The Environmental Economists and Resources European Association (EEREA) Annual Conference is one of the main global meetings on the subject, and brings together more than 700 economists from five continents, raising current issues and methodology applied in resources and environmental economic analyzes. Between June 26th and 30th , Pedro Romero, IFOP researcher, participated in the 24th European Association Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference (EEREA), held in Manchester, England. Together with Professor Oscar Melo, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de...
In Carlos Condell and Santa Teresa schools A team of professionals from Fishing Development Institute traveled four hours on a catamaran from Aysén to Caleta Andrade, to give a talk at Carlos Condell school, about Aysén region’s coastline characteristics from different points of view: its richness in species, geomorphological, oceanographic aspects and its commercial activities. Yessica Robles, IFOP researcher spoke with children about the island’s marine fauna “Many times when we talk about marine fauna, we only think of...
The head of the Fisheries Development Institute Oceanography and Environment Department talks about the new ecosystemic approach applied by IFOP researchers. Source: www.empresaoceano.cl
The activity was attended by scientists from Universitdad de Concepción During two days at IFOP headquarters in Talcahuano, a workshop was held for its workers in order to share experiences, update knowledge of scientific observers and researchers. Jorge Cornejo, head of Talcahuano headquarters explained: “Due to the need of cotinuously innovate tand improve in areas related to dissemination and training in fisheries, environment issues for scientific observers and all the existing staff, the Scientific-Technical Development (CODECITEC) Committee is created...
To agree on the location and jointly draw up the design of the building of its new Research Center, combining the probing and the educational, is that the mayor of the Iquique city, Mauricio Soria and the director of the IFOP, Luis Parot Donoso, met. Source : https://twitter.com/IquiqueDeTodos/
Every year between August and October, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru intervene i the cruise. Our country participates with IFOP oceanography and plankton group usig Abate Molina research vessel. In Bogotá, Colombia, from May 27th to 31rd 2019, within the South Pacific Permanent Commission framework(CPPS, http://cpps-int.org/), which groups the pacific coast region countries , the MEETING OF THECOORDINATING COMMITTEE OF THE XXII REGIONAL CRUISE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC and the XII MEETING OF THE SPECIALIZED DATABASE...
Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) is celebrating CHONOS re launching, a web portal which hosts southern Chile oceanographic information system (available for free use at www.ifop.cl/chonos). This new version of CHONOS maintains its public role of serving as a source of oceanographic information to government users and the general public. It has significant improvements in the previously existing tools: MOSA, parti-MOSA and CLIC, to which the new ones are added ATLAS and Real-Time Luis Parot Donoso IFOP executive director highlighted...
Luis La Cruz, researcher at the Institute of the Sea of Peru, (IMARPE) conducted an internship, jointly with Fishing Developmet Institute hydroacoustic area experts. He works at the Hydroacoustic Functional Area in Peru and traveled to Chile to share experiences with Fisheries Developmet Institute researchers, especially in acoustic processes automation. The researcher participated in the hydroacoustic evaluation of small pelagic in Aysén of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region cruise, to know in the field IFOP researchers way of...
It will be free, and of public access will gather information about; temperature, salinity, oxygen, swells, wind, currents, turbulence The workshop about the project called “Interoperable Information System (SDII)”was held at Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) offices, it was developed by the Department of Oceanography and Environment (Doma) supported by the Department of Information Technology and the Department of the Environment of the Division of Aquaculture of the Fisheries Development Institute in conjunction with FAO. This project’s objective is to...
800 species are already affected by this pollution and it is estimated that in the next decade one million species would be in danger of extinction. The balance was announced by the IFOP researcher, Úrsula Cifuentes, at the Culture + Science Fridays of the Fonk Museum in Viña del Mar. Source : www.quintavision.cl
Fisheries Development Institute jointly with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) organized a fishpath workshop aimed at the use of this tool for old black (Graus nigra) fishery in Chile. The workshop focused on building the basis for fishery catch strategies development, with different field stakeholders participation , including fishermen from different coves. What is FishPath? FishPath is a process supported by a tool that includes a dynamic questionnaire that is applied to a group of admiistrators, fishermen and fishery managers...
The Lastenia Oyarzún Andrade school, located in Quellón commune 25 girls and boys from 1rst to 8 years of age and a teaching staff of 4 teachers and 2 assistants in education. Paulo Mora, Fisheries Development Institute offered the talk “Discovering the world benthic resources of subject to fisheries on the island of Chiloé” at the Lastenia Oyarzún Andrade school, located at Quellón commune of. Paulo said: “This was an opportunity to bring our daily work closer to...
Between May 27th and 31rd , XXXIX Marine Sciences Congress is organized by Arturo Prat University Natural Renewable Resources School , this year the theme is ” Bodiversity recovery and protection in a global change scenario” Summaries of IFOP presentations Pilot experience for the monitoring of “huiros” brown algae fishery in Chilean northern zone. Pablo Araya “Huiros” fishery are the main representatives of benthic landings, but there is no associated indicators monitoring for their management. This work objective was...
In Florianopolis, Brazil, Secondary Capture Working Group ninth meeting (SBWG9) and the Stocks and Conservation Status Working Group fifth meeting (PaCSWG5) were held, both working groups belonging to the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Agreement (ACAP). International meeting twich aims to share twork and researchresults, to review some regulations and procedures as well as plans and programs, ad also to begin the for the eleventh meeting of the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Agreement advisory committee preparation(ACAP). The national...
On May 14th , in Los Alerces auditorium from the Chilean Security Association (ACHS) in Puerto Montt, Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes Regions, Red Tide Management and Monitoring program closing XII meeting ” was held. Version 2018-2019 “. The workshop showed carried out work between the period of March 2018 to February 2019 (without prejudice to the results obtained since 1996 in the Monitoring initiated in Punta Arenas), in addition to new results obtained on the basis of research...
