The Maldives Marine Science Institute (MMRI) takes great pleasure in announcing our fifth Symposium of the biennial Maldives Marine Science Symposium (MMSS)... Read More
9 January 2024
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The Maldives Marine Research Institute is initiating an effort to assess the times and location of coral spawning and slick formation as part... Read More
2 March 2020
Expedition 1: Coral Reef Assessment from HA to Laamu atoll
Speaking at the 74th UN General Assembly in New York last September, His Excellency President... Read More
9 January 2020
We are pleased to announce that the coral reef restoration and rehabilitation work shop has been rescheduled. Read More
11 February 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a bleaching watch warning to Maldives via the Satellite Coral Bleaching Alert System, and a... Read More
15 May 2019
The submission deadline for the photo competition being held to mark the International Year of the Coral Reefs (IYOR) has been extended... Read More
24 July 2018
The Marine Research Centre, in partnership with the Maldives National University and with exclusive sponsorship of Soneva, successfully concluded the second Symposium... Read More
A recent review on the status of marine turtle populations in the Maldives is now published and available for... Read More
Marine Research Centre (MRC), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), collaborating under Project Regenerate, have... Read More
23 March 2016
The Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture with the direct advice of the Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Dr. Read More
21 March 2016
The pole-and-line tuna fishery was accredited by the Marine Stewardship Council as being sustainable in 2012 but with eight conditions,... Read More
17 January 2016
The Secretariat of the IOSEA-MoU & Marine Research Centre concluded a workshop to set up a Marine Turtle Task Force for the Northern... Read More
Revised on 16th August 2015, 0815hrs: Crown of thorns starfish or COTS are one of the largest species of starfish (Asteroidea). Read More
15 August 2015
Following a coral bleaching event observed in the Maldives, a joint effort was made by MRC and project REGENERATE of the IUCN... Read More
7 July 2013
Maldives Fisheries Survey 2015, an initiative taken by Reef Fishery Sub-Working Group formed under the Master Plan for Sustainable Fisheries (MASPLAN) project to... Read More
15 June 2015
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