National Marine Fisheries Research Institute

National Marine Fisheries Research Institute – the oldest marine science centre in Poland

Mission: Providing independent, objective and up-to-date knowledge based on scientific activity as well as research and development works, which support economically sustainable and environmentally sound development of marine fisheries.

Goal: Achieving the status of a reliable and modern research institute, which is attractive for scientific and business partners (in Poland and abroad), and conducts comprehensive research into sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystems and use of marine fisheries resources.

The mission is completed through the following activities:

• preparing scientific opinions for the Polish fishing administration, the European Commission and proper international organisations;

• conducting and promoting research as well as research and development activities in fishery, biological and interdisciplinary sciences focused on the marine environment;

• conducting and promoting research into processing technologies, assessment of nutritional value in fishing products and raw materials as well as fisheries economics;

• developing society’s awareness on the functioning and rational exploitation of the marine ecosystem, with a special attention to sustainable marine fisheries management.