Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer - An institute of the CNRS.

Réseau National des Stations Marines (RNSM). - National Marine Research Stations.

l'Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls - An institute of the CNRS.

Université de Bretagne Occidentale - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer

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.