Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR) is an institute that carries out basic and applied research on renewable natural resources and the environment on the coasts and marine and ocean ecosystems of national interest in order to provide the necessary scientific knowledge for the formulation of policies, decision-making and the development of plans and projects that lead to their development, aimed at the sustainable management of resources, the recovery of the marine and coastal environment and the improvement of the quality of life of Colombians, through the rational use of the scientific capacity.