European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO)

details

Name

Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS)

Country

Australia

 

 

Changed into

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government

organisation profile

The Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS) was established by the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Act 1974 as a body corporate, its objects including: 'to provide facilities for and foster, carry on and support scientific research and technological development in all branches of learning concerning or touching upon marine sciences, including but without limiting the generality of that expression, the sea, the sea-bed, sea shores, and the resources and inhabitants thereof and mankind's relationship with the use of the sea'. VIMS began operations in 1978. In July 1996 the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences, along with two other marine and freshwater groups, became a part of the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI). In 1998 the decision was made to repeal the Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Act 1974 and to include the Institute as part of the Fisheries Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. In 2002 it was handed over to the newly formed Department of Primary Industries. This Department is now known as the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), as of 2014 .(Courtesy of Encyclopedia of Australian Science)

edmo metadata

EDMO record id

4029

Collating centre

Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

Latest update

21 January 2019 12:44:36 PM