The Salambo Oceanographic Station (SOS) has been created
by a Beycal decree in 1924 according to the model of that
period. It consisted of a research laboratory, a public museum,
a library, and a reference collection gathering the different
marine species.
After Independence (1956), this temple
of knowledge was entrusted to Tunisian scientists and the
former name SOS was changed to National Scientific and Technical
Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries “INSTOP”.
This period was been characterized by the creation of the
La Goulette and Sfax annexes and the increasing number of
research programs.
In 1992, the INSTOP was transferred
from the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture to that
of the State Secretariat for Scientific Research and Technology.
Since then, the institute name has changed again to become
the National Institute of Marine, Sciences and Technologies.
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The INSTM is actually a research public institution. |
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