head, and Researcher Naití Morales. During the visit, they expressed interest in establishing cooperation links with our Institution given Vilankulo District coastal marine nature and the need to strengthen their scientific and technical capacities, which allow them greater knowledge of its biodiversity and ecosystems, for...

Within Chilean Aquaculture Environmental Performance and its Impacts on Site Ecosystems project framework, a project belonging to the Environment Department based in Puerto Montt, the last part of field activities corresponding to the area comprised of Golfo Almirante Montt, located in the Commune of Natales, Magallanes Region was carried out. On this occasion, for the first time environmental performance and oceanography project teams (project “Channels and Austral Fjords Oceanographic Processes Spatial and Temporal Variability Monitoring and Modeling”) from Putemún...

Next Thursday, September 14th, IFOP Oceanography group in Putemún, Castro (chonos.ifop.cl) will offer a new dissemination workshop titled “Patagonia Fjords and Channels Oceanography and Numerical Modeling”, with most relevant projects results and progress by Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat Performance Agreement that IFOP carries out as a state consultant on marine ecosystems sustainable development in southern Chile. The workshop presentations address various topics related to Chilean Patagonia oceanography, considering hydrodynamics and biogeochemistry of Golfo Almirante Montt de Magallanes (for more...

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The researcher worked for 26 years at Fisheries Development Institute, and is the only woman who has been head of the hydroacoustic evaluation department. Chile’s new research ship will bear her name María Ángela, is doctorate in Biological Oceanography from Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France), prominent professor, researcher and fisheries engineer at Pontificia Uiversidad Catolica de Valparaiso (PUCV), has an extensive work career, she served as academic at Universidad Catolica , as an IFOP researcher , and at the...

Captain Takashi Abe is in command of the ship, and the final call is expected to be on September 21rst in Valparaíso. Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail on Saturday, September 2nd, from Valparaíso’s port, and will sail for 19 days, to investigate spawning stock of anchovy and common sardine distribution, abundance and biomass between Valparaíso Region and Los Lagos Region. This research cruise, led by Dr. Jessica Bonicelli from IFOP Oceanography and Environment Department, takes place during the...

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Yesterday, Thursday, August 31rd, a sunny and beautiful day accompanied the visit of the IFOP Board of Directors to the scientific ship Abate Molina, in the Valparaíso Region, they were received by Gonzalo Pereira, IFOP’s Executive Director, Patricio Herrera, head of marine operations, Takashi Abbe, boat captain and crew. They gave them a tour of the ship and explained what each of the scientific equipment is for, they learned about the laboratories, and the spaces that the ship has...

Javiera, won a scholarship at prestigious Flanders research institute, in Blue Science and Technology Summer Training program. There were two weeks in which she participated in an international Blue Science and Technology training. The improvement addresses important (global) societal challenges from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective. Academic conferences were held by different international institutions’s best researchers, active in various Blue Economy fields, with seminars given by European politicians, as well as by private companies with established value in their...