The Institut océanographique (Institut océanographique, Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco) is an ocean education organization based in Monaco.
[1] In 1998, the Institut océanographique organized the second International Aquariology Congress (the first edition was held in 1958).
[3] The institute implemented the "Monaco Blue Initiative", a global initiative focused on deep sea biodiversity and large marine species, and backed by UNESCO.
[4] In 2016, hundreds of cubic meters of archives belonging to the Institut were found in the Schœlcher campus of the University of the French West Indies (Martinique).
[5] In 2019, the Institut océanographique invested 5 million euros in the opening of a care center for marine species, especially sick or injured turtles.