France

IFREMER
French Institute of Research and Exploitation of the Sea. The only French body with an exclusively maritime vocation. Under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Technology, of Fisheries and Equipment and Transport.
http://www.ifremer.fr/anglais/

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - IOC
of UNESCO, Paris.
http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/index.php

l'Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls
An institute of the CNRS.
http://www.obs-banyuls.fr/

Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer
An institute of the CNRS.
http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/

Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer
http://www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM/