NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, is the national oceanographic institute and the Netherlands’ centre of expertise for ocean, sea and coast. We advance fundamental understanding of marine systems, the way they change, the role they play in climate and biodiversity, and how they may provide sustainable solutions to society in the future.
At the Dutch hospitality conference Horecava, NIOZ researchers and chefs discussed how to work towards more sustainable fish in the culinary world.
The NIOZ has been awarded €2,891,000 from the NWO-I Strategic Innovation Fund 2025. This funding is a significant step forward in the project "Transitions in Oceanographic Research: A New Ship and Autonomous Vessel Development".
Prof. C. Brussaard and team have been awarded a three-million-euro grant to study the impact of viruses on phytoplankton—tiny ocean plants. Critical understanding, as climate change is already significantly affecting marine phytoplankton.
Our science is conducted in four scientific departments;. Three of them are area oriented: estuaries and delta areas, coastal seas and open oceans. Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry conducts science in all three area types.