The Center is organized into three National Ocean Service (NOS) teams and three National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) teams conducting research on coastal and estuarine ecology, fishery productivity and protected species conservation. Ecological research is directed at five types of ...

The Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) provides scientific information to assist decision makers in meeting the challenges of managing our nation's coastal resources. It targets critical issues which exist in the nation's estuaries, coastal waters, and Great Lakes. ...

The Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM) of the University of Havana was created in 1970. Its staff is formed by 26 researcher/professors dedicated to teaching and to marine investigation. Activities are dedicated to the following areas of research: Ecology group: ...

The Coastal Education and Research Foundation [CERF] is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the coastal sciences. The Foundation is devoted to the multi-disciplinary study of the complex problems of the coastal zone. The purpose of CERF is ...

The primary mission of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is to preserve and enhance the nonrenewable natural resources of the state, consisting of land, water, oil, gas and other minerals, through conservation, regulation and management, and leasing to ...

The Coastal Management Division (CMD) is responsible for the implementation of the Louisiana Coastal Resources Program(LCRP). Administratively the CMD is divided into three programs: Interagency Affairs, Permits/Mitigation, and Technical Services. These three programs comprise an effort among Louisiana citizens, as ...

The University of New Orleans established the Coastal Plant Sciences Laboratory in 2001 within the Department of Biological Sciences to provide broad-based information, knowledge and technology for improved management and restoration of coastal plant ecosystems in Louisiana and throughout the ...

To carry out NOAA's responsibilities under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the OCRM works directly with coastal states and territories to support the development of new Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves, provide technical and financial assistance to ...

The Cousteau Society is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under American law, created in the USA in 1974 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, based in Chesapeake, Virginia (USA) with an office in Paris (France). The mission of the Cousteau Society is to educate ...

El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) is a public institution of scientific research and graduate studies. It has the goal of contributing to the sustainable development in the southern border of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, through the ...