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Colegio Santa Teresa and Gabriela Mistral Basic School of Aysén, visited IFOP headquarters in the area, within the framework of Universidad Austral Explora Aysén activities . During the activity, a “What is the Red Tide” presentation was made addressing basic and general concepts, then microalgae were observed under a microscope, identifying main microalgae that produce marine toxins. Each visit lasted approximately 90 minutes. The students were received by Alejandra Lafon IFOP headquarters head and those in charge of carrying...

Between Arica Parinacota and Antofagasta regions On Wednesday, November 23rd at 11:00 p.m., Abate Molina scientific vessel set sail from Valparaíso’s port, with Fisheries Development Institute professionals and technicians who will sail for a month investigating anchovy. The ship’s captain is Enrique Quiero and as head of the cruise is fishing engineer Francisco Leiva The scientific cruise’s general objective is: To carry out hydroacoustic prospecting between Arica and Parinacota and Antofagasta Regions to evaluate anchovy stock present in the...

On November 15th and 16th, a face-to-face Teamwork workshop was held, dictated by coach Mónica Matte, the activity was organized by Human Resources Department Training Area and Sampling Management Department. In the workshop held in Hueihue, 15 Observers from the towns of Yuste, Quetalmahue, Ancud, Quemchi, Dalcahue and Queilén, who work in the projects, actively participated; Monitoring of Benthic Crustaceans, Monitoring of Benthic Fisheries and South Austral Demersal Monitoring. The activity led by its Field Coordinator: Vivian Pezo, was...

Otoliths are calcareous structures that allow determining fish populations age, migratory patterns, microevolutionary and ecological changes in 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. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (Fishing Promotion Institute) is organizing the 7th International Otolith Symposium 2023 (7th IOS in its initials in English), which will take place between October 9th and 13th, 2023 in Viña del Mar, Chile....

IFOP’s led “Larval Monitoring and Capture of Mutilid Seeds Program ” has identified, until November 17th, 2022, a significant increase in competent mussels larvae abundance (development stage prior to seed capture) which, in territorial terms, have been circumscribed in the areas of fjord and Reloncaví Sound. During the course of this season (August 2022-November 2022), the areas that have registered a greater abundance of competent larvae, above the threshold of 100 larvae /m3, are the Metri sectors (Abu.max.=1455 larvae/m3),...

On November 22nd “The role of hydrodynamic modeling in fisheries advising, aquaculture, conservation and environmental justice” workshopwas held at Diego de Almagro hotel in Valparaíso, where Dr. Lars Asplin, from the Norwegian Marine Institute explained that institution’s history as well as its scientific role as public policies advisor for Norway’s aquaculture sustainable development through numerical modeling and its links with the authority and users information. As an introduction, MSc Catherine González from Management Areas section gave a talk that...

Las investigadoras de IFOP, GrIFOP researchers Graciela Pérez and Marianne Lichtenberg participated as evaluators in a student debate organized by Explora Tarapacá and Universidad de Tarapacá. In addition, they participated in XVIII Explora 2022 Regional School Research and Innovation Congress . Marianne explained “I was invited to participate as an evaluator of this student debates these debates take place between different schools and high schools in Tarapaca’s region, these were convened at Iquique’s Museum. This type of student debates...

IFOP researcher,Francisco Plaza Vega participated in ICES/PICES international symposium on Small Pelagic Fish “Small pelagic fish: New frontiers in science and sustainable management” held from November 7th to 11th, in Lisbon (Portugal). Plaza Vega explained “my participation in the symposium involved the presentation of a work as a poster presentation called “Deep learning and surplus production models for multivariate autoregressive modeling and simulation of the jack mackerel fishery associated with environmental conditions” This work is an effort between researchers...

JICA is the Japan International Cooperation Agency Shoji Ozawa Resident Representative of JICA Chile and Toshimi Kobayashi, Deputy Resident Representative of JICA Chile, visited Abate Molina scientific vessel. The activity was led by (IFOP) Fisheries Development Institute Executive Director Gonzalo Pereira, on the occasion, a tour of the ship, the laboratories was made and the work and advances in research topics that are leaded by Abate Molina’s research. Daniela Díaz Guizado, Executive Directorate for Cooperation and International Affairs assistant...

On Tuesday, November 8th, researchers from the “Larval Monitoring and Mutilid Seed Capture Program”, Dr. Cristián Segura, Marina Oyarzún Vera, and Alejandra Montaner Velázquez from “Aquaculture Environmental Performance research”, both groups associated with IFOP’s Environment Department carried out a local diffusion and dissemination activity with 5th to 8th grade students from Los Angeles de Quehui Rural School . On that occasion, boys, girls and teachers participated in an interactive and practical workshop on environment, microalgae and filter-feeding molluscs that...

The 30 meters long, ship, will be owned by the State of Chile, destined for Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture and operated by Fisheries Development Institute. On Tuesday, November 15th, Keel Laying Milestone Ceremony of Fisheries and Oceanographic Research Vessel currently under construction was held at ASENAV Shipyards in Valdivia. , Carla Peña IFOP’s Executive Director , Gonzalo Pereira; Los Ríos region Presidential delegate; Luis Cuvertino Regional Governor,; Economy, Development and Tourism Seremi, Alejandra Vásquez; Fisheries zonal director ,...

The Ministry of Econoeconomy ministerial secretariat), José Zúñiga, visited on November 14th Arica and Parinacota region Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) offices. Upon arrival, the ministerial secretariat was received by Hernán Padilla Regional Headquarters head. who through a presentation was in charge of transmitting to the authority, the important role that the institution plays on public value scientific and technical background data preparation for fishing resources, aquaculture and their ecosystems administration and sustainability . During the visit, the Seremi was...

IFOP Puerto Montt recently participated in a dissemination activity organized by Liceo Manuel Montt, diversity oriented program in Puerto Montt’scity , an invitation extended on the occasion of the celebration of special education day commemorated on November 4th and whose objective was to carry out a professional and occupational activities sampler within inclusion week (November 8th – November 11th) where various activities related to inclusion and good coexistence were carried out. José Pérez field coordinator and Héctor Huerta, general...

Researchers and scientific observers from Arica’s Fishing Development Institute Headquarters, along with officials from other public and private institutions from Arica and Parinacota region, participated with interactive stands at Research and Innovation Regional School Congress. The activity took place on November 8th and was organized by Arica Regional Associative Explora Project, at Universidad de Tarapaca Saucache Campus. Hernán Padilla, IFOP Arica headquarters head explained “this event objective was to select among 8 research and nnovation school i projects, the...

Aiming to minimize sea turtles’s incidentally caught by Chilean fishing fleets mortality, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) jointly with MarViva Foundation carried out a series of training workshops under ” Reduce Eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtle’s bycatch in Chilean fisheries” binational project framework . This project is financed by United States ‘s National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). “For IFOP it is very important to socialize handling and release techniques with fishermen and to receive their feedback, so that inputs...