Interesting paper about funding and conclusions that favor the sponsor of the research.
http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/hw/Wade_2010_Marine-Policy.pdf
http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/hw/Wade_2010_Marine-Policy.pdf
The U.S.Navy,whose sonars kill marine mammals
Status of the Establishment
Ifremer is a public institution with industrial and commercial character the seat(siege) of which is situated in Issy-les-Moulineaux. He(it) is placed under the joint supervision(guardianship) of ministries loaded with the Higher education and the Search(Research), the Agriculture(Farming) and the Peach(Fishing), the Equipment, Transport and the Accommodation(Housing), the Ecology, the Development and the Arrangement(Development) long-lasting(sustainable).
He(It) consists of 5 centres (Brest, Sleeve / sea of the North, the Mediterranean Sea, Nantes and Tahiti) and of 21 stations(resorts) on the metropolitan coast and in FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORY.
In the Mediterranean Sea, Ifremer covers the French Mediterranean facade of the Spanish border on the Italian border, as well as the coast(ribs) of Corsica. Concerning the Region Languedoc-Roussillon, Ifremer is implanted in Sète, in Palavas-les-Flots and in Montpelier.
Missions of the IFREMER
Ifremer has for missions to lead(drive) and to promote basic research and applied, activities of expertise and technological actions(shares) of development, in the marine domain.
The teams implanted in Languedoc-Roussillon are more and more directed in support for the development of the specific maritime economy in the Mediterranean Sea