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During the summer of 2021 IFOP will hold a new dissemination workshop entitled “Oceanography and Numerical Modeling in Fjords and Channels of Patagonia” and which will be given by the Oceanography and Climate group of IFOP in Castro (chonos.ifop.cl). Due to COVID-19 pandemic current health contingency it will be carried remotely in 2 sessions via Meet. The link will be provided via email the days before. To reserve a place , please fill this form https://forms.gle/yX4T1hGgU6yGDHnH6. The first session...

Fishing Development Institute(IFOP) was awarded FIPA 2020-34 project “Monitoring plan Proposal for status and extractive activity of brown algae in the maritime area of ​​the Arica and Parinacota Region until the Region of Coquimbo design and implementation ”, which will allow gathering relevant information for management. The project general objective that will last 28 months is; to implement and evaluate a design for monitoring population, fishing, social and basic economic indicators associated with huiro negro brown algae, huiro palo...

Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and Universidad de Tarapacá have just signed an agreement wich aims to establish general collaboration basis between Universidad de Tarapaca through its Marine and Limnological Studies Center (CEMYL) of the Sciences Faculty and Mechanical Engineering Faculty Department , and IFOP, through its Fisheries Research and Aquaculture Research Divisions, to strengthen cooperative work ties in common interest areas . The agreement will serve as future specific collaboration actions framework on various topics such as: Research, training,...

The ship has 5,510 days of operation and 234 cruises since 1991, which arrived in Chile, donated by Japan Government to Chilean Government . On January 5th, scientific vessel Abate Molina, from Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) set sail with 27 professionals and technicians from Valparaíso’s port ; to characterize and evaluate anchovy and common sardine stock resources present between Valparaíso to Los Lagos Regions, based on the hydroacoustic method, during the period of maximum recruitment and during immediate fall....

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On December 21rst , Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) signed a Postgraduate studies Cooperation Agreement with Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH), its aim is strengthening both institutions interaction, granting IFOP researchers facilities for postgraduate studies in programs offered by UACH Puerto Montt Headquarters . The agreement will last 5 years from its subscription date. Leonardo Guzmán, IFOP’s Aquaculture Research Division Head referred to the agreement Some of this agreement commitments are: Annually, Postgraduate Programs will reserve a total of 3...

It will make it possible to accurately identify water masses present off South American coast. Between December 21rst and 22nd the virtual course ” Optimal Multiparametric Analysis Implementation and application(OMP) method within the framework of the Researchers Exchange program” was held. It was organized by Oceanography and Plankton Section from IFOP Oceanography and Environment Department and financed by a Performance Agreement between IFOP and CORFO in 2020. It was developed within the framework of researchers of the Coordinating Committee...

The “High seas’s horse mackerel biological condition” project began in 1998 with a methodological cruise that defined area, research period and design. From then until 2020 -although with some interruptions- the species has been studied from south-central Chile coast up to 1000 nm using industrial fleet vessels that operates in horse mackerel fishery. The main objective is to estimate relative abundance indexes of horse mackerel eggs and larvae and to characterize the resource aggregations during maximum reproductive activity period....

Chonos (chonos.ifop.cl), IFOP Fishing Development Institute web portal, since 2018, houses Chilean Patagonia oceanographic information system, continues to grow with FLOW publication (chonos.ifop.cl/aguadulce/visor) new application based on numerical modeling that adds to the already existing MOSA (oceanographic forecast), partiMOSA (particle dispersion model), ATLAS (marine environment environmental information library) and CLIC (matrices connectivity). FLOW is jointly developed by IFOP and Meteodata (www.meteodata.cl) allows the user to view, through an interactive map, rivers and glaciers average daily flow rates in Los...

In order to reinforce regulations and standards data collection in South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organization Manegement area (ORP-PS or SPRFMO for its English acronym), this activity was held as part of the Chilean Observer Accreditation Program process to ORP-PS “Currently there is a regional fisheries management organizations (RFOs) growing network operating in practically all the world’s oceans, generally made up of coastal States of a region, as well as other countries with fishing interests in protected areas or protection...

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With deep feelings of loss, we inform Fisheries Development Institute Board of Directors President Mr. Oscar Guzmán Fernández decease, he was a Fisheries Execution Engineer, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Marine Sciences School, with more than 45 years of experience in fisheries and aquaculture research. He had a Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Fishing Gear Design from the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Tokyo. Japan. He was a pioneer in scientific prospecting in Antarctica in 1967 and in marine...

A modern system, based on artificial intelligence and implemented by Fisheries Development Institute, has successfully passed its pilot phase and is expected to enter a trial period during 2021. This pilot system successfully identified and classified more than 80% of commercially important fish images that were entered into the Artificial Intelligence system. Jorge Cornejo, Marine Sciences PhD and project manager, mentioned that “based on this achievement, it is expected to create an automatic fishing registration program. This program will...

It is carried out via zoom and is transmitted simultaneously through Marine Sciences Chilean Society Facebook Live,. The event brings together prominent panelists from the national and world science academy, who will present on how to It is making progress in the management of aquatic resources, with an ecosystemic approach. This Tuesday, December 1rst, International Seminar “Ecosystemic Approach Aquatic Resources Management : Advances, gaps and collaboration” was inaugurated, organized by Chilean Marine Sciences Society (SCHCM) and Chilean Fisheries Development...