The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), (Urdu: قومی ادارہَ جغرافیہَ بحر), is a department of the Government of Pakistan and a major research institute of Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan).

[1][2] The NIO is a science and research executive organization located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

[3] The NIO' research and studies are funded by the Federal Government of Pakistan while the facilities are provided by the Sindh Government.

NIO was established in 1981 through a Government Resolution to conduct multidisciplinary research in oceanography in the coastal and offshore areas of Pakistan (EEZ 24,000 km2).

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