About the project

National Marine Fisheries Research Institute had emerged from the Maritime Research Laboratory in Hel, founded in 1921 and the association of the Maritime Research Institute, founded in 1928 in Warsaw. In 1949, the MLR was formally taken by the MIR in Gdynia and the Maritime Fisheries Institute was created in its present form. In 2011, by the decision of the Council of Ministers, MIR gained the status of the National Research Institute.

The institute is responsible for carrying out research and scientific advice on the safe, sustainable use of renewable resources in the seas (including research on the state of renewable resources, exploitation intensity, management / conservation plans). The MIR-PIB also conducts research on:

• the condition and functioning of marine ecosystems,
• environmental impact assessments,
• food quality and safety, processing technology,
• the economic condition of the fishing and processing sector,
• blue growth,
• development plans.

In the structures of the Institute, apart from the headquarters in Gdynia, there is the Research Station in Świnoujście, the Plankton Sorting and Labeling Plant in Szczecin and the Gdynia Aquarium.

The main fields of MIR-PIB's activity are scientific, innovative, implementation and educational activities. The mission of MIR-PIB is to provide independent, objective and up-to-date knowledge based on scientific and research and development work supporting the economically sustainable and environmentally safe development of sea fishing. This mission is carried out mainly in the field of:

• developing scientific opinions for the Polish fisheries administration, the European Commission and relevant international organizations,
• conducting and promoting research and development work in the field of fisheries, biological and interdisciplinary marine environment,
• conducting and promoting research in the field of processing technology, assessing the nutritional value of fishery raw materials and products, and fishery economics,
• shaping public awareness of the functioning and rational exploitation of the marine ecosystem, with particular emphasis on sustainable management of marine fisheries.