Through funds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, it will have a two years execution period, it will develop binational capacity against threats that affect the leatherback turtle. On August 15th, an agreement was signed between Fundación MarViva (Costa Rica) and Fishing Development Institute (Chile) to execute the bi-national project called ”(Reduce incidental catch of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles in the spinel fisheries of northern Chile). This agreement will be executed by the Highly Migratory Resources Monitoring Project,...
Luis Parot explains that Fishing Development Institute (IFOP) is the applied research institution that has the largest territorial presence and advanced human capital to carry out environmental monitoring of aquaculture industry and research climatic change impacts on the whole ecosystem. -What IFOP aims for ? – Fishing and aquaculture applied research. It generates public value knowledge, so that sectorial institutions (Subpesca) take administrative and regulatory measures for fishing and aquaculture. In short, our task is to protect resources and...
It is in online format, between 9:40 and 13:00. For more information please write to david.opazo@ifop.cl. This Friday, August 28th, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) will hold a workshop to show of the “Monitoring and on the larval availability of mitilidae for the sustainability of aquaculture activity surveillance program in the southern zone of Chile, VII stage 2019-20 ”, it showsc results over a study that has been carried out since 2013 and is part of the permanent monitoring programs...
A Technical Scientific Committee (TCC) is the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture advisory body consulted on scientific matters relevant to fisheries and aquaculture management. There are currently eleven TTCs, which were created from No. 20,657Law ( Fisheries and Aquaculture General Law). A first hierarchical level divides them into: Committees oriented to fishing activity, and aquaculture sector for environmental, health and management purposes Advisory committees, where there are 3 Committees. In the fishing sector case, Fisheries Law established eight Committees...
On August 14th, and for the first time virtually, the Highly Migratory Resources Monitoring Program – Ecosystem Approach results were presented. Dr. Patricia Zárate, project manager, together with researchers Msc. Ilia Cari, Marine Biologist Ljubitza Clavijo and scientific advisers, presented the main results obtained from the analyzes and observations carried out during 2019, thanks to their work team which involves scientific observers, IFOP researchers and advisers from various universities. Among guests attended by representatives of the Undersecretariat of Fisheries,...
Between August 2nd and 31rd a team of professionals and technicians from Fishing Develpment Institute (IFOP) led by Fishing Engineer, Javier Legua, boarded the Chilean Navy scientific ship AGS-61 “Cabo de Hornos”, to assess southern, tail and three-fin hake spawning stock in outer waters between Los Lagos and Aysén regions in order to generate biological data, such as size, age, sexual maturity, feeding and accompanying fauna, in addition to the resources’s status Legua explained that one of the procedures...
Researchers from both organizations discussed different knowledge areas in which each group is working and looking for joint vision points from which a work agenda will be generated. In order to continue advancing in a series of workshops on crab fishery (Lithodes santolla) that began in 2017, researchers from National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (INIDEP) and Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) from Chile, held during the last few hours a virtual meeting. This cooperation is based on the framework...
IFOP researcher, Marcelo San Martín, participated as a guest speaker in a virtual table called “Sustainable Fisheries and Zero Discard”, organized by Uruguayan NGO OceanoSanos. This instance is part of a series of activities organized by that institution, aimed at creating awareness among citizens about marine ecosystems care and fisheries national and world situation. Since its creation in 2017, this NGO has surveyed these issues both in Uruguay and in the Southwest Atlantic area. Marcelo San Martín presented a...
On July 25th, Abate Molina scientific ship, from Fisheries Development Institute, set sail from Valparaíso’s port to assess common hake stock , through hydroacoustic method, between the northern limit of the Coquimbo Region and the Lagos. The scientific journey will last 42 days, the captain of the ship is Enrique Quiero. Luis Parot Donoso IFOP Executive Director explained “It is a cruise that uses acoustic methodology which basically is to record via sound waves that are calibrated to identify...
Researchers from Repopulation and Cultivation Department, IFOP’s Aquaculture Research Division, study potential benefits and interactions of co-cultivation of extractive species under small-scale aquaculture scheme (APE) in the environment and as a development alternative for artisanal fishermen and fish farmers. A research topic which focuses on areas affected by high levels of nutrients produced by human activities (eutrophication), where bivalve molluscs could help reduce organic matter load and abundance of microalgae control through filtration, while macroalgae capture and consume inorganic...
