The IOLR conducts scientific research in the fields of oceanography, limnology, mariculture, and marine biotechnology, addressing issues of national, regional, and global relevance and importance.
In fulfillment of its mandate as a national institution, much of IOLR’s scientific effort is focused on research, monitoring, and assessment of the environmental status of Israel’s neighboring sea areas (the eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aqaba/Red Sea) and inland water bodies (Lake Kinneret – the Biblical Sea of Galilee – and the Dead Sea) and predicting their response to human and natural perturbations.
IOLR’s R&D effort in mariculture and marine biotechnology is focused on innovative technologies for the exploitation of marine organisms for food and biochemicals. This diverse program of research, environmental monitoring, and technology development bridges many different scientific disciplines including physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and ecology, and involves collaboration with academic and research institutions within Israel and worldwide.
