Welcome to SAHFOS
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) is
an international charity that operates the Continuous Plankton
Recorder (CPR) survey. The Foundation has been collecting data
from the North Atlantic and the North Sea on biogeography and
ecology of plankton since 1931. More recently, as the
foundation has become more involved in international projects, work
has been expanded to include other regions around the globe.
The results of the survey are used by marine biologists scientific
institutes and in environmental change studies across the
world. The CPR team is based in Plymouth, England and consists
of analysts, technicians, researchers and administrators, who all
play an integral part in the running of the survey.
The foundation is a charity and company limited by
guarantee. It depends on voluntary cooperation of the
international shipping community. A consortium of agencies
from nine countries, the EU and international organisations
provide financial support.
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