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...

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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...

https://www.ifop.cl/comunicaciones/material-educativo/ IFOP Fishing Promotion Institute permanently carries out outreach activities in schools, fishing coves and general community. In order to raise awareness on marine resources and ocean care. All this is supported by graphic material and explanatory videos on various topics researched by the institute. Due to current pandemic situation, the educational and promotional material we have has been gathered in a link, in which you can download everything you want for free The site offers, among others, marine...

It is organized by IFOP Aquaculture Research Division. Next Wednesday, June 24th, between 09:30 and 11:00, “ Surveillance of commonly used antimicrobials pathogen resistance in national salmon farming scientific research program closing workshop will be held online. ”Stage VI, developed by Fisheries Developmen Institute Hydrobiological Health Department. The program, which began in 2014, aims to develop surveillance of the phenomenon of pathogens resistance to commonly used antimicrobials in national salmon farming. The research is part of the Permanent Program...

Chile belongs from its beginnings to the Albatross and Petreles Conservation Agreement (ACAP). Albatrosses have been one of the fishing bycatch activities most affected bird species, so international cooperation is necessary for their conservation. ACAP has established June 19 as World Albatross Day to raise awareness about these birds around the world. Albatross, are large seabirds that dominate the southern hemisphere seas, in their feeding trips they can cover from New Zealand to Chile. Efforts for this group of...

Telematically organized by Fisheries Development Institute Aquaculture Research Division, Friday 12th, between 09.00 and 12.00, RED TIDE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAM IN THE FJORD SYSTEM IN CHILE, XIII STAGE, YEARS 2019-2020 closing workshop will be telematically held led by Dr. Leonardo Guzmán. Research started in May 2006, and has been ongoing until now. Its main objective is to have a timely system of periodic sampling, harmful microalgae and marine toxins detection and quantification according to southern Chile fjords and...

Through a videoconference held on June 2nd , Fisheries Development Institute announced its main results of “EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE NATIONAL FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR” research. The activity brought together a large group of professionals from both institutions, led by by Luis Parot, IFOP Executive Director and José Pedro Núñez, Undersecretary (s) of Fisheries and Aquaculture, who together with highlighting IFOP timely response pointed out the need to continue monitoring pandemic effects in national fishing and aquaculture sector....

As part of the 56th Fishing Development Institute Anniversary, workers from Magallanes region, delivered on June 1rst , food supplies to families going through difficult times in Punta Arenas, due to Coronavirus world crisis which affects our country as well. In this regard Marcela Jaramillo Vargas who is in charge of administration, pointed out: “This activity called Blessings Day, was carried out with the workers support, translated into provisions and contributions in money, which was destined for low-income families....

During the first semester of 2019, Wildlife Conservation Society Chile (WCS) and Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP), signed a Collaboration Agreement which aims to carry out joint actions in Research and innovation field for Magallanes region artisanal fishing development. The collaborative work of both institutions has its first fruits. With The Walton Family Foundation (WFF)support , it has been possible to finance two research initiatives that seek to provide new information for southern king crab and oyster fisheries sustainable management....

In order to collaborate in high resolution oceanographic and atmospheric modeling Fishing Development Institute (IFOP) signed a collaboration agreement with Universidad de Chile’s National High Performance Computing Laboratory (NLHPC). This agreement aims to establish a mutual collaboration relationship, experiences transfering, and joint research between both institutions, in issues related to ocean and atmosphere numerical modeling in southern Chile. In turn, the agreement will allow IFOP to use, through remote access, computing capacity of NLHPCmanaged supercomputer . The agreement also...

Jointly carried out by a researchers enthusiastic group from Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) and Albatross Task Force (ATF-Chile) demersal’s discard project. This guide contains approximately 50 species of pelagic and coastal seabirds, with morphological characteristics that help their identification. This material’s main objective is to support scientific observers, researchers and fishermen in the identification of incidentally caught seabirds in commercial fishing operations. This makes it possible to improve Chilean fisheries bycatch information collection, together with contributing to the knowledge...