Between March 25-29, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the First Sharks , Stingrays, and Chimaeras Latin American Congress was held. From Chile attended María Cristina Pérez Cuesta Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP). The scientist explained, “My presentation ” Raya volantín fishery (Zearaja chilensis) in Chile, fisheries management evaluation approaches ” focused both on the kola skate fishery history in Chile and on different approaches that have been used to evaluate this resource in order to be able to define its...
Researchers Camilo Torres (Economy Area) and Pedro Romero (Management Area), participated in the Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Sixth Research Workshop, held between March 21th and 22nd , 2019 in Universidad de Talca Postgraduate School offices in Santiago. The workshop aim was to review advances in research carried out in Chile, in areas of Ecosystem Conservation and Weather Change, Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics, Environmental Economics and Energy, Economics of Atmospheric Pollution and Fisheries Regulation, Marine Products Markets Price...
The fruitful trajectory of the fishing engineer that today presides over the IFOP, creator of several patents, promoter of the scientific observers, pioneer in the investigation of resources like the Krill. source :www.empresaoceano.cl
On March 13rd and 14th , in Valparaíso, within the annual activities of ASIPA Project – Fisheries Monitoring highly migratory resources framework. Biological fishing aspects 2019, was held Scientific Observers Course. Scientific Observers are technicians and professionals trained to collect data on fishing activities and biological samples of caught species, on board of vessels or at landing ports. Based on this information, IFOP scientists can generate knowledge and provide scientific advice required by fishing or aquaculture institutions of the...
Research area considers resource’s evaluation between Arica (18 ̊ 25’LS) and Valparaíso (33 ̊ 30 ‘LS) A team of 27 professionals and technicians from Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) embarked on Sunday, March 17th , at 6:30 p.m., at Valparaíso Port (Valparaíso Region) aboard (B / C) Abate Molina scientific vessel. The campaign will allow to quantify horse mackerel biomass, between the regions of Arica – Parinacota and Valparaíso, using the hydroacoustic method. The project leader is José Córdova fishing...
On March 3rd and 4th , in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, some thirty experts on various ocean topics, including Mauricio Gálvez Larach, Fisheries Engineer and IFOP Division Chief, met to identify solutions to Oceans related problems. Then they participated in the World Oceans Summit organized by the multinational media company The Economist Group in the same city between March 5th and 7th . The High Level Expert Board for a Sustainable Oceanic Economy is an initiative promoted by...
Between February 25th and March 1rst , Camilo Torres (fisheries economics researcher) and Mauricio Ibarra (evaluation of fishery resources researcher) participated in “Bio-Economic Management Strategy Evaluation using FLBEIA” course, held in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in Copenhagen, Denmark https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/Using-FLBEIA.aspx FLBEIA is a reference in which a multi-stock and multi-fleet bioeconomic simulation model is constructed describing a fishery under a Management Strategies Assessment (MSE) approach. FLBEIA is a package or toolkit of the R...
Margarita González Gómez. Marine Biologist and Aquaculture Sciences PhD, who is also a researcher at Hydrobiological Health Department belonging to Aquaculture Research Division of Fisheries Development Institute, was nominated by Sandra Marín and Adolfo Alvial, two important actors belonging to the academy and to the aquaculture field in Los Lagos region, to be subsequently selected by El Llanquihue newspaper as part of the 50 2019 Los Lagos Region Young Leaders. Margarita commented “this award belongs to Llanquihue newspaper, which...
Alejandro Yáñez, Marine Biologist and Master of Science (Fisheries mention) from Universidad de Concepción. Currently working at Fisheries Development Institute, making crustaceans stock assessment, this being his main interest area along with quantitative ecology and state-space models. Between January 28 and February 1, IFOP researcher Alejandro Yáñez, participated in “Template Model Building (TMB) for advanced fish stock assessment” workshop held at the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in Halifax, Canada . The objective of the...
Today February 11TH at 10 am and for 25 days, a team of 28 professionals and technicians from Fisheries Development Institute set sail from Valparaiso, aboard the B / C Abate Molina, with the objective of; Characterize and evaluate present anchoveta resource stock between Atacama region and Coquimbo region, through hydroacoustic method, during maximum recruitment period. The cruise´s study area will be between Paposo road, in Antofagasta Region, up to Pichidangui, the southern limit of the Coquimbo Region. Leading...
This workshop main objective is to strengthen knowledge of approximately 25 IFOP scientific observers in biology, anatomy and sharks sampling , stingrays and chimaeras. Source: www.empresaoceano.cl
On January 7th and 29th , in the cities of Puerto Montt and Concepción,Fisheries Development Institute held a workshop to spread out results of “2018 Harmful Algal blooms and Marine toxins in the Pacific Ocean from Biobío to Aysén Management Program (I Stage) ” research. Dr. Oscar Espinoza, IFOP Center for the Study of Harmful Algae (CREAN) Chief, referred to the project ” this research objective is to have an opportune Paralyzing Venom Poison (VPM) , Diarrheic Venom of...
The exhibition is organized by the city council and IFOP Institute of Fisheries Development, jointly with the Regional Government, is free of charge for attendees and will be open to the public between Tuesday to Sunday from 12;00 to 20:15 hours, in La Cruz square. Source :www.empresaoceano.cl
