{"id":32364,"date":"2026-01-13T08:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/?p=32364"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:25:07","slug":"buque-cientifico-abate-molina-comienza-el-ano-investigando-la-anchoveta-y-sardina-comun-entre-las-regiones-de-valparaiso-a-los-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/buque-cientifico-abate-molina-comienza-el-ano-investigando-la-anchoveta-y-sardina-comun-entre-las-regiones-de-valparaiso-a-los-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Vessel Abate Molina Begins the Year Investigating Anchovy and Common Sardine Between the Valpara\u00edso and Los Lagos Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"32364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32366 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abate-2-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On January 6, the research vessel Abate Molina set sail from the Port of Valpara\u00edso. For 28 days, IFOP (Fisheries Development Institute) professionals and technicians will be characterizing and evaluating the anchovy and common sardine stocks between the Valpara\u00edso and Los Lagos Regions using hydroacoustic methods during the peak recruitment period and the following autumn.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel&#8217;s captain is Jos\u00e9 Echeverr\u00eda, and the research cruise leader is fisheries engineer Ren\u00e9 Vargas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specific Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To estimate the size of the anchovy and common sardine stocks and their spatial distribution during the peak recruitment period in the study area.<\/li>\n<li>To characterize and analyze, within a spatiotemporal context, the demographic composition and interannual variation of the evaluated stocks using biological indicators. Characterize and analyze the bio-oceanographic conditions present in the study area and their relationship to the spatial distribution of resources.<\/li>\n<li>Characterize the aggregations of anchovy and common sardine resources in the study area.<\/li>\n<li>Implement the Continuous Improvement Plan for hydroacoustic assessment studies of pelagic resources: anchovy, common sardine, southern sardine, and jack mackerel, as appropriate, according to the priorities identified in the plan&#8217;s development and the available budget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqua.cl\/abate-molina-inicia-en-enero-estudios-sobre-anchoveta-y-sardina-comun-entre-valparaiso-y-los-lagos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqua.cl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seafood.media\/fis\/worldnEws\/search_brief.asp?l=s&#038;id=136916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seafood.media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariochiloe.cl\/noticia\/pulso-acuicola\/2026\/01\/abate-molina-inicia-crucero-cientifico-para-estudiar-anchoveta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diariochiloe.cl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundoacuicola.cl\/new\/buque-cientifico-abate-molina-comienza-el-ano-investigando-la-anchoveta-y-sardina-comun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mundoacuicola.cl<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 6, the research vessel Abate Molina set sail from the Port of Valpara\u00edso. For 28 days, IFOP (Fisheries Development Institute) professionals and technicians will be characterizing and evaluating the anchovy and common sardine stocks between the Valpara\u00edso and Los Lagos Regions using hydroacoustic methods during the peak recruitment period and the following autumn. The vessel&#8217;s captain is Jos\u00e9 Echeverr\u00eda, and the research cruise leader is fisheries engineer Ren\u00e9 Vargas. Specific Objectives To estimate the size of the anchovy and common sardine stocks and their spatial distribution during the peak recruitment period in the study area. To characterize and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destacados","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32364"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32408,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32364\/revisions\/32408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifop.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}