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It is a 180 million investment financed under Corfo / IFOP program An important remodeling was carried out on IFOP Valparaíso headquarters fourth floor, to adapt its structure to the institution’s new requirements, which is in charge of carrying out fisheries and aquaculture research which serve to advise national authorities on fisheries policies. The new design included the creation of modern laboratories for age and growth, plankton and oceanography, large meeting rooms, with more space and lighting, all decorated...

On Wednesday May 6th with a crew of 28 people, Fisheries Development Institute Abate Molina Scientific vessel sailed off Valparaíso’s Port to assess and characterize anchovy and common sardine stock resources present between the regions of Valparaíso and Los Lagos, through hydroacoustic method, during the period of maximum recruitment and immediate autumn. In this scientific journey, Enrique Quiero as ship captain and fishing engineer Álvaro Saavedra as the cruise’s head. Luis Parot Donoso, IFOP executive director, explained “for 31...

Data will be collected during this and next week. Fishing Development Institute (IFOP), is collecting information about the effects that COVID-19 has caused in work and market environment, in local companies. This information will be available to Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat (SSPA), within the framework of the authority required knowledge in order to handle in the best way sectoral public policies. “IFOP permanently monitors the sector productive performance as a whole . On this occasion, in the context of...

“Science to protect the sea” is the name of the new scientific dissemination campaign launched in Valparaíso Region, in order to bring scientific culture and the ocean closer to all citizens. In this new conmemorative month of the sea, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and Explora Valparaíso- which depends on the Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Ministry, launched “Science to protect the sea” campaign through their social networks to publicize scientific research carried out in Chile and in Valparaíso Region,...

at Magallanes region. Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) joitly with Walton Family Foundation (WFF) is developing the project named “Ecosystemic evaluation of southern scallop fishery (Chlamys vitrea) in Parry Bay fjord, Multiple Use Marine Protected Coastal Area ( AMCP-MU), Almirantazgo bay, Magallanes region, Chile”. Dr. Carlos Montenegro head of the project explained “Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region has experienced an artisanal fishing activity sustained increase in the last 10 years, an increase that has been associated with fishermen immigration process,...

The project will allow the development of a Web Geographical Information System that can be consulted online with brown algae biomass and distribution information, which will help fishing authorities and management committees to have pertinent, adequate and real-time information to adequately evaluate measures and actions established in the management plans. Considering brown algae fishery enormous social and economic importance in Atacama region and the need to incorporate new technologies and methodologies for its preservation , tUniversidad Católica del Norte...

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On March 16th , and for 42 days, Abate Molina scientific ship, set sail in order to research horse mackerel between Arica Parinacota and Valparaíso regions. The ship’s crew is made up by 27 people. The Abate’s captain is Enrique Quiero and fishing engineer José Córdova as cruise head. The research general objective is horse mackerel resource biomass quantification, between Arica and Parinacota – Valparaíso regions, using the hydroacoustic method. Specific objectives are: To estimate horse mackerel stock size...

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For this new audiovisual report of the “In depth” series, El Mostrador accompanied a group of scientists from Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) to Lago Llanquihue depths , where –through a study funded by Environment Ministry – They are investigating current state of the second largest lake in Chile. The monitoring program of the Secondary Environmental Quality Standard is carried out in Chile in the Villarrica lakes and the aforementioned Llanquihue. source: elmostrador.cl

The i-FAN application available in Google Store (Android) and Apple Store (iOS) is free and will notify users through messages issued to their mobile phones, every time an area contemplated in Monitoring Programs (Fjord or Pacific ) is updated with main harmful taxa abundance values. Two years ago, Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) launched i-FAN its mobile application wich aims to inform and alert Alexandrium catenella presence , main dinoflagellate associated with paralytic toxins poisoning in the country, constituting an...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), jointly with (IFOP) Fisheries Development Institute , organized several workshops aimed at the use of FishPath tool and process and data exploration and review for Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and Blue shark (Prionace glauca) in Chile. “FishPath is an interactive process, supported by an online tool, which allows fishery resource managers, fishermen and other actors in the fishery to identify, compare and discuss different fishery resource management options, in order to reach a capture strategy...