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...
The purpose with this course is to incorporate into our daily diet vegetables and healthy products from the area where we live, through simple recipes for daily consumption and for the whole family. All with the purpose to make the kitchen a healthy place...
On year 2016, 8 research cruises were carried out with a total of 246 days of operation. Valparaíso: On January 4 at 11:00 p.m. and during 30 days, a team of 26 professionals and technicians from the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero set sail from...
From Chile, participated only the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), represented by researchers Luis Figueroa-Fábrega and Pedro Romero Maltrana In the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, it was developed the 8th American Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and the 25th Biennial...
Advances and prospects in the investigation of lithodid crustaceans, “Towards Sustainable Management and Exploitation of the Crab (Lithodes santolla) in the Eastern South Pacific”. In Punta Arenas, the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero organized the international workshop: Advances and prospects in the investigation of lithodic...
The activity is part of the project “Strengthening of Technological Capacities for the Generation of Public Value of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero – IFOP – profile stage”. On December 27th between 09:30 and 12:00, at the Marcos Espejo Vidal Auditorium of IFOP Valparaíso,...
In Punta Arenas, between December 18 and 22, the Discard project developed a standardization workshop for data collection carried out on board the trawler and longliner vessels. Thirteen scientific observers participated, the field coordinator and researcher Mr. Cristian Vargas and the personnel of the...
The activity had a completely technical approach, focused on the new technologies that HP is developing worldwide in the implementation of the physical and logical infrastructure, in all aspects of printing services. Karen Olave and Joseph Blamey; Engineers from Information Technology Department of Instituto...
Scientific observers are the people who gather the information on board, so they have to be very skilled at what they do Between December 14 and 15, in San Antonio, Valparaiso Region, the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), is holding a workshop for scientific...
