MariFish Partner 7: France- IFREMER

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

MariFish Contact Person

Dr Maurice Héral

www.ifremer.fr

IFREMER is a public institution created by the Decree of 5 June 1984, and have been entrusted by the French Government with the responsibility of managing and implementing national research programmes on their behalf. IFREMER is the only French public organisation with an entirely maritime responsibility. It operates under the joint auspices of the Ministries of Research, Agriculture and Fisheries, Transport and Housing, and Ecology and Sustainable Development. IFREMER is required to implement and promote fundamental and applied research, along with technological developments, in order to assess and valorise the marine environment and to enable the maritime activities to develop. Article 4 in the Decree displays that IFREMER is in charge of proposing to the French government national research and development programmes, and to implement them using contractual tools. It also states that IFREMER has to be the acting body for the Ministry for Fisheries and the Ministry for Research (in the maritime domains) when the programmes deal with more than one research partner. IFREMER is administrated through a board of Directors, composed of representatives from the relevant Ministries.

Role:

Leader of Work Package 7