AMURE was established in January 2008 as a joint research unit, associating the Marine Economics Department of Ifremer and the Centre for the Law and Economics of the Sea of the University of Western Brittany.
The research unit is a member of the OSU-IUEM (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer).
It specializes in the study of the economic and legal dimensions of public policies related to maritime activities and marine and coastal areas.
Bringing together a group of more than 35 researchers in economics and law, the research unit constitutes a substantial centre for research, training and advanced studies on the challenges of sustainable development for maritime activities and marine and coastal areas, and the associated public policies and their impacts on the dynamics of ecosystem uses.
The new research unit builds on the experience of a previous research group Amure which was created in 2004 (www.gdr-amure.fr)
