Shark Working Group met in the Valparaíso Region to discuss various topics on sharks and rays conservation and management. In Viña del Mar, a Shark Working Group (GT-Sharks) was formed, consisting of a team of researchers dedicated to these species study in Chile, this entity advises the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture on these species management and conservation issues. The group is also responsible for the National Shark Action Management Plan and participates in regional programs in shark conservation...

  It’s free and it will take place on Tuesday, September 10th at Hotel Esmeralda (Esmeralda St nº266) in Castro city between 09:00 and 13:00 hrs. It is the second year in a row, that Fisheries Development Institute will hold an informative workshop that will be taught by IFOP’s physical oceanography group in Castro (chonos.ifop.cl), and will have several presentations in which achieved progress in the field of physical oceanography and its applications for the sustainable development of the...

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In Valparaíso, consultants, experts and authorities linked to fisheries administration regime of the Benthic Resources Management and Exploitation Areas (AMERB) met to discuss direct assessment standard methodologies for brown algae, hard bottomed and soft bottoms invertebrates . The activity was organized by IFOP Fisheries Development Institute within the framework of the Fisheries Monitoring Program under the Management Area Regime, in the research line on quality information management generated in Management and Exploitation of Benthics Resources Areas (AMERB), which seeks...

On August 12th and 13th , at Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso Marine Sciences School, a team of national and foreign professionals gathered to share their research cocerning loco (Concholepas concholepas). The activity was organized by the Oceanography and Environment Department from the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Management Areas Section . The workshop aimed to analyze locust resource status of knowledge emphasizing on connectivity between management areas along chilea coast. Gabriel Jerez from Fisheries Undersecretariat, noted the economic importance of...

At Valparaiso’s Marine Sciences School from Pontificia Universidad Católica dependencies IFOP Fisheries Development Institute, conducted “Fisheries Under Management Areas Regime Monitoring Program Result’s Workshop, 2018”, which is developed by IFOP Management Areas Section, in order to show AMERB regime analysis results and properly advise the Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat . The workshop was attended by professionals from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat Benthic Resources Unit, consultants, researchers and representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations, where the following topics were addressed: Quality...

The Sea’s Regional Seminar, care, opportunities and challenges was held at Universidad de Machala, Ecuador, It was organized by the General Directorate of Maritime Interests of the Navy. Representatives from France, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Chile participated in the activity. Our researcher from Fisheries Development Institute Nancy Barahona Toledo attended from our country. The seminar objective was to provide knowledge about the sea in order to generate positive attitudes towards care and conservation of marine resources, creating reflection spaces...

On July 31, the results of the Highly Migratory Resources Monitoring Program were presented in one of the conference rooms of Baburizza Palace in Valparaíso. Dr. Patricia Zárate, project manager, together with a work team that involves observers, researchers from IFOP and from several Universities analyzed the results of the observations made during 2018. Among the guests were representatives of the Scientific Committees, the Undersecretariat of Fisheries, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, the DIRECTEMAR and national universities. Among...

This research is intended to support small-scale fisheries development through a socially and environmentally sustainable approach. A key element to technically support this is to “illuminate” various fisheries contributions. Recently it was a known fact that Chilean Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) will participate in the global study “Illuminating Hidden Crops” (Illuminating Hidden Harvests, IHH), which is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO, for its acronym in English), WorldFish and Duke University (United...

It is estimated that the benefit, which currently governs public administration, by extending it to the IFOP would enhance fisheries research. Fuente: empresaoceano.cl

  The cruise will last 42 days, between July 24th and September 4th On July 24th, Abate Molina IFOP’s scientific ship set sail from Valparaíso’s port to evaluate through hydroacoustic method,common hake stock between the northern limit of the Coquimbo region to the Los Lagos region As head of the cruise is Esteban Molina and the captain of the ship is Enrique Quiero sailing with a crew of 28 people among investigators and ship’s crew. Specific objectives of the...

The exposition aims to request the extreme zone bonus recognition for the institution’s workers On July 22nd at Santiago’s former National Congress, twhere the Senate Extreme Zones commission session was held, in which IFOP was represented by its Executive Director Luis Parot Donoso and institutional union leaders, all of whom agreed to request Senators the workers desire that is to be able to obtain the extreme zone bonus. Luis Parot explained “We were invited to make a presentation of...