IFREMER

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
Agency overview
Formed	1984
Preceding agencies	CNEXO: Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Océans (English: National Centre for the Exploitation of the Oceans) Institut Scientifique et Technique des Pêches Maritimes (English: Scientific and technical institute for marine fisheries)
Headquarters	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Employees	1,593[1]
Annual budget	213 million euros[1]
Agency executive	Jean-Yves Perrot, Président directeur général (CEO)
Website	www.ifremer.fr

The Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER; English: French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) is an oceanographic institution in France.

Scope of works

Ifremer focuses its research activities in the following areas:

• Monitoring, use and enhancement of coastal seas
• Monitoring and optimization of aquaculture production
• Fishery resources
• Exploration and exploitation of the oceans and their biodiversity
• Circulation and marine ecosystems, mechanisms, trends and forecasting
• Engineering of major facilities in the service of oceanography
• Knowledge transfer and innovation in its fields of its activities

In 1985, Ifremer partnered with Dr. Robert Ballard for an ultimately-successful expedition to locate the wreck of the RMS Titanic. In 1994 Ifremer assisted in the salvage of the cargo from the SS John Barry.

Ifremer operates a number of vessels, including the submarine Nautile.

In 2008, Ifremer partnered with Dr. Bruce Shillito for the testing and initial operations of the PERISCOP, a deep sea fish recovery device.^[2]

Ifremer centres

Ifremer is located in 26 sites, including 5 main centres (Boulogne, Brest, Nantes, Toulon et Tahiti), a headquarters (Issy-les-Moulineaux). About twenty research departments are associated to these centres :

Pourquoi pas ?

• Centre Manche - Mer du Nord, associated to Université Lille Nord de France^[3]
  • Centre in Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • Station of Port-en-Bessin
• Centre in Brest
  • Station of Saint-Malo
  • Station of Argenton-en-Landunvez
  • Station of Concarneau
  • Station of Lorient
  • Station of La Trinité-sur-Mer
• Centre in Nantes
  • Station of Bouin
  • Station of La Rochelle
  • Station of La Tremblade
  • Station of Arcachon
  • Laboratory of Bidart
• Centre Méditerranée (Toulon)
  • Station of Sète
  • Station of Palavas-les-Flots
  • Unit of Montpellier
  • Station of San-Giuliano
• Centre in Tahiti
• Délégation de Nouvelle-Calédonie
• Délégation of Guyane
• Délégation of la Réunion
• Délégation of Antilles

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See also

Media related to Ifremer at Wikimedia Commons

Notes and references

1. Ifremer: Presentation of the Institute
2. Lever, Anna-Marie (31 July 2008). "Live fish caught at record depth". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
3. French Décret n°2009-33 about Université Lille Nord de France

External links

Pourquoi pas ? and Thalassa in Brest harbor.

• Ifremer's official website