ROATAN MARINE SCIENCE CENTER

The Roatan Institute for Marine Science is ideally located for marine study on the northwest coast of Roatan where over 30 miles of fringing and barrier reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves and shoreline are home to an astonishing profusion of life.

Founded in 1989, the primary objective of this facility is the preservation of Roatan's natural resources through education and research.

In the past decade RIMS has established itself as a dedicated teaching institution.

This facility is visited year-round by colleges, universities and high schools from abroad to study tropical marine ecosystems and the bottlenose dolphins we house at our facility. Many programs are for academic credit, some are in conjunction with other field research stations, and others are simply introductory courses to the ecology of coral reefs in the Caribbean.

Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences offers facilities for highschool/college student groups for research programs such as marine research programs, coral reef, oceanography, biology etc.