This activity objective is to raise awareness among Valparaíso region population about the importance of the oceans, their natural resources and to show research work carried out by IFOP; It is free and intended for all types of spectators. It opens tomorrow Villa Alemana in Plaza Belén. Fisheries Development Institute, together with Valparaíso Regional Government, has organized an interactive, itinerant exhibition that will allow visitors to learn how marine resources are protected through scientific research. The exhibition is contained...
The recycling activity was recognized by Municipality of Puerto Montt Environment Department whose representatives visited “Clean Point” IFOP Puerto Montt base implemented a new initiative, where all workers set out the objective of recycling garbage in order to reduce the impact it generates on the environment. Thus, for 6 months, they managed to collect 439 kg of cardboard and paper, 124 kg of white paper, 7.5 kg of tetra packs, 222 kg of plastics, 3 kg of organic bottles,...
In 2018 there were 7 research cruises with a total of 226 days of annual operation. Valparaíso: On January 4th at 11 pm and for 31 days, a team of 27 professionals and technicians from Institute of Fisheries Development left from Valparaíso, aboard the B / C Abate Molina, to evaluate and characterize anchoveta resources stock and common sardine present among the V and X Regions. The considered study area is between (Pichidangui) and north of Caleta Mansa Leading...
Internship was on South Pacific Seabirds incidental capture in fisheries analysis: solutions for migratory corridor Chile -New Zealand During the months of October and November of 2018 in Wellington (New Zealand) city Luis Adasme Fisheries Evaluation Department professional participated in an ACAP (Agreement on the conservation of Albatrosses and Petrel) internship at the Conservation Department ( Department of Conservation te Papa Atawbai) and in the offices of the Ministry of Primary Industries (Manatu Ahu matua) of that country, highlighting...
Matías Schwartz, is National Fisheries and Development Research Institute, in Argentina, (INIDEP) researcher. As a professional he carried out an internship, which considered one week in October, working together with IFOP researchers. Francisco Cárcamo, Repopulation and Culture Department head indicated “within the framework of the collaboration agreement that IFOP maintains with INIDEP, Matías contacted us so that we could train him in management techniques and laboratory bivalves larval development . Matías Schwartz, works in the Patagonian scallop fishery (Zygochlamys...
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...
