ACCORD is actively pursuing the establishment of 7 specialty research labs.  Each lab will be developed with latest technologies in order to remain internationally attractive and competitive to our research, teaching and student interests. The following represents ACCORD’s research and teaching interests:

Aquaculture

1. food production
2. ornamental aquaculture
3. water conservation
4. product enhancement
5. disease understanding, control and eradication

Fisheries         

1. use and development of new technologies
2. fish processing
3. wild stock maintenance
4. management
5. disease understanding control and eradication

Geo-informatics and Atmospheric Sciences

1. GIS
2. remote sensing
3. atmospheric sciences
4. environmental buoys

Marine Biotechnology

1. marine natural products
2. pharmaceuticals
3. development of new products from existing

Ocean and Coastal Management

1. law, policy and governance
2. tourism, parks, MPAs, et
3. socio-economic
4. coastal engineering
5. non-renewable

Oceanography

1. chemical
2. physical
3. biological
4. geological

Tropical Marine Ecosystems

1. monitoring
2. assessment
3. biodiversity
4. invasive species
5. health and disease prevalence and virulence