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Type of activities
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| envir. monitoring |
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Main sectors of research
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Research aims:
* To produce scientific information essential for the rational management of fishery resources.
* To assess fish stocks and monitor their status.
* To study the biology and dynamics of commercial species.
* Selectivity and improvement of fishing gears.
* Investigation/determination of new fishing fields and/or commercial species, presently under-exploited.
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Current major projects
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Number of local permanent staff
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Indoor surface area (m2) available for
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Conference room
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Research vessel(s)
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| | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 2 |
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Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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The equipment includes two image analysis systems, a system for cutting and polishing otoliths, a lipid analyzer, an automatic tissue processor, a number of stereoscopes, macroscopes and microscopes and a local ICT network with a Unix workstation.
Field equipment: trawl nets for experimental fishery; ichthyoplankton nets (Bongo, Highspeed and Method trawl); multiple net for sampling plankton and ichthyoplankton (MOCKNESS); sonar system for monitoring fishing gears (SCANMAR); with for the horizontal, the vertical opening of the trawl net, the temperature and the depth; G.P.S-plotter pilotage system; sonar system for estimation of pelagic fish stocks (Biosonics); recorders of temperature/salinity /depth (CTD).
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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Specimen collections
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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Training courses
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Capacity and brief description of library
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Type of research institution
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| | governmental, national |
| governmental, local |
| | international |
| academic |
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CIESM Guide of Marine Research Institutes
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