ECIMAT is the maritime station of the University of Vigo, where 15 UVIGO research groups work and which also provides services, as a scientific reference infrastructure, to public and private entities. The priority lines of research defined in the strategic plan are: Biodiversity and ecology; Observing the ocean and global change; Environmental quality and marine pollution; Sustainable exploitation of marine resources; Comprehensive management of the coastal zone; Modeling of complex systems; and omic technologies applied to the marine environment