Attended by scientists from the Institute of Fisheries Development; Cecilia Machuca, Antonio Aranis, Nancy Barahona, Karen Belmar, Guillermo Moyano and Edison Garces Between 16 to 20 November at the Palace of Conventions, Havana, Cuba, will be held X Congress of Marine Sciences. Its slogan “Integration of Science for Marine Resources Management”, the event gathers scientists and professionals linked to marine sciences The issues addressed by the conference are: Human Impact and Risk Management, Climate Change, Conservation, Biodiversity, Biotechnology and...
Professionals and Fisheries Development Institute of the Universidad Austral carried GEF-funded project Humboldt Chile scientific cruise. Depart Friday 6 from Coquimbo on board the fishing Vama II. Landfall is scheduled for November 21. For 15 days Chilean professionals will tour the Pacific Ocean in the region of the archipelago of Juan Fernandez in order to make mako and porbeagle sharks and information that will allow them to identify the migratory routes followed and the depths to snorkeling, among other...
The course provides important tools in the processing of satellite images to assist in the goal of advancing the integrated environmental and biological-fishing information on the project for monitoring the pelagic fishery north analysis. In addition, bonding with domestic and foreign similar entities identified as part of a strategic corporate goals. Between 9 and 13 November, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in Copenhagen, Denmark, the course Analysis and satellite monitoring of vessels and fishing...
IFOP scientists who traveled to the Scandinavian country are Dr. Carlos Montenegro, Alejandro Yañez and María José Zuniga Between 2 and 6 November, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in Copenhagen, Denmark, advanced stock assessment course will be held using the programming platform ADMB The course aims to guide participants in developing stock assessment models, to assess the biomass of the species more accurately Dr. Montenegro, referred to his participation in the activity “as...
The campaign has been launched with informational materials to explain the scope of the work of the scientific observer, a requirement of the shipowners to bring them on board and to cooperate with their tasks, and especially, the confidential of the collected data. Since October the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture together with the Fisheries Development Institute are conducting an awareness campaign to artisanal fishermen, with regard to the new regulation of scientific observers and the obligation to bring...
A team of workers of IFOP Talcahuano belonging to “program of scientific observers’ work as volunteers in the cleaning of Caleta Tumbes, they are: Braulio Acuña, Macarena Fields Camilo Mardones, Ariel Pinto, Katherine Pinto, Danilo De Soto, Miguel Angel Las Vegas and Cristian Villouta. The activity is in line with the international day of beach cleaning, in Chile, is organized since 2005 by the Directorate General of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine of the Chilean Navy (DIRECTEMAR) and since 2011...
With the support of the Project GEF-UNDP Humboldt researchers of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Patricio Sweep and Francisco Contreras, will be between 27 and 29 October 2015 in lima-peru or to attend the meeting of the Inter-american Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), in order to expose the results of the fishery of the gilding of height in the coast of Chile. Although Chile is not a member of the CIAT researchers Sweep and Contreras, have been specially invited to...
Valparaiso: between 27 to 29 October, in the Hotel O’Higgins of Viña del Mar, is developing the 12 meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-american Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (CIT). This activity is organized by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Subpesca, and the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, IFOP. the convention are: garbage in the ocean and its impact on marine turtles, strategies of mitigation of the impact of climate change in the...
It is organized by the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero and the GEF project Humboldt Chile, its goal is to know and to assess the applicability of environmental quality indices in benthic resources of rocky bottoms and soft in the coastal areas of Chile and Peru and experts will participate in Spain, Peru and Chile. Between the 27 and 30 October 2015 will be held in units of the German Club in Valparaiso, the Workshop “indicators of environmental quality in...
Dr. Peter Dutton of renowned scientific career, comes to Chile to participate at the 12th meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-american Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (CIT) to be performed in Viña del Mar between October 27 of 2015. On the morning of Friday, in units of the Instituto de Fomento Pesquero a working meeting was held between the expert from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) and the...
El equipo de trabajo del Programa de Investigación del Descarte, presentó el día viernes 16 de octubre, en el auditórium Marcos Espejo Vidal de IFOP Valparaíso, resultados del estudio “Desarrollo de metodologías para la estimación de capturas a través del cálculo de volúmenes mediante uso de imágenes” El estudio fue desarrollado por un grupo de investigadores del Centro Avanzado de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica (AC3E) de la Universidad Federico Santa María, liderados por los investigadores Dr. Fernando Auat Cheein,...
Este miércoles 21 de octubre, la Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura (SUBPESCA), dio a conocer los resultados del último reporte del proceso reproductivo de sardina común y anchoveta de la zona centro sur del país y que cubrió la semana del 12 al 18 de octubre. El monitoreo, realizado por el Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), permitió determinar que la veda se mantiene desde la Región de Valparaíso al Biobío. En el caso de la Región del Biobío,...
Entre el 11 y 14 de Octubre, en Sídney Australia, se realizó el 5° simposio internacional de repoblamiento y ganadería marina, (Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching ISSESR-2015). A esta actividad asistieron los profesionales de la sección áreas de manejo de IFOP, Álvaro Wilson (biólogo marino) y Luis Figueroa (ecólogo Marino) El encuentro se realiza cada cuatro años, es una instancia científica donde se discuten y se presentan los últimos avances científicos en técnicas y medidas de repoblación y...
Este proyecto forma parte del XVII Crucero Oceanográfico Regional Conjunto, que realizan los países miembros de la Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (CPPS), integrada por Chile, Perú, Ecuador y Colombia. Participa como invitado, el oceanógrafo físico del Ecuador, Mario Hurtado Domínguez. El sábado 17 de octubre, a las 12:20 horas, con 26 personas (13 tripulantes y 13 investigadores) zarpó desde el Puerto de Valparaíso, el B/C Abate Molina de IFOP, para determinar cuáles son las condiciones Bio-oceanográficas actuales en...
Los otolitos son estructuras internas del oído de los peces, están formados por cristales de carbonato de calcio principalmente, que no se degradan fácilmente. Son como el DNA del pez, permiten identificar no sólo la especie sino otras cosas, como su edad o desplazamientos. Para realizar los diferentes estudios se cuenta en la actualidad con herramientas como el “Análisis de Imágenes” que permiten a través del procesamiento de imágenes obtener un volumen considerable de información Entre los días...
