The Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela (in

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: ''Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, IOV'') is an academic and research institution within the

Universidad de Oriente The University of Oriente (UDO), founded in 1958, is one of the main national universities in Venezuela and the main autonomous university institution dedicated to teaching, research and development in Eastern Venezuela. With the commitment to t ...

which specializes in applied research and teaching in the fields of

marine biology Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and ...

oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of to ...

and

fisheries science Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, ...

. The institute is located on the Cerro Colorado campus of

in Cumana,

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. Its facilities include two buildings which house administrative offices, laboratories, classrooms, and the

Rafael Antonio Curra Rafael Antonio Curra (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, February 14, 1934; Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, December 12, 1968) was a Venezuelan ichthyologist and university professor. He is considered one of the pioneers of oceanographic stud ...

library - a specialized books and magazines depository on

and

bibliography.

History

After the Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (in

: ''Asociación Venezolana para el Avance de la Ciencia, AsoVAC'') was founded in 1950 under the direction of the distinguished physician and academic

Francisco De Venanzi Francisco Antonio De Venanzi (12 March 1917 – 12 September 1987) was a Venezuelan doctor, scientist and academic. He was rector of the Universidad Central de Venezuela from 1959 to 1963. His biography was published as volume 51 of the Bibli ...

, the concern for creating an oceanographic research center in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

arose. The Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela was created as a branch of the

by means of the Executive Order 459 of President

Edgar Sanabria Edgar Sanabria Arcia (; 3 October 1911 – 24 April 1989) was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He served as the acting president of Venezuela from 1958 to 1959. Biography He was born in Caracas to his parents Gorge Sanabria Bruzal ...

signed on November 21, 1958. The institute began its work in 1959 at the Marine Biology Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture in Caigüire,

, and moved to its definitive headquarters at the

main campus in the city of Cumana, in 1963. It is one of the oldest and most important centers for oceanographic and marine science research and teaching in the

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and

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regions. The oceanographic vessel Guaiquerí II was the IOV research platform. Equipped with all the necessary adaptations of a maritime laboratory, it was the means of transportation for the researchers and technical personnel to take samples of the marine flora and fauna on the Venezuelan coasts The first director of the institute was Dr.

Pedro Roa Morales Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

(1926-1995), a Sorbonne-graduate in

marine geology Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical, Geochemistry, geochemical, Sedimentology, sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and ...

and

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Directors of the Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela

*Johanna Fernández Malavé

External links

Location of the Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela

References

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History

Directors of the Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela

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See also

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