The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Greece is a governmental research organisation operating under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. The HCMR comprises three Research Institutes: the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, the Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, and the Institute of Oceanography. It carries out scientific and technological research, and the development, dissemination and implementation of produced results. Areas of particular concern are the study and protection of the hydrosphere, its organisms, its interface with the atmosphere, the coast and the sea bottom, along with the physical, chemical, biological and geological conditions that prevail and regulate these systems. HCMR produces products and supplies services in these areas while supporting decision-making.