During October, IFOP (Fisheries Development Institute) carried out an extensive training for all of its scientific observers on identification of marine mammals and birds techniques, which included ten workshops (five about marine birds and five about marine mammals) at Iquique, San Antonio, Talcahuano, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas bases. Javier González, psychologist in charge of IFOP training, referred to the objectives of the course, which were “to promote participant’s knowledge about identification techniques on different species of birds and...

Representatives from Peru and Chile reviewed the initial version of framework results expected to be achieved in order to implement the binational program that seeks to ensure sustainable use of shared living marine resources among both countries. Lima. After several months of workshops and consultations, this morning representatives of various official institutions from Peru and Chile reviewed the initial version of expected results’s framework for phase of the Strategic Action Program implementation. In the long term, this program will...

On October 26th , at Cabo de Hornos Hotel, in Punta Arenas, the seventh version of the gastronomic contest “our ocean” was organized by the Zonal Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture Magallanes. Its objective is to encourage the increase seafood consumption and to learn new ways of preparing them within culinary quality standards as well as to rescue regional cuisine recipes that encourage a healthy and good quality diet and this activity became an excellent opportunity to show off...

An interesting journey with Andres Olguin, biologist and Buenos Aires chef Cristian Gomez, highlighting marine resources regional importance. This past 26th of October in a totally crowded place we experienced the third “Un Cafe con Valparaiso: Ciencia y Vida Cotidiana” ( A coffe with Valparaiso : Science and everyday life” an opportunity on which we enjoyed exquisite coffee and outstanding speakers, we talked about conservation and marine resources use, and their availability effect on local gastronomy and identity in...

Luis Norambuena, IFOP’s biochemist, attended a training course in Mexico. The training was held between October 23rd and 26th to learn how to operate Agilent HPLC-MS HPLC-MS, is a modern equipment recently acquired by IFOP, which is capable of detecting compounds of different nature based on their molecular size and their ability to ionize (loaded either positively or negatively). This device will make possible to detect marine toxins, antibiotics, antiparasitics, among other analytes, which allows to increase research possibilities....

 The activities took place in the cities of Aysén, Lebu, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Casablanca, Quilpué and Cabildo The 1,000 thousand students program, is part of the CONICYT EXPLORA project, It is characterized by bringing researchers to schools so that children can understand scientific language, in a didactic and entertaining way and its does not see science as something unattainable. The professionals try to motivate children, through talks, to become future scientists. Researcher Victoria Escobar attended from IFOP she...

Between October 23 and 25TH , the XIV Congress of the Chilean Limnology Society (SCL) will be held at Manquehue Hotel, in Puerto Montt city, Los Lagos Region. The event, is conducted by (IFOP) Institute of Fisheries Promotion and will have as a slogan: “Aquatic systems facing global change.” Leonardo Nuñez, IFOP Executive Director, explained that “the limnology congress is a forum of great importance for all those working on limnological issues, as it allows the presentation and sharing...

As part of health connectivity line development research in which Instituto de Fomento Pesquero(Fishing Promotion Institute) has been implementing projects since 2014, between September 25 and October 6, Pablo Reche IFOP’s researcher (https://www.ifop.cl/pablo-reche-garcia) has an internship in Scotland where he was able to meet with specialists in the field in order to expand the future prospects of this research line. Health connectivity is the term that describes transports and exchanges of water bodies determination and estimation, and in turn...

IFOP held a workshop in Valparaiso, where IFOP, Subpesca experts and consultants dedicated to this subject participated. The objective was to define a standardization protocol for brown algae sampling in management areas. Luis Figueroa, IFOP researcher explained: “management areas are productive areas, therefore, one studies how much there is and how much can be extracted to achieve sustainability of the benthic resource; under that concept we need to know how it is. The workshop focused on defining a protocol...

This was announced at the last Regional Fisheries Organization of the South Pacific (SPRFMO),meeting held in Shanghai, where the Under-Secretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) and the Institute for Fisheries Promotion (Ifop) were present. The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture described as good news the announcement delivered by the Regional Organization for Fisheries in the South Pacific (SPRFMO) on mackerel fishing status. International Scientific Committee, which determined at its fifth meeting in Shanghai, China, a significant improvement in the...

IFOP (Fishing Promotion Institute) has modernized its scientific newsletters and generated a more attractive new design, for its users. Leonardo Nuñez, IFOP Executive Director, about the bulletins he pointed out “the most remarkable thing is to begin a path towards a paradigm shift of how we understand and spread research we do in Chile. The knowledge process generation must be transparent, traceable and its results must be synthetic and presented in an attractive and intuitive way for all sectors...

Reports to Banning in Chile, with the interview of the Executive Director Mr. Leonardo Núñez. Program issued on Monday, October 16, 2017 by MEGA channel.

Report made by 24hrs. TVN, to Dr. Patricia Zárate, highlighting her as the only Chilean shark expert. Program issued on Saturday, October 14, 2017.

These improvements account for about 450 million pesos Fisheries Promotion Institute, led by its Executive Director, Leonardo Nuñez, has been implementing a series of institutional changes among which stand out, the creation of new headquarters, laboratories implementation and infrastructure improvement of some Zonal Bases. The project is run by IFOP Administration and Finance Division led by Pamela Denmark. Leonardo Nuñez explained “the work in Talcahuano is part of an investment plan of 450 million pesos, which considers the intervention...

Ignacio Paya contribution shows two study cases, southern hake, where different models are assembled that are variants of the same base model, and cuttlefish, where the assembled models are structurally different. The Annual Science Conference of the Sea Research and Exploration Council (ICES) was held in September in Florida, USA. Hundreds of European and North American scientists participated in 13 different topics, from fisheries to ecosystems. During the conference, advanced research and research was presented and discussed, including development...