The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) was established in November 1975 by the Research Institutes’ Establishment Order 1975. The headquarters of the Institute is located on Wilmot Point Road, off Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. She also has outstations at Buguma (River State), Aluu (Rivers State), Sapele (Delta State) and Badore (Lagos) . The main research departments in the Institute are: Aquaculture, Biological Oceanography, Biotechnology, Fisheries Resources, Fish Technology & product development, Marine Geology/Geophysics and Physical/Chemical Oceanography. There are also service departments and section which include: Administration, Finance and Supply, Information and Documentations, Protocol unit, Planning unit, Technical Services, Staff clinic.

NIOMR is charged with responsibilities to conduct research into the resources and physical characteristics of the Nigerian territorial waters and the high seas beyond.

Specific Mandate

  1. Abundance, distribution, biological and other characteristics of species of fish and other marine forms of life and management measures for their rational exploitation and conservation
  2. Improvement of brackish / marine waters aquaculture
  3. Genetic characterization of marine and brackish water culturable fish species including the development of improved strains of fish species culture;
  4. Effective and sustainable management of fisheries resources through improved post-harvest preservation, utilization and storage using profitable technological processes
  5. Physical characteristics of the Nigerian territorial waters, the high seas beyond, topography of the sea beds and deposits on / or under the sea beds
  6. Effect of pollution on the health of Nigerian coastal waters and its prevention
  7. The socio-economic challenges of exploitation of the resources of the sea and brackish water
  8. Global climate change and sea level rise
  9. The improvement of coastal and brackish water fishing and fish culture through the design and fabrication of ecosystem friendly fishing gear types and fisheries implements
  10. The nature of the coastal and marine environment including coastal erosion, monitoring marine hazards, forecasting/prediction and the topography of the sea beds and deposits on or under it
  11. Extension research and liaison services
  12. Provision of technical training in areas of mandate

NIOMR Research Departments
— Aquaculture
— Biological Oceanography
— Biotechnology
— Fisheries resources
— Fish Technology & Product Development
— Marine Geology/Geophysics
— Physical & Chemical Oceanography

Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research,
3 Wilmot Point Road
Victoria Island,
Lagos
P.M.B 12729, Lagos