The participans were companies and institutions such as Damas Island, PAM, Picton Island, Bracpesca, IFOP Coquimbo, Intertec – Sernapesca and LM Chafic Between the 1st and 8th of September the second version of the football championship will be held, organized by IFOP Coquimbo; This year it is called José Pepe Rojas Cup, in memory of José Rojas Pérez who was in life leader of the Damas Island fleet. The activity will take place from 18:00 hours at the athletic...

Daniel Fuenzalida, Georgio Pacheco Rojas, Rodrigo Ulloa scientific observers and Carolina Navarro IFOP coordinator, are conducting a series of talks in Arica’s schools about protection and conservation of sea turtles, this time they visited Arica College, dictating a talk to 5th and 6th grade students. Georgio commented “I want to emphasize that it is an enriching activity, not only for the opportunity to contribute to the conservation and protection of these long-lived and important species through the dissemination of...

During the opening of the International Seminar on Public Health and Red Tide On Wednesday, August 23rd and Thursday, August 24rth, in Puerto Varas city, the first International Seminar on Public Health and Red Tide was held: “Together Protecting Your Health”. A meeting organized by the Ministry of Health, Fisheries Promotion Institute, Subsecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca) and the National Service of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sernapesca), which will analyze in these two days experiences and advances of Flowering...

An elevators rescue course was offered by Carlos Rodríguez IFOP Risk Prevention Coordinator in Valparaíso, who explained that “this activity is part of the training program of the IFOP Emergencies Brigade (Brigem) and whose main pillars are constant and operative practice of different situations that could be faced by a Brigadier, this time the chosen theme was lift rescue, the main idea of ​​this instruction is that the participants can get to know in a theoretical way, different emergency...

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Armada supported scientists at the Institute for Fisheries Development for 20 days in a research cruise. Valparaíso. A team of professionals from the Institute for Fisheries Development (IFOP) embarked on the scientific ship AGS-61 “Cabo de Hornos” to evaluate the spawning stock of “southern hake”, tail and three fins in the outer waters between the X and XII regions, during 20 days, period where the companion fauna of the hake and its food composition were also analyzed. The research...

PRIMER (Plymouth Routines in Multivariate Ecological Research) It is a statistical software widely used by scientists Between July 24 and August 4, at the Yucatán Technological Science Park, Sierra Papacal, Mexico, researchers from the Institute of Fisheries Promotion (IFOP), Oscar Espinoza, Jordina Iglesias, Rodrigo Rojas and Sergi Martínez participated in the multivariate data analysis for biology, ecology and environmental sciences course using Primer V.7 & Permanova add on. This course was dictated by doctors Edlin Guerra Castro and Juan...

In the cities of Aysén and Puerto Cisnes, XI Region, between August 8th and 10th The Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture held workshops for the development of discard mitigation plans with relevant players in local artisanal fishing. IFOP researchers Hugo Lagos and Nicolás Duamante presented the results of the discard project, with which they worked together with local fishermen to define main actions to reduce discard. “Although the discards registered in this fishery are not high, fishermen were able...

The two IFOP representatives on the Committee are Ignacio Payá and Francisco Contreras. While in the seminar of Bacalo Renato Céspedes, Liu Chong and Juan Carlos Quiroz exposed their work The working session of the Technical Scientific Committee was held from August 2nd to 4rth. The first day was carried out at the Zonal Fisheries and Aquaculture Direction Headquarters of XII Region’s dependencies, while the rest was held at the Regional Comptroller’s Office, in Punta Arenas. Ignacio Payá, IFOP...

The event included professionals from Subpesca, IFOP researchers, Sernapesca, academic community members and institutions linked to fishing and aquaculture. During the instance, the importance of the scientifically binding view was emphasized through the Technical Scientific Committees At the Sheraton Miramar Hotel in Viña del Mar, a seminar on fishing management and recovery plans was held at an international meeting organized by OCEANA, WWF and EDF, opportunity which granted the chance to mention the importance of this type of model...

“Perspectives of the fishing sector towards 2027” workshop organized by CORFO, in Hotel Loberías dependencies in Puerto Chacabuco, it accounted with great part of the representatives of the fishing sector both artisan and industrial of Aysén, representatives of the Regional Government, local authorities, and researchers from Universities and Regional Research Centers. Presentations were made by representatives of Sernapesca, Subpesca, Fundación Pitipalena, and researchers from UACH and IFOP. This workshop objective was to show different initiatives that started in 2016,...

To evaluate the spawning stock of southern hake, tail and three fins, in the outer waters between the X and XII regions A team of professionals from the Institute of Fisheries Promotion (IFOP) embarked on Tuesday August 1rst, from the port of Valparaíso, in the scientific ship AGS 61 “Cabo de Hornos” to evaluate the hake stock of the south, tail and of three fins between Huafo Island and Golfo de Penas The cruise chief is René Vargas part...

On July 26, IFOP Valparaíso opened “mobile wall”, a panel organized by IFOP Risk Prevention Coordinator, Carlos Rodríguez Herrera, which aims to bring IFOP workers closer to issues related to risks prevention. Carlos added “we wanted to generate a change in the traditional way in which this information is shared with the workers, in a creative and innovative way being this a vital task for safety management success.. Mobile wall has several spaces, which were strategically created, stand out...

Javier Legua, was favored with one of the 9 grants awarded by the organization, he will present the work “Target Strength ex situ of Sprattus Fuegensis in Chilean Fjords” prepared by Javier Legua and Sergio Lillo. In their work, the authors show the progress made in the investigations carried out to determine the target intensity of the southern sardine in the context of the projects carried out by IFOP, Rio Acoustics 2017 Symposium will be held in Rio de...

IFOP workers childrens who live in Valparaíso, where welcomed by Executive Director Leonardo Núñez. The day began at 08:30 in the morning with the arrival of the children to IFOP headquarters, then they were in charge of an expert monitor, performing many fun and diverse activities until 13:00 o’clock. They has fun with a magic show, watched a movie, and visited their parent’s work in order to get know better what their parents do at work. Andrea Rojas, IFOP...