List of oceanographic research institutes
This is a list of oceanographic research institutes
International
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO )
- Consortium for Ocean Leadership ( non-governmental organization formerly Joint Oceanographic Institutions)
- en: National Institute of Oceanography, India
According to states
Germany
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Sea (ICBM), Oldenburg
- Institute for Oceanography at the University of Hamburg
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Warnemünde
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel
- Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research , ( Bremerhaven ) and the attached Biological Institute Helgoland
- Marum Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen
- Senckenberg Research Institute ( Senckenberg am Meer ), Wilhelmshaven
- Helmholtz Center Geesthacht Geesthacht
France
- Ifremer Marine Research Institute with headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Laboratoire de Banyuls-sur-Mer
Italy
- NATO Undersea Research Center formerly SACLANT in La Spezia
Canada
Croatia
- Ruder Boskovic Institute - Marine Research Institute in Rovinj
Netherlands
- Dutch Institute for Marine Research , ( Texel , "Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee")
Norway
- Round Miljøsenter (RMS)
Austria
- ProMare - Association for the Promotion of Marine Research in Austria, since 1992
- Hydra Institute of Marine Sciences (Elba Island, Italy)
- Department of Marine Biology at the Faculty of Life Sciences , University of Vienna
United States
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , (Woods Hole, Massachusetts ) the largest independent oceanographic research institution, non-governmental organization
- Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole research institute independent of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography , La Jolla , San Diego , California
- Friday Harbor Laboratories
- Hatfield Marine Science Center , Oregon State University's research institute and aquarium in Newport , Oregon
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Research institute of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Moss Landing , California
- The Oceanography Society (* 1988, non-profit organization , publisher of the journal Oceanography )
- National Ocean Service (NOS)
United Kingdom
- Scottish Association for Marine Science , Dunnstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- en: National Oceanography Center, Southampton