On Wednesday 1, at Instituto de Fomento Pesquero premises, a meeting was held with Ecuador Vice-minister of Aquiculture and Fishing and a professional team of IFOP. During the evening, the vice-minister was invited to step through the scientific vessel Abate Molina. Pilar Proaño referred to the objective of her visit: “to share research experiences, to have clarity about some specific resources, but earnestly, the goal of Ecuador government is to reopen the institutionality of fishing sector, and the best...
The Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, IFOP, was created on 1964 by Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) and Sociedad Nacional de Pesca, by means of an international technical assistance project in fishing issues between United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The strategic role of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) is based on the ability to generate, develop and transfer useful knowledge that will enable our country to position, in...
On Monday 23, opening ceremony of Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía was held at Art Gallery of Universidad de Concepción. This institution has the mission of carrying out oceanographic research, deal with scientific problems in a collaborative manner, develop new technologies for the observation work at ocean, increase human resources in the sciences of Chilean sea and raise conscience on the public regarding the implications of these decisions. During the activity, two conferences were carried out: “Chile is a deep...
University of Concepción jointly with Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias del Mar are organizing the XXXVI Congress of Sea Sciences (2016 version), which slogan is: “Sustainability and Multidispline in Sea Sciences – SuMAR UdeC 2016.” This event will take place between May 23 and 27, at Concepción Campus, Universidad de Concepción. The conference brings together academics, researchers and students of some Universities, Research Centers and Institutes of Chile and abroad; as well as international experts in the most emerging areas...
During the meeting, Chile will present advances in the protection of these birds in our country. Between May 2 and 13, 9th international meeting for Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) was held, this was organized by Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura and Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, under the agreement ratified by Chile in 2004. Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Raul Súnico said: “It is an honor for us and a great responsibility to organize this...
With the presence of Executive Director of IFOP, Mr. Leonardo Nuñez; Aysen governor, Ms. Paz Foitzich; the regional director of Sernapesca, Mr. Cristian Hudson; CORE President, Mr. Julio Uribe and representatives of Military Forces, Thursday morning was the opening of the new premises for Instituto de Fomento Pesquero in Aysén. “It was an important desire to consolidate this infrastructure,” informed the Executive Director of IFOP, Mr. Leonardo Núñez. “It was a highly appreciated desire to consolidate this function, which...
Tomorrow at Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero premises, it will commence the Annual Coordination Workshop 2016 of the coordinator commitee of the Convenio Cooperación Científica, existent between INIDEP and the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero of Chile. In two intense work days, authorities and researchers of both institutions will continue to develop the assumed objectives through the agreement accomplished on July 2014, in order to formalize the cooperation relations and so, generate the opportunities to fortify the investigation...
The development of new projects, such as algae crop, will allow the improvement of life quality from collecting fishermen; and at the same time, increase the attractiveness for investors in the sector, providing better opportunities to improve economic and social conditions in the coastal zone of region. On May 3, at Iquique city, introduction workshop “Hiring of a consulting service for the implementation of Alga crop at B sector, belonging to the Union Caleta Rio Seco in Iquique” was...
It is a Diatom named “Aulacodiscus cf. kitonii” which is harmless for humans and for marine organisms. Ximena Vivanco, researcher member of the noxious algae bloom and marine toxin working group of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Puerto Montt, said “the foam observed in recent days in Mar Brava, to the south of Faro Corona, near Ancud is a consequence of the presence of a diatom, of Aulacodiscus cf. kittonii specie, and it was stated that it is not harmful...
Leonardo Nunez, Executive Director of IFOP explained that “Bloom affecting Los Lagos region is currently inside the outer sea between the southern extreme of Chiloe island and Los Molinos sector in the Region de Los Rios, at north of Valdivia river. Furthermore, it has intensified its presence in the extreme northeast and southeast of the Chiloe island (Quellón), entering through Chacao Channel and the Gulf of Corcovado, respectively. By the north, it has entered until Tubildad estero (Quemchi), being...
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), commonly known as red tides, are natural events that occur in the aquatic environment by an increase in the population of certain microalgae and can produce harmful disorders in human being and ecosystems. These effects may result from the consumption of shellfish that are fed with these microalgae, some of these produce poisons for humans or other aquatic organisms. On April, Wednesday 27, at Puerto Montt city, IFOP informed with massive coverage about the results...
The cruise will have a total duration of 30 days. The scientific ship Abate Molina of IFOP, set sailed on Friday, April 29 at 23:50 from the port of Valparaiso, with a total staff of 24 people, including researchers and crew, with the purpose of assess and characterizing the stock of anchovy and sardine resources, present between the V and X Regions, through the hydro acoustic method, during the period of maximum recruitment and immediate fall. The cruise covers...
Between April 18 and 22, at Mallorca, Spain, Francisco Cerna and Guillermo Moyano, researchers of IFOP, attended to International Workshop “Bio chronology on the growing of annual rings of otoliths in marine fish: interaction of the weather at the echo systems of North Atlantic.” The workshop was given by Dr. Bryan Black of the Institute of Marine Sciences of Texas. He has developed several studies utilizing this methodology. The objective of the workshop was to look answers for the...
Between April 15 and 19, 2016, the researchers Maximiliano Zilleruelo and Patricio Gálvez, both of Fisheries Evaluation Department of IFOP, participated in the “Workshop on use of best available science in developing and promoting best practices for trawl fishing operations”, international project financed by FAO and executed by a group of world renown researchers leaded by Dr. Ray Hilborn, of Universidad de Washington. The workshop was carried out in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia; and besides of the professional attendants,...
