Ifremer

The Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea) is a French oceanographic institution, with 26 sites around France and its territorial waters. The 5 main centres are located in Boulogne, Brest, Nantes, Toulon and Tahiti. IFREMER is a broadly integrated marine research institute, which includes research in underwater technologies, biodiversity, fisheries science and aquaculture, coastal environments, mineral resources, biotechnologies and operational oceanography. Website: http://wwz.ifremer.fr/institut_eng/