The or Ifremer is an oceanographic institution in

Brest, France Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an impor ...

. A state-run and funded scientific organization, it is France’s national integrated marine science research institute.

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 Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology (maritime archaeology and archaeology of ...

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 The PERISCOP is a pressurized recovery device designed for retrieving deep-sea marine life at depths exceeding 2,000 metres. The device was designed by Bruce Shillito and Gerard Hamel at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie. The name is an acronym ...

, a deep sea fish recovery device. In 2023, Ifremer sent the ''Atalante'' ship and the '' Victor 6000'' ROV to the rescue operation of the ''Titan'' submersible.

Ifremer centres

Ifremer is located at 26 sites, including five main centres (

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, Brest,

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

and

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), with headquarters at Brest. About twenty research departments are associated to these centres.

Notes and references

External links

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Ifremer's official website
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