627. IRAN 



The Safeman Banader va Keshti Rani (SBKR), or Ports and Ship- 

 ping Authority, is responsible for hydrographic surveys. 



628. IRELAND 



The National Science Council (NSC) coordinates marine research 

 in Ireland. The Department of Transport and Power (DTP) makes oceano- 

 graphic surveys and the Irish Meteorological Service (IMS) is respon- 

 sible for marine meteorology. The University College, Galway (UCG) , 

 the University College, Cork (UCC) , and the Trinity College, Dublin 

 (TCD) have active programs in marine science. The Department of 

 fisheries (DOF) and the Salmon Research Trust (SRT) are concerned 

 with research in aquaculture and fisheries. 



629. ISRAEL 



The Israel Oceanographic and Liranological Research Co. (lOLR), 

 a nonprofit organization established in 1966 to formulate a national 

 policy for marine science in Israel, is the national oceanographic 

 data center and represents Israel in international marine science 

 activities. It operates the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological 

 Institute (lOLI), founded in 1975. In 1971 the Sea Fisheries Research 

 Station (SFRS) of the Ministry of Agriculture was merged with lOLR, 

 though the Ministry of Agriculture retained a part of the SFRS in 

 its Fishery Department as the Fishery Technical Unit (FTU). 



Israel's Port Authority includes a Coast Study Division (CSD) 

 responsible for hydrographic surveys, and its Department of Meteor- 

 ology is responsible for marine meteorology. 



630. ITALY 



The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) includes the Com- 

 missione Italiana per la Oceanografia (CIO), which in turn includes 

 the Centro Nazionale Raccolta Dati Oceanograf ici (CNRDO), formerly 

 the Servicio Nazionale. .. (SNRDO) , Italy's oceanographic data center. 

 Other organizations within CRO involved in marine activities include 

 the Istituto di Biologia del Mare (IBM), formerly the Centro Studi 

 Talassografici (CST), the Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRA), the 

 Laboratorio per la Geologia Marina (LGM) , the Laboratorio per lo 

 Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse (LSDGM) , the Laboratorio di 

 Tecnologia della Pesca (LTP), the Officine Allestimento e Ripar- 

 azioni Navi (OARN), and the Laboratorio di Automozione Navale (LAN). 

 CNR also includes the Centro Nazionale di Fisica dell' Atmosf era e 

 Meteorologia (CENFAM), which includes research in marine meteorology. 



The Istituto Idrografico della Marina (IIM) is responsible for 

 hydrographic and physical oceanographic surveys and tide and current 

 data. The Servizio Meteorologico dell' Aeronautica Militaire (SMAM) 

 is concerned with marine meteorology. The Osservatoria Geofisico 

 Speriraentale (OGS) at Trieste is involved in geophysical surveys of 

 the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. Other institutions of interest 

 are the Istituto di Geologia of the Universita di Trieste, the Isti- 

 tuto di Zoology of Parma University, and the Gruppo Oceanologico di 

 Geneva. The fish farmers of Italy have organized the Associazione 

 Pescicoltori Italiana (API). 



631. IVORY COAST (REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'lVOIRE) 



The Centre de Recherches Oceanographique (CRO) is responsible 

 for most of the oceanographic activities. The Office de la Recherche 

 Scientifique et Technique de la Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), with headquarters 

 in France, supports a center at Abidjan. Hydrographic surveys are 

 the responsibility of the Direction du Port Autonome d'Abidjan. 



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