NIOF Introduction
The National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) is one of the twelve national research institutions affiliated to the Ministry of State for Scientific Research of Egypt that are dealing with different fields of science and technology, with specific mandate of national relevance, assigned to each institute. According to the Presidential Decree No. 436 of 1986, the explicit mandate of NIOF is to "maintain, protect and promote the different Egyptian aquatic environments". Historically, the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries was first established in 1924 as the Hydrobiological Institute of the Egyptian Fisheries Directorate, and was located at El-Shatby in Alexandria. At a later date in 1931, it was renamed as "The Alexandria Institute of Hydrobiology" and relocated at Keyed Bey on the Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, where the Mediterranean Branch of NIOF is presently located. In the mean time, a Marine Biological Station was established in 1928 at Hurghada on the Red Sea for the Zoology Department of the Egyptian (currently Cairo) University. In structure of NIOF
NIOF Mission
Fisheries is " to achieve sustainable development of marine and fresh water resources through increasing their potentials for food all sources ad working towards reducing poverty and improving the standard of living by developing and introducing new techniques in fisheries and aquaculture.
The above "Mission" could only br achieved through basic scientific and applied research activities in different fields of oceanography. Fisheries and aquaculture.
In this context recent technological advanced in aquatic researches enabled researchers and research institutions world-wide to obtain accurate information on the different aquatic environments and hence improve our knowledge of the economic resources in seas , lagoons and fresh water bodies and our understanding of their interactions with the influencing factors withing and outside these environments.
with the above in view, NIOF gives high priority to applied research, focusing on the role of fisheries and aquaculture in improving the standard of living of the Egyptian society, and in attaining the environmental sustainability.
