IFREMER

The Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (French for 'French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea') or Ifremer is an oceanographic institution in France. A state-run and funded scientific organization, it is France's national integrated marine science research institute.^[2] Ifremer operates a number of research vessels and other vehicles, including the ROV Victor 6000 and the crewed submersible Nautile.^[3]

Ifremer focuses its research activities in the following areas:^[4]

• 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 other words, Ifremer's purpose is to:^[5]

"Conduct research, innovate, and provide expertise to protect and restore the ocean, sustainably manage marine resources and ecosystems, and share marine data."

• In 1985, Ifremer partnered with Dr. Robert Ballard 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.

• In 2008, Ifremer partnered with Dr. Bruce Shillito for the testing and initial operations of the PERISCOP, a deep sea fish recovery device.^[6]

• In 2023, Ifremer sent the Atalante ship and the Victor 6000 ROV to the rescue operation of the Titan submersible.^[7]

Ifremer is located at 26 sites, including five main centres (Boulogne, Brest, Nantes, Toulon, and Tahiti), with headquarters at Brest. About twenty research departments are associated to these centres.

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  Pourquoi pas ?
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  Thalassa
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  The Atalante in Tahiti
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  L'Europe, in the Mediterranean, 2012
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  Le Suroît near Concarneau
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  Cyana
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  ¿Por qué no  ? y Thalassa enel puerto de Brest