• Biology and fisheries of transboundary species in relation to their habitat in jurisdictional waters and high seas of the Southeast Pacific.
• Research on the mahi-mahi resource and billfish.

• Implementation and application of indirect assessment models for major pelagic resources.
• Onboard Observer Program.
• Seasonal and spatial variations in abundance and prey consumption by guano birds.
• Abundance, distribution, and population structure of the South American fur seal and sea lion on the Peruvian coast. Marine mammal sightings during cruises. Interactions with fishing operations.
• Monitoring of sea turtles in the northern zone (Piura): Estimation of relative abundance and feeding ecology.

• Response to mass mortality events and strandings on the Peruvian coast.
• Monitoring of artisanal fishing potential through the Artisanal Fishery Information Collection System, determining fishing effort and spatio-temporal variation of catch per unit effort of main species by fishing gear.
• Research on the trophic spectrum of major fishery resources and their spat-temporal variations to understand the trophodynamics of the Peruvian sea.
• Research on age and growth of major fishery resources to estimate parameters and length-age keys for application in population assessment models.
• Population assessment of main demersal resources – Hake and other demersal resources assessment cruise.

• Project “Strengthening of scientific bases for the development of the jumbo squid fishery,” R.M. N°552-2017-PRODUCE.
• Research and monitoring of the biology, fisheries, and population dynamics of main marine invertebrate and macroalgae resources, emphasizing jumbo squid, for fishery management recommendations.
• Assessment of marine invertebrate populations through direct and indirect methods for estimating abundance and its spatio-temporal fluctuations.
• Research on marine macroalgae.

• Inventory of marine fish, invertebrate, and macroalgae communities to contribute to the knowledge and valuation of the country’s biological diversity, and to monitor the natural variability of biodiversity-based ecological indicators against potential impacts from anthropogenic interventions or natural events like El Niño.
• Research on species and ecosystems in the Peruvian sea as technical elements that contribute to guaranteeing their conservation, in accordance with national and international concepts, principles, and agreements.

• Assessment of Environmental State-Pressure and Response, as well as environmental quality in the coastal marine zone.
• Evaluation and analysis of ecotoxicology in organisms and environmental matrices.
• Research on Marine Litter (Macro, meso, and microplastics).
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Research for management in the coastal marine zone (Marine spatial planning, adaptive approach, ecosystem services, carrying capacity assessment).

• Population monitoring of the “river shrimp”.
• Tracking of the Amazonian fishery.
• Study of high-Andean fishery resources (reproductive biology of trout and silverside).
• Fishery limnology studies in inland water bodies.

• Research for the expansion of the aquaculture frontier and sustained production applied in support of the aquaculture sector.
• Research in biotechnology of aquatic organisms and its application in the aquaculture production sector.
• Research for the transfer of cultivation technology to communities in High Andean and Amazonian zones.

Functional Area of Hydroacoustics

Functional Area of Fishing Gear

Functional Area of Remote Sensing

• Application of the Hydroacoustic Method in Fishery Resource Assessment.
• Development of Hydroacoustic Technologies for Aquatic Ecosystem Management.

Functional Area of Hydroacoustics

Functional Area of Fishing Gear

• Research on environmentally safe fishing gear, methods, and systems and their impact on the ecosystem.
• Research on traditional and non-traditional fishing gear.

• Satellite monitoring of physical and biological processes of aquatic environments with the TeraScan station.
• Strengthening of the SISESAT Fishing Vessel Satellite Monitoring System platform.

• Coordination and Administration of Research Scientific Technicians (TCI).

• Study and monitoring of the effects of El Niño in the Marine Ecosystem off Peru:
  • Characterization of El Niño and La Niña manifestations and physical/biogeochemical monitoring based on in situ and satellite data for early warning.
  • Monitoring of biological indicators of water masses and plankton biodiversity off the coast.
  • Mechanisms contributing to coastal warming (winds, advection, trapped waves).
• Impact of Climate Change on marine ecosystems off Peru: analysis, modeling, and adaptation:
  • Regional projections of climate change scenarios in physical, biogeochemical, and bioclimatic conditions.
  • Current and future vulnerability of fishery and aquaculture resources to climate change.
  • Paleo-reconstruction of past manifestations of climatic variations in the ecosystem associated with coastal upwelling and the oxygen minimum zone.

• Integrated study of coastal upwelling off Peru:
  • Dynamic aspects of coastal upwelling: coastal wind, circulation, variability.
  • Biogeochemistry of coastal upwelling and the Oxygen Minimum Zone.
  • Productivity and phytoplankton communities associated with upwelling.
  • Benthic communities, sediment biogeochemistry, and benthic-pelagic coupling in the coast-ocean gradient.

• Integrated study of Physical, Chemical, and Biological processes in Coastal Edge Ecosystems:
  • Coastal circulation (data and modeling).
  • Characterization of phytoplankton and zooplankton associated with HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms) and conditioning abiotic factors.
  • Impacts of HABs on biogeochemical conditions and benthos of bays.
• Fisheries Oceanography:
  • Larval survival studies of fishery resources with an emphasis on anchoveta in spawning areas and seasons.
  • Estimation of anchoveta spawning biomass based on the egg production method.

• BIC Humboldt
• BIC José Olaya Balandra
• BIC Luis Alberto Flores Portugal

• IMARPE III Launch
• IMARPE IV
• IMARPE V
• IMARPE VI
• IMARPE VIII
• Señor de Sipán Boat
• Don Paco Boat
• Don Manuel Boat