The Institute of Marine Sciences (Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM)) is the fourth largest research institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the largest dedicated to marine research. Under the motto “Ocean Science for a Healthy Planet. It is appointed as the headquarters of the Generalitat de Catalunya ‘Xarxa Marítima’ (BlueNetCat), an intersectoral collaborative network aimed at creating a pole of transfer and innovation on Blue Economy in Catalonia . It is located in Barcelona’s Villa Olimpica District between the Hospital del Mar and the Olympic Towers.