Researcher Romanet Seguel was awarded with “1000 scientists a thousand classrooms” award granted in Aysén On April 19th in the city of Coyhaique, “Meeting of relevant actors and leaders 2018” was held, an activity carried out by Universidad Austral of Chile, Patagonia Campus, and Regional Associative Project, PAR Explora de CONICYT Region of Aysén. In this instance, two researchers from Aysén headquarters, Romanet Seguel and Alfredo Astorga, participated. The meeting reviewed regional activities carried out during 2017, pointing out...
The research cruise will last 30 days and it will travel between Valparaíso and the north of caleta Mansa, in Los Lagos region Scientific vessel Abate Molina, sailed on April 30th , from Valparaíso Port , with a total crew of 27 people between researchers and crew, to evaluate and characterize anchoveta stock and sardine resources present between the regions of Valparaíso and Los Lagos, through hydroacoustic method, during the period of maximum recruitment and immediate fall. The project...
This agreement will focus on seabirds and their interaction with fisheries study. On April 20th in Valparaíso, a collaboration agreement was signed among (IFOP) Fisheries Development Institute and NGO Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, which aims to promote joint research activities in areas such as: Incidental capture of seabirds in Chilean fisheries, including interaction diagnosis, affected bird species demographic studies and mitigation measures proposals. To promote education and information spread in areas of mutual interest, through seabirds identification training, development of...
Marine litter is a cross-border problem, which is why the importance and compliance of Marpol V Annex; regulations that regulate proper handling and final destination of garbage on board of all types of vessels. IFOP is developing a series of activities to disseminate our programs on board, in the activities in coves and schools which belong to coastal communities, as they are a good way to raise awareness among the population and encourage citizen participation in order to encourage...
Both institutions contributed to make possible these children’s dream. IFOP contributed with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Rotary with furniture and laboratory implementation. Held on Friday, April 13th , Juan Wacquez Mourfín science laboratory inauguration was held at F-280 school of Ramaditas hill in Valparaíso , which has had an outstanding SIMCE result in language, mathematics and biology in 2015 and 2016. Participating in the activity were IFOP representatives (Institute of Fisheries Development) Rotary partners of Valparaiso, city council members,...
Held in Keelung City, in Taiwan IFOP researchers Vilma Ojeda and Francisco Cerna are participating in the 6th International Otolith Symposium in the City of Keelung, in Taiwan. Otoliths are calcareous structures that are found in fish skull (middle ear) and whose function is balance, however, when growing in proportion to the fish leaves marks (concentric rings) that allow to determine the age of these. In addition, being metabolically inert (its material is not reabsorbed) and growing continuously throughout...
The activity was carried out between April 10th and 12th , in Viña del Mar. In this instance Erick Gaete A., head of Management Sampling Department (MSD), welcomed assistants and made a presentation on the Department role, then the project leader, researcher Nancy Barahona Toledo, presented project guidelines for 2018. On MSD side General Coordinators, Gonzalo Muñoz H., Marco Troncoso G., Cristian Toledo C., and Field Coordinators, Carolina Navarro P. (Iquique), Omar Yáñez (Coquimbo), Nelson Salas J. ( Talcahuano),...
In Los Lagos and General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo regions interior sea Southern sardine, common sardine and Anchovy play an important role at inland sea ecosystem of Los Lagos and General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo regions. Its participation as a predator (planktophagous), as prey for other species including some that are fishing resources and, as a support of main pelagic fishery in inland sea of these regions, account for these resources study relevance. IFOP according to its role is...
“Introduction to ichthyology and cues use for marine species identification and “Reproductive biology in Teleosts” training workshop” was held on April 4rth and 5th this worshop was oriented towards scientific observers and was held at San Antonio IFOP headquarters. This workshop aims to reinforce Scientific Observers (CO) knowledge and skills and Field Coordinators (FC) in general and reproductive ichthyology aspects in Teleost fish. Rodrigo San Juan, IFOP’s researcher, referred to the topics to be discussed in the workshop “the...
On Friday, April 6th , in Valparaiso´s Natural History Museum auditorium, the results of “direct evaluation of nylon shrimp between the Region of Antofagasta and the Bío Bío Region project “, commissioned by IFOP to Universidad Catolica del Norte, were presented. This study corresponds to one of the 41 projects that make up comprehensive advisory research program for fisheries and aquaculture 2017-2018 portfolio developed by IFOP Fisheries Development Institute. Sergio Lillo, IFOP Direct Evaluation Department head, referred to the...
Between March 13 and 16, at IFOP Punta Arenas base, “Georeferencing Data Management” internal training workshop was carried out. The exponent was Oscar Gallo A. researcher. It was organized by Jacqueline Parada, Field Coordinator of Sampling Management Department, within the framework of Benthonic Fisheries Monitoring program. The workshop main objective was to train attendees on fishing areas georeferencing , highlighting the importance of obtained data in the field and its use in the estimation of effort, fishing yield and...
Between March 22nd and 23rd , in Valparaíso, IFOP, Fisheries Development Institute in conjunction with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) conducted a bioeconomy workshop called “Fisheries management Bioeconomic modeling and portfolio approach: challenges, opportunities and shared vision“, where main bioeconomic modeling approaches used worldwide on specific fisheries developed by EDF and UCSB researchers were presented, In addition to bioeconomic modeling approach used in Chile by IFOP researchers, sectorialists from Fisheries and Aquaculture Undersecretariat...
On March 14 – in Talcahuano – “Discard and Incidental Catch Research Program” project results were reviewed with fleets representatives which operate on common hake and hake. Representatives of PacificBlu and Landes fisheries, together with IFOP scientific observers and researchers, participated in this meeting. Discard corresponds to a fraction of fishing, which for various reasons is returned to the sea, which prevents it from being processed. Examples of causes of discarding worldwide in any fishery can be mentioned some...
On March 12rd and 13th , the first methodological workshop was held in Valparaíso in the framework of FIPA project N ° 2017-55 “Evaluation of methodologies application for indirect stock assessment of benthic fisheries as an input for fisheries management”, study which is led by Dr. Carlos Molinet from Universidad Austral de Chile and leading specialists in stock assessment. This workshop was attended by IFOP researchers, from Fisheries Assessment and Resource Evaluation Departments, as well as professionals from the...
