Approximately 250 scientists from nearly 40 countries participated in the symposium, including Australia, Germany, Portugal, Greece, Japan, France, India, Peru, Canada, China, Spain, Mexico. Between March 6 and 12 in Victoria, Canada, the international symposium “Dynamics of Small Pelagic Fish Resources” was held. From...
To spread out economic indicators and feedback for the Economic Monitoring of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Between February 28 and March 3, three professionals from the economics section of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero; Elizabeth Palta, Camilo Torres and Andrea Araya traveled...
It was attended by professionals from the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Servicio Nacional de Pesca, Subsecretaría de Pesca. In Valparaiso, the workshop “Sustainability Indicators for the Benthic Resource Management and Exploitation Areas System (AMERB)” was carried out. This was organized by The Nature Conservancy...
This is the ciliate microalgae Myrionecta rubra On February 8, Francisco Calderón de Sernapesca, took a water sample at the surrounding area of Isla Capitán Aracena, Estrecho Magallanes to be analyzed by the professionals of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero in order to identify...
On 7 and 8 March at the Diego de Almagro Hotel, experts from Chile and Argentina met to exchange knowledge of different areas (fishing, growth, reproduction, management) of the southern octopus resource Enteroctopus megalocyathus, The meeting was attended by IFOP professionals, Researchers from Universidad...
The study area considers the evaluation of the resource between Arica (18˚ 25’LS) and south of Valparaíso (33˚ 30 ‘LS); from 1 to 100 miles from the coast. A team of 25 professionals from the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) embarked on March 9...
In a sampling carried out between February 16 and 24 on board the OPV-83 “Marinero Fuentealba” from the Chilean Navy. The INCAR is also working on samples collected during this cruise. At the end of January 2017, mortality of thousands of salmon for fattening...
It has been possible to detect them through the monitoring activities carried out by the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP). Southern austral fjords show an apparent increase in the frequency, geographic coverage and intensity of noxious algal blooms in the last five decades, which...
On February 21, a discoloration of deep green color at sea water was detected at La Lisera beach and other coastal areas in Arica. Because this sector has an intense concurrence of public, a concern was generated about a possible Harmful Algal Bloom. Personnel...
In Viña del Mar, at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Universidad Santo Tomás, the workshop “Necropsy in seabirds” was held. The activity was organized by the NGO Oikonos Ecosystem Knowlegde and its objectives was: to train and deepen the necropsy technique of seabirds, to...
The 10th Meeting of the Consultative Committee (CC10) of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection of Turtle Seamen (CIT) was held on February 15, between 12:00 and 18:00 hours, via teleconference in the Meeting Room of IFOP. The Inter-American Convention for the Protection and...
Between January 17th and 20th, the VI National Aquaculture Congress was held in Viña del Mar, with an emphasis on Research for Diversification and Sustainability. The meeting was organized and carried out in University Andrés Bello premises. On that occasion, IFOP researchers Pablo Rojas...
On January 23, between 9 and 13:30 hours, in the convention hall of the Rey Don Felipe Hotel of Punta Arenas, a workshop was organized by the Physical Oceanography group of the Environment Department of Aquaculture Research Division of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero. The...
The main research centers in Chile (IFOP) and Australia (CSIRO) signed a commitment to cooperate for improving research on Chilean fisheries by signing a Cooperation Agreement, the development of scientific activities and capacity training, with a major focus in the implementation of the ecosystem...
Between January 11 and 13, the workshop: “Incidental catch of birds and possible solutions for trawling fisheries in the Southern Cone” was held at Hotel Villa del Río, Valdivia. The activity was organized by the Marine Program of BirdLife International, whose objectives are as...
