Marine & Coastal Environment

Objective: Creation and dissemination of knowledge to support the fostering and management of Israel's marine and coastal resources.

Core activities:

• Mapping and multidisciplinary studies of Israel's marine environment (marine surveys, data collection and organization of environmental data bases, process studies);
  
  
• Development of Operational Oceanography (observing and modeling systems to provide timely environmental information and predictions);
  
  
• Monitoring and assessment of human impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems and resources;
  
  
• Operation of the Israel Marine Data Center as the national repository and dissemination facility for oceanographic data and data products.

• Activities: Lake Kinneret
• Activities: Mariculture & marine biotechnology