The project is critical for the process of accreditation of the lobster fishery, the data collection and generation of knowledge of fisheries, resources and ecosystems of Alejandro Selkirk Island, Robinson Crusoe island, Santa Clara island and Desventuradas islands. The IFOP jointly with University of Concepcion, are conducting the project “Monitoring of Crustacean Fisheries of Archipelago Juan Fernandez, 2016.” It is being financed by the Undersecretary of Economy and EMT, through the agreement ASIPA 2016. The project manager and technical...
On May and June, the Championship of Futsal “Copa Mes del Mar 2016” was carried out, being this year organized by IFOP. The tournament takes place from 7 years ago and brings together some institutions and workers who are linked to the sea and maritime-port activity. This year, the 8 participating teams are: Subsecretaría de Pesca (SUBPESCA), Servicio Nacional de Pesca (SERNAPESCA NACIONAL and SERNAPESCA REGIONAL), Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (SHOA), Agencias Rossi (ROSSI), Sudamericana Agencias...
The 6th meeting of the National Marine Turtle Specialist Group was held in Vina del Mar. This time experts on sea turtle of Chile had as main objective to design a National Action Plan for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles that considers the guidelines to follow for research and conservation actions of these species in Chile. Dr. Patricia Zarate, IFOP researcher and president of the group said “the aim of this meeting is the development of the...
On June 21, the vessel “Abate Molina” enter floating dock “Gutierrez” in ASMAR Talcahuano, the docking flooding maneuvers began at 08:00 hours and at 11:30 hours, the ship was completely stranded. According to Maintenance Plan and requirements of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NKK) Classification society, on June “Abate Molina” must be subjected to standard hull and Docking Survey and Propeller Shaff survey inspections. While in docking, cleaning jobs, high-pressure washing and hull sand blasting, application of special paints (Epoxic scheme-...
A group of students of Marine Biology of the University of Valparaiso, visited Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, accompanied by academician of this university, Fernando Balbontín. Professor Balbontín explained the purpose of the activity: “We have visited IFOP mainly, because it is the one in charge of carrying out studies of our fisheries resources. Students have been watching presentations on plankton, age and growth of the species and the way studies of resources are carried out, in order to calculate...
Between May 26 and 28, in the School Victor Segalen of University of Western Brittany, Brest, France, the course “Methods of Social Sciences for researchers of natural Sciences” was held. “The aim of the course is to learn techniques that can be used in the work with fishermen, coastal communities and institutions in order to spread the Descarte Research Program in seine fisheries of Pelagic Small, conducted by IFOP. The course also allows feedback from the experiences of researchers...
CONANP coordinates national efforts to preserve the specie, through the Program of Action for Conservation. Under the International Day of the Sea Turtle and the 50 years of the National Program for the Conservation of Sea Turtles in Mexico, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP, according its abbreviation in English), International Workshop was held to reduce the incidental catch of Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Eastern Pacific. In the Workshop there were 20 experts from Mexico,...
With a ceremony held at the Cousino building in the city of Valparaiso, the Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, jointly with Instituto de Fomento Pesquero celebrated the quarter century of research vessel “Abate Molina,” ship that arrived to our country in 1991 after being built in Japan with the highest naval and scientific technology. In the activity, where major fisheries and aquaculture authorities attended, the important work of research conducted aboard the “Abate” was highlighted, which has allow to...
Ignacio Payá, IFOP researcher, participated as an FAO expert in workshop on orange roughy conducted between 7 and 9 June in the city of Auckland in New Zealand. The workshop is part of FAO ABNJ project, which is oriented to fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdictions. The outcome of the workshop will be a technical report of the FAO on guidelines for management of orange roughy fisheries in international waters. In this regard, during the workshop, experiences in stock...
Address- Magallanes: In Punta Arenas, at Contraloría Regional auditorium, a Seminarium was carried out by IFOP, with the purpose of bringing scientific research in the area of fishing and aquaculture closer to the community. The following people were present during the activity: Oscar Ortiz, Maritime Governor of Punta Arenas, Pedro Herrera, Port Captain of Punta Arenas, Roberto Sahr and Francisco Ros, Regional Counselors, Carlos Ríos, Director of Instituto de la Patagonia, Isa María Muzio, Regional Representative of Corfo; Researchers...
On June 7, in the auditorium of IFOP Valparaiso, workshop of catch and landing of pelagic sharks statistics was carried out. During the activity were present the following people: Chilean Customs, Undersecretary of Fishing, Servicio Nacional de Pesca, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero. The objective of the workshop is to make a comparison between the catch and landing statistics from IFOP and Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura regarding several species of highly migratory pelagic sharks. Patricio Barria, researcher of...
On 10 June, at the ice rink of Southern Zone, a diffusion exhibition of the projects being carried out by IFOP was carried out. Subsecretaría de Pesca and Servicio Nacional de Pesca also participated in the exhibition. During the opening there were present the Seremi of Economics, Paul Gnadt, the Executive Director of IFOP, Leonardo Nunez and the head of IFOP at Magallanes, Erik Daza, plus schools in the area and general public, which enjoyed the opening show. There...
Last Friday, June 3 at 24:00 hours, with a total staff of 23 people, among the crew and researchers, the scientific vessel “Abate Molina” of IFOP set sailed from Valparaiso port, for the cruise “Direct evaluation of Giant Squid at central south region, a methodological proposal.” The studying sector covers from Coquimbo region till Bio Bio region. The general objective of the research is: to ascertain the abundance and demographic structure of Giant Squid at central south region of...
On May, the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero jointly with Explora Project Quinta Region held a series of speeches at schools in Valparaiso region and Talcahuano. The activity is part of the 52nd anniversary of IFOP and the month of the sea, and its objective is to bring science closer to children and youth. Researchers Luis Figueroa, Patricia Zarate, Cristian Villouta, Yerko Yutronich, Danilo Soto, Braulio Acuna, Macarena Campos, Francisco Munoz and Rui Feng Wang attended schools in Valparaiso and...
