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Centre National de Recherche et de Développement de la Pêche et de l'Aquaculture
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Type of Research Institution
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| | Intergovernmental | | | Academic | |  | Governmental, national | | | Private | | | Governmental, local | | | Charity / Foundation |
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Address : 11 boulevard Colonel Amirouche
Bou-Ismail
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Phone :
+213 6 76 30 53 14
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Director :
Prof Nabil Bouflih
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Contact person :
Laababsa Leila
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Number of permanent staff
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| | Scientists (with doctorate/ PhD) : 14 | | | others : 125 |
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Type of Activities
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| | Pure research | | | Academic | | | Applied research | | | Education / Outreach | | | Long-term monitoring | | | Policy / Planning / Consultancy | | | Technology for environmental applications | | | Conservation & Protection |
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Main fields of research (at present - 6 max)
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| dynamics of fisheries ecosystems, marine and inland aquaculture, aquatic living resources and the environment, biotechnology, dynamics of operating systems, analysis of management tools
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Main research collaborations at international level (at present)
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| * Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO)/
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM); The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea (ACCOBAMS); Korean International Coopération Agency (KOICA); The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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Ongoing long-term monitoring programs
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| * monitoring of non-indigenous species in BouIsmail Bay; monitoring of metallic trace elements in mussels, algae and seawater in the central Algerian coastline; monitoring of discards of fishing |
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Total area dedicated to research (m2)
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Conference room
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| no | | yes (number of seats : 120 ) |
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Research vessel(s)
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| less than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 11 | | more than 12 m in length; number of vessels : 1 | | Brief description of vessels and on board scientific equipment :
Thermosalinometer, two CTD (ConductivityTemperatureDepth) probes for the measurement of salinity and temperature of seawater in horizontal and vertical profile up to 600 and 6000 m depth and a Fluorimeter, Rosette with 12 sampling bottle, Bongo net of 300 µm ; Kongsberg EM 710 multibeam echosounder for seabed mapping, fish finder , Furuno FCV 588 Sounder |
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Other major research facilities and equipment
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Ecosystem types available nearby
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| Direct access to sea | | Direct access to brackish / estuarine waters |
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Areas of taxonomic expertise
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Specimen collections
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Brief description : specific marine vertebrates and invertebrates of the Algerian coasts, and of the Mediterranean a large part collected during oceanographic campaigns, some groundings of cetaceans and sea turtles |
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Hosting facilities for visiting scientists
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| yes | | no |
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Training courses
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| yes | | no |
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Capacity and brief description of library
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| Actually 1430 books.
The library has a rare collection of specific scientific documentation, including the bulletins of the Castiglione stations of Dr Dieuzeide (from 1925 to 1956), The results of the scientific campaign of Albert I, sovereign of Monaco. The Belgian oceanographic expedition in the African coastal waters of the South Atlantic (1948-1949) and other books and catalogues on oceanography and marine biology such as Catalogue of Fishes in the British Museum (from1859 to 1868). The library is a member of the “International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers IAMSLIC/ AFRIAMSLIC”, and “Aquatic sciences and fisheries Abstracts “-ASFA -
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 CIESM GUIDE OF COASTAL INSTITUTES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
Last update : 01/03/2023
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