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On Sunday, November 25th, Fisheries Development Institute cooperated in the 1st “Plogging” run in Chile. The collaboration in the activity was a response to an invitation made by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service to commemorate the International Fishing Day. It was developed on Caleta Portales coastal edge in Valparaíso city. “Plogging” concept comes from the union of the terms running (running) and collecting (plocka upp – Swedish expression), which was born as an idea in Stockholm to combine...

Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, make up this regional integration initiative which arises back in 2011 with the aim of promoting greater growth and competitiveness among member nations. Its aim is that Pacific Alliance countries advance in a work plan development on fisheries and aquaculture, between November 13th and 15th , in the Reñaca (Chile), IFOP held Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Institutes of the member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) second meeting of this...

The V Ibero-American Symposium on Reproductive Ecology, Recruitment and Fisheries SIBECORP, was held in Iquique, Chile, from November 5 to 9 It was organized by the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources of Universidad Arturo Prat and Fishing Promotion Institute with Ibero-American Fishing Research Network (INVIPESCA) support- Carolina Hernández, IFOP researcher and event organizer explained “the activity was a success, since it allowed us to share experiences and knowledge with colleagues from different countries, thus allowing cooperation in fisheries research”...

Blue fish capture is carried out, entirety, by an artisanal purse seine fleet, at the region’s interior waters. the purpose of an international methodological workshop held in Valparaíso was to show foreign and national researchers Subpesca (FIPA) project developed by Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Fund, focused on the implementation of an ecosystemic approach in the southern sardine fishery of Los Lagos Region inland waters “. The meeting was conducted by the Subsecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), alltogether with...

Margarita González, Marine Biologist and PhD in Sciences of Aquaculture, presented her research work on Caligus rogercresseyi parasite. The two researches corresponded to”Surveillance of the resistance of Caligus rogercresseyi to antiparasitic agents applied in the national salmon farming”, a permanent program executed by IFOP Department of Hydrobiological Health professionals and technicians, financed by the Ministry of Economy. Between November 4th and 8th , the 12th International Sea Lice Conference 2018 was held in Punta Arenas, Chile. IFOP was represented...

On Tuesday, October 23rd , directors of the Austral Center for Scientific Research (CADIC) Gustavo Ferreyra and Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) Luis Parot, together with CADIC researchers, met in Ushuaia city of Argentina: Gustavo Lovrich, Federico Tapella, Irene Schloss and from IFOP Eduardo Almonacid and Erik Daza. Theday’s objective was to identify scientific-technical research areas to project a collaborative work in southern marine ecosystems. Since the end of 2016 both institutions have strengthened ties that they hope to formalize...

The activity is the most important that develops worldwide on harmful algal blooms The Eighteenth International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA) was held from 21th to 26th October 2018 in the city of Nantes, France, bringing together more than 750 participants from 64 countries. In this Conference, 7 researchers of the Harmful Algal Studies Center (CREAN) of the Institute of Fisheries Development (IFOP), presented 6 oral presentations and 3 posters, about various themes of Harmful Algal Blooms (FAN), covering...

On behalf of Fisheries Development Institute , Dr. Pablo Rojas Venegas, senior researcher at Environment Department, attended presenting his research ” EUTROPHYING PROCESSES AT INTERIOR SEA OF CHILOÉ: HYDRODYNAMIC AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS COUPLING ” within the session which corresponds to the aquaculture and environment topic. Between October 23rd and 26th in Bogotá, Colombia, Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 18 (LAQUA 18), “Aquaculture for Peace” organized by the World Aquaculture Society and the National University of Colombia, was held. The...

These facilities includes 694 square meters built, with offices, multipurpose rooms and modern laboratories for biological research and export flour certification. This entity, co-financed by Corfo, will house 70 workers, mostly scientific observers.

These facilities includes 694 square meters built, with offices, multipurpose rooms and modern laboratories for biological research and export flour certification. This entity, co-financed by Corfo, will house 70 workers, mostly scientific observers. Tuesday afternoon in Talcahuano, remodeled headquarters of the Fisheries Development Institute (IFOP) opening ceremony was held, a leader fisheries research and aquaculture field nationwide which aims to manage and ensure resources sustainability, complying with modernization according to Biobío Region fishing relevance at a national level. This...

About 500 kilograms of garbage were removed from Lenga cove beach and around 200 kilograms in Tumbes Cove, cleanups that were made possible thanks to schools and colleges students support from Hualpén and Talcahuano, as well as volunteers from public services and fishing, industrial and maritime companies workers.; all with the clear objective of collecting coastal edge abandoned waste . On October 2nd and 12th , a scientific observers and technical staff from (IFOP) Fisheries Promotion Institute together with...

During October, Explora CONICYT program carried out a series of works aimed at bringing science closer to children and young people. IFOP participated this year in the Science Week celebrations in Coquimbo, Aysén and Magallanes. On October 3rd , IFOP headquarters in Puerto Aysén participated in the 24th National Science and Technology Week “La Ciencia para la calle“, held at the Plaza de Armas in Coyhaique. At this scientific divulgation Conference Environment department staff presented a stand called What...

This buoy and its sensors was financed by CORFO and had a cost of 80 million pesos IFOP Fisheries Development Institute Environment and Oceanography Department together with INDUCIEN company carried out buoyancy tests at Valparaíso’s Baron quay an oceanographic buoy destined to generate environmental coastal data in Iquique’s area. This buoy, called “Josefina I” will deliver online parameters such as Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen and Ph that will be available on the IFOP page for the entire community. The institute...

It was sent to Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat of, it makes an approach regarding how ecosystemic approach to fisheries should be considered both in fisheries management and in scientific research that informs about management. The instrument is also made available to the fishing sector, along with a cartoon to address the concepts with a more direct and simple language. It is expected that these inputs will help define lines of action for the effective application of the ecosystemic approach...

From September 2nd to 6th , ECSA 57 Elsevier’s international conference, was held in Perth, Australia. http://www.estuarinecoastalconference.com/ “Change in estuarine, coastal and continental shelf systems” discussed about biodiversity, environment, governance integration, climatic change issues; participants included researchers from United States, South Africa, Australia, the United Kingdom and Chile. In our country, Dr. Luis A. Henríquez IFOP Repopulation and Aquaculture Department researcher, , presented his research “Novel ecosystems promoted by small-scale aquaculture of bivalves in Chile, implications for conservation within...