"The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway performs research and provides scientific advice on marine resources, the marine environment and aquaculture to the authorities, industry and society as a whole.
The IMR is answerable to the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries, and its duties are to monitor and carry out research on life, the environment and interactions among living organisms in coastal waters and the ocean, generate new and updated knowledge of marine resources of importance to fishing and aquaculture, develop technology and greater biological understanding as the basis of rational, future-oriented fishing and aquaculture industries, offer advice to the authorities and industry regarding management of the marine environment and its resources and disseminate the results of research in order to promote the interests of the fishing and aquaculture industries and of society as a whole.
The work of the IMR is primarily concentrated on the ecosystems of the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, and the Norwegian Sea."