With two presentations entitled “Small-scale aquaculture, emergent habitats and opportunities for stocking of targeted species” and “Restocking in Chile: identifying research gaps and implementation challenges for an ecosystemic approach” Department of Repopulation and Cultivation of the Aquaculture Division researcher , Luis Henríquez, participated in the sixth version of the International Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching Symposium (ISSESR 2019), held in the city of Sarasota, Florida (USA). ISSESR corresponds to one of the most important international symposiums on stock improvement...

It is free and serves as educational material The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Repopulation and Cultivation Department has published the“Cultivation of macroalgae: Diversification of Small-scale Aquaculture in Chile” manual . The compendium is part of the results of the “Integral Program of Algae Aquaculture Development for Artisanal Fishermen” -stage 2, executed since 2018 in the Los Lagos region and in the Coquimbo region. The state of the art of the cultivation of fourteen species of native macroalgae with potential...

On Friday, December 13th at Cumbres Hotel in Puerto Varas, the First Caligidosis National Congress was held, jointly organized by Universidad Austral de Chile Aquaculture Institute (Iacui), Intesal and INCAR. The Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) was represented by leading researchers Margarita González, Claudia Spinetto and Loreto Ovalle, whom participated with oral presentations and posters. About researchers and their presentations Dr. Margarita González presented the work “EFFECTS OF ANESTHETIC APPLICATION FOR BENZOCAINE FISH ON THE CONDITION OF Caligus rogercresseyi” “This...

María José Escobar, Science Technology Knowledge and Innovation Seremi (ministerial secretariat) for Coquimbo / Valparaíso macro zone; isited Fisheries Development Institute in Valparaíso, in the activity the authority met with Luis Parot Donoso IFOP Executive Director and with researchers who presented the main projects developed by the institute. The Seremi said “The visit seemed wonderful to me, since it allowed me to know what they do, their projects, to know that their work is at national level with international...

  Specialists from both institutions propose highly technological programs applicable to monitoring marine ecosystems. With state-of-the-art technology, the Universitdad de Playa Ancha generates research and proposes applied tools aimed at impacting relevant areas such as fisheries management and biodiversity in Chile. By means of last generation sequencing techniques it is possible to detect the DNA footprint that organisms leave in the environment, opening a great opportunity for fisheries management, species identification on which there is little knowledge, detection of...

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César Alarcón, Pablo Salgado, Jorge Mardones and Gemita Pizarro are part of this unpublished study Between November 13th and 24th, a team of 23 researchers embarked on Cabo de Hornos AGS-61 Oceanographic vessel, on the cruise called, “Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region Glacier-Oceanic Prospecting of Harmful Algal Blooms Platform (PROFAN Magallanes) ”, with the objective of studying in an integral way harmful algal blooms in the Magallanes region, specifically toxin producing species, which have affected southern Chile coasts, in...

Between September 14 and October 19, 2019, the Chilean Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) is developing the “MOBIO-MPH 2019” cruise, associated with the project “Bio-oceanographic conditions and evaluation of spawning anchovy stock between the regions of Arica and Antofagasta, year 2019 ”. The execution is in the hands of the Department of Oceanography and Environment of IFOP and the project manager is the oceanographer Jessica Bonicelli. Source : www.empresaoceano.cl

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The neighboring country, through its State Natural Protected Areas National Service (Sernanp), an agency wich belogs to the Environment Ministry, is implementing tthe creation of a Marine Protected Area process, in the National Reserve category in its Nazca submarine dorsal jurisdictional water area ; equivalent to the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park area created by Chile in 2015. Between November 20th and 21rd , “Proposal of the Nazca Dorsal National Reserve” technical workshop was held in Lima, Peru, which was organized...

Between Arica Parinacota and Antofagasta regions On Saturday, November 23rd at 10 pm, Abate Molinascientific ship , with 28 professionals, sailed from Valparaíso’s port , the captain of the ship is Enrique Quiero and head of the cruise is the fishing engineer Francisco Leiva The general objective is; to characterize and evaluate anchovy resource stock between the Arica and Parinacota and Antofagasta Regions, by hydroacoustic methods, during the maximum recruitment.period. Specific objectives are: To estimate anchovy resource stock size...

On November 22, at Universidad de los Lagos, Puerto Montt campus, the XIII seminar science technology and aquatic environments will be held, organized by the I ~ Mar center. In the activity, Dr. Heraldo Contreras of Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) will make a presentation of ASIPA Project “ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF AQUACULTURE IN CHILE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE PLACEMENT ECOSYSTEMS STUDY “. Dr. Contreras explained “the conclusions obtained during the last 5 years of this study will be shown,...