Valparaíso, On Tuesday, July 12th, Nicolás Grau Economy Minister and Julio Salas Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat visited Abate Molina Scientific Vessel and were received by Gonzalo Pereira IFOP’s Director. At the scientific platform in Chile, the authorities toured the facilities to see on ground Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) researchers, crew and technicians carried out work Nicolás Grau commented “it has been a very interesting visit to find out on board of the ship what IFOP does, we have toured...
On Wednesday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m., the Hydrobiological Health Department will hold a workshop to disseminate FIPA 2020-14 project entitled “Development of a proposal for a risk-based epidemiological surveillance program for ornamental fish in Chile , depending on their characterization and current health condition”results . During the workshop results will be announced in relation to ornamental fish industry current state in Chile , these organisms imports characterization and pathogens associated with high-risk diseases detection analysis results . Additionally,...
More than 6,000 participants attended, including 24 heads of state and government, and more than 2,000 civil society representatives, advocating for urgent and concrete action to address the ocean crisis. Lisbon final declaration states “We call for an ambitious, balanced, practical, effective, robust and transformative global biodiversity framework after 2020”. Resilient and healthy marine environments are climatic regulation and sustainable development foundation, with potential to produce food and energy for billions of people. At the UN CONFERENCE ON THE...
Marine cetaceans abundance and distribution patterns in Chile and their overlap with ship traffic in the Humboldt Current ecosystem are published at Scientific Report. prestigious scientific journal Aiming in improving knowledge gaps on Chilean waters cetaceans, in 2016, Monitoring of Highly Migratory Resources – Ecosystemic Approach (SRAM ECO) project directed by Dr. Patricia Zárate, began to carry out cetaceans sighting activity in chilean exclusive economic zone. Aboard some oceanographic and hydroacoustic cruises regularly carried out by IFOPś Direct Assessments...
The initiative is part of environmental events calendar and a necessary alert call for protection of threatened turtles, due to pollution, climatic change and incidental capture with fishing nets and lines factors. The activity organized by Fisheries and Aquaculture Regional Directorate and Escuela D-7 General Pedro Lagos Marchant. It was carried out jointly with Environment SEREMI Tortuarica NGO and Fisheries Development Institute. In this school dependencies the opening was in charge of the school director and present authorities, who...
The presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 22nd at 3:30 p.m., using Google Meet platform (meet.google.com/smc-zxig-pgy). IFOP in 2021 signed an agreement with San Francisco State University, to study interactions among fishing activities and marine mammals. One of this study central objectives is to determinate where are more likely to occur interactions areas between marine mammals and fishing activities. In this way, it is expected to provide information to fishing administrative authority in Chile, aimin for this interaction...
Details of the results will be provided. On Thursday, June 23 rd at 9:30 a.m. the closing seminar of the permanent research program “Surveillance of pathogens resistance to commonly used antimicrobials in national salmon farming” will be held in its Stage VIII, 2021-2022 . The seminar will present some advances and knowledge related to the use of genomic tools for antimicrobial resistance surveillance, which contributes to research associated with IFOP’s program. On the other hand, bacterial resistance to antimicrobials...
from Monday, May 30th and Thursday, June 3rd, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Executive Director Mr. Gonzalo Pereira Puchy, a few days after taking office, visited IFOP’s Aquaculture Research Division unit. Which operates decentralized and is headquartered in Puerto Montt city. During the tour, he learned about this division structure and organization, in addition to currently under development research, short and medium-term plans, in addition to knowing advanced human capital and research work support. An occasion in which he also...
A necropsy was carried out on several specimens of marine fauna that have stranded in the area and that were kept in the IFOP facilities. With Sernapesca Arica officials presence together with maritime authority, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) staff, members Universidad de las Americas (UDLA), Universidad Santo Tomás (UST) and thanks to Universidad de Tarapacá (UTA), who were this meeting hosts, which was managed by Pablo Valladares ( Faculty of Sciences biology department academician ), giving up his Applied...
Between May 26th and 27th, an exhibition of marine species was held at Ford College, organized by Fisheries Development Institute, Arica Headquarters. This activity, aimed mainly at promoting the importance of scientific research and our oceans care, it is carried out every year during May, in different schools in the region. On this occasion, the exhibition was attended by approximately 250 elementary and middle school students and their teachers. The presentations and the exposition were in charge of IFOP’s...
During May, Strategic Research Programs carried out its difussion by Fisheries Development Institute, in this ocassion it was about Dissostichus eleginoides specie known as deep-sea cod. This time the workshop aimed at Industrial Cod Fleet. This activity was carried out electronically, for which a program was structured with the aim of having a conversation space between researchers and fishery users around different research topics on which IFOP is currently working. . Erik Daza IFOP Head in Magallanes region indicated...
Dr. Jaime Letelier, Oceanography and Environment Department’s Head , participated as an expert at “The ocean under threat. Urgency of protecting its ecosystemic services” panel: at the “ IPCC and Climatic Change IV Regional Conference, NovoPangea Latin America: United for Climatic Change”, which was held online on May 26th and 27th, 2022. (https://www.filantropiacortessolari.cl/novopangea/) The MERI Foundation organizes this Climatic Change Regional Conference that seeks to bring citizens closer to various actors in the region, creating dialogue and collaboration instances...
