The () is an ocean education organization based in

Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...

. The institute manages two ocean museums (in Monaco and Paris) and lobbies globally for the preservation of the oceans' ecology.

History

The Institut océanographique was founded in 1906 by

Albert I, Prince of Monaco Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death in 1922. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, ...

Sciences
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was launched in Monaco in 1921). In 1957,

Jacques Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the ...

was appointed director of the Institut océanographique. In 1961, the Institut océanographique reached an agreement with the

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to relocate the International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity in Monaco. In 1998, the Institut océanographique organized the second International Aquariology Congress (the first edition was held in 1958). The European Union of Aquarium Curators was created during this event. The institute implemented the "Monaco Blue Initiative", a global initiative focused on deep sea biodiversity and large marine species, and backed by

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. In 2016, hundreds of cubic meters of archives belonging to the Institut were found in the

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campus of the University of the French West Indies (

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

). In 2019, the Institut océanographique invested 5 million euros in the opening of a care center for marine species, especially sick or injured turtles.(in French) Mathilde Frénois
Hôpital pour tortues au musée océanographique de Monaco
''Libération.fr'', 16 August 2019

Locations

* Oceanographic Museum of Monaco * Institut océanographique de Paris

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Oceanography Oceanographic organizations Organisations based in Monaco