INIDEP

What INIDEP does

INIDEP (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero) is Argentina's national institute for fisheries research and development, operating as a government state entity under the Government of Argentina and headquartered in Mar del Plata. Its mandate is to conduct marine and fishery research and provide scientific advice on the sustainable use of marine resources. The institute focuses its research on three commercially strategic species: shrimp, Illex squid, and hubbsi hake — the core of Argentina's commercial fishing sector.

INIDEP's work supports Argentina's eighth-largest net-exporting sector, an industry comprising roughly 200 companies, 1,000+ vessels, and 140 processing plants, which generated $2,066 million in total foreign sales in 2025 (up 3.4% year-on-year) Its functional remit spans research and development for sustainable fishing practices, export market development support, and scientific input into fisheries management policy.

INIDEP is not a commercial enterprise and does not operate a revenue model in the conventional sense. It is funded through the federal government and provides its research outputs to the Argentine fishing industry and to public-sector policymakers. The source data contains no information on products, services offered commercially, partnerships, or technology stack. The organization is small (1–10 employees per firmographic data) and has no disclosed subsidiaries, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

INIDEP

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero

Website

https://inidep.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

INIDEP (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero) is Argentina's government-funded national fisheries research institute, conducting marine and fishery R&D and advising on sustainable use of marine resources for the country's shrimp, squid, and hake sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fisheries Research Services

NAICS

Fishing (11411), Aquaculture (11251), Animal Production and Aquaculture (112), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Fishing, Hunting And Trapping (900), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Coastal & Marine Resources Administration (Oceans, Fisheries, Shorelines) (BPAIAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aquaculture & Fisheries Operations (EDAOAOAK), Oceans, Coastal & Marine Resource Management (BPADALAI)

Keywords

• Marine fisheries research
• Sustainable fishing science
• Fishery stock assessment
• Marine resource management
• Aquatic biology research

Headquarters

HQ city

Mar Del Plata

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

INIDEP (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero) is Argentina's national fisheries research institute that conducts marine and fishery scientific research and provides scientific advice on the sustainable use of marine resources. The institute supports Argentina's commercial fishing sector — including shrimp, Illex squid, and hubbsi hake fisheries — through stock assessments, biological and oceanographic surveys, and policy guidance.

Product overview

No product information is available in the provided sources. The source data contains only a brief reference to INIDEP (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero) as an Argentine government institution, with a URL to argentina.gob.ar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fisheries Research and Scientific Advisory Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer): France's national institute for marine and fisheries research. Directly comparable to INIDEP as a government-backed marine/fisheries R&D body, but operating at a far larger scale with broader oceanographic scope.
• FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department: UN body providing global fisheries science and policy guidance. Comparable in mission (sustainable fisheries advice) but at a global rather than national scale, and an indirect stakeholder in INIDEP's outputs.
• NOAA Fisheries (National Marine Fisheries Service): U.S. federal agency responsible for fisheries science and management. Closely comparable mandate to INIDEP — stock assessments, sustainable use advice — within the U.S. jurisdictional context.
• CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation): Australia's national science agency, which includes major marine and fisheries research divisions. Comparable as a publicly funded multidisciplinary research institute supporting a commercial fishing sector, though far broader than INIDEP.

Regional players

• INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia): Brazil's national research institute focused on the Amazon region. Comparable as a South American government research institute, though focused on freshwater/Amazonian biodiversity rather than marine fisheries.

Direct peers

• ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna): Intergovernmental body that manages tuna and other fisheries in the Atlantic. Relevant as an international counterpart producing scientific advice on stocks that Argentine fleets also interact with (e.g., Illex squid adjacent species, large pelagics).
• AZTI (Basque Research and Technology Alliance): Spain-based marine and food research center providing scientific advice to the fishing industry. Comparable to INIDEP as a fisheries-focused applied research institute serving a commercial seafood sector.
• VIMS (Virginia Institute of Marine Science): U.S. state-level marine research institute affiliated with the College of William & Mary. Comparable as a fisheries and coastal marine science institution, though smaller in scope and U.S.-based.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inidep

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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