The International Whaling Commission aims to provide the proper conservation of whale stocks and make a well-arranged development of the whaling industry as possible. Chile is a member of the committee since 1979 and actively participates in the Scientific Committee and at meetings of...
The annual meeting of the scientific committee is where scientific recommendations for the organization are made, therefore is very important since data, models and biologically acceptable catches are analyzed, also different subjects for the management of different fisheries. The Chilean delegation was composed by:...
The bleak is an important resource, which constitutes a major component of the bait in the lobster fishery of Juan Fernandez (Jasus frontalis), especially in the subsystem of Robinson-Santa Clara islands, where it is also caught for human consumption during the period of lobster...
The Executive Director of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Leonardo Nunez, is in Aysén where he met with regional authorities and with the family of Bruno Nunez. Between 24 and 26 October, the Executive Director of IFOP, Leonardo Nunez, remained at Aysen. The professional explained:...
It is developed within the project “Upgrading of fishery biological parameters of south-central Chilean crab” and will feature leading national and foreign experts On 26 and 27 October, at the “Marco Espejo Vidal” auditorium of IFOP Valparaiso, a meeting will be held with national...
Ximena Vivanco (Marine Biologist, candidate for Master on Environmental Management) is a researcher of IFOP Puerto Montt and participates in the “Monitoring Program of Red Tide regions of Los Lagos, Aysen and Magallanes”; her photograph “Chilean Alexandrium catenella” was awarded with the second place....
The attendance of researchers from Instituto de Fomento Pesquero to the World Conference on harmful algal bloom has revealed the level of work done in Chile and competencies of this group compared with similar activities in other parts of the globe. An important participation...
The worker is lost since Saturday in the Aysén fjord Bruno Nunez works as a technician in the Red Tide program at Aysen. On Saturday, around 9:30 pm, sailed onboard ship “Rio Charly” from Los Palos river in Aysen, and after 20 nautical miles...
At Viña del Mar, the Technical Group on Marine Mammals of Chile met. Doris Oliva, president of the group, said “this is a technical group, and our role is to advise Subsecretaría de Pesca on issues of marine mammals. We have a plan of...
This is Dr. Patricia Zárate, Professional of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero Dr. Patricia Zarate, Project Manager Highly Migratory Resources, Ecosystemic Approach, of the Department of Oceanography and Environment of IFOP, and member of the Working Group on Sharks has been invited by the International...
Antonio Aranis, marine biologist and head (I) of the Department of Fisheries Assessment said “the monitoring of biological closure is made to protect and to safeguard the resource. For sardine and anchovy, two closures are implemented in the year: one of recruitment at year...
The national team of researchers address various subjects on the conservation and management of sharks and rays At Vina del Mar, Shark Working Group (GT- Sharks) met. This group is formed by a team of researchers who study these species in Chile, this unit...
In the Science Week organized by Explora, researchers of IFOP will give speeches in Valparaíso, Algarrobo, Calle Larga, Quilpué, Vina del Mar, Puerto Montt, Ancud, Dalcahue and Achao, besides of guided tours to IFOP laboratories in Hueihue and Putemun in Los Lagos region. A...
Research corresponded to a (FIPA 2014-91) entitled “Impacts associated with the extra label use of the active ingredient oxitetracycline intraperitoneally in salmonid farming centers on the current drug control program.” It began on April 15, 2015 and was carried out by the Department of...
Hector Alvarez, Electronic Officer of R/V Abate Molina of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, will get onboard from 3 to 19 October 2016 in the research vessel Alucia of the Association for the Conservation and Oceanic Research (ORCA) of United States. Since 2011, the Instituto...
