Mission EDUCATION, RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND PUBLIC DISPLAY OF MARINE ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT, Ruling Year 1995, Principal Officer DR MOBASHIR A SOLANGI, EIN 64-0706659 ^ 'Institute for Marine Mammal Studies Inc'.The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, funded by Marine Life and its sister company, Marine Animal Productions, is the first private research organization to perfect open sea release techniques. 'Dolphins' open sea release experiment a success in Gulfport'. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (“IMMS”) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1984 for the purposes of public education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and under human care. ^ 'Institute for Marine Mammal Studies: About Us'.The institute has conducted studies in cooperation with scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State, Jackson State, Oklahoma State, Portland State, University of Miami, University of California Berkeley, National Marine Fisheries Service, Naval Oceans Systems Center, Louisiana State, and the Naval Research Laboratory. The subjects of research have covered a broad range of scientific disciplines including population dynamics, underwater acoustics, health, genetics, microbiology, endocrinology, behavior, biomagnetism and ecology. It serves as a liaison between public and private entities interested in marine mammal science. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies was established in 1984 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to education, conservation, research on marine mammals and their environment in the wild and in captivity. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. ^ a b Local Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session J(Report).It has conducted research studies in cooperation with scientists from the University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State, Jackson State, Oklahoma State, Portland State, University of Miami, University of California Berkeley, National Marine Fisheries Service, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Louisiana State, and the Naval Research Laboratory. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies has received grants of several million dollars from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A dolphin encounter can be purchased there. The Institute's Ocean Adventures Marine Park, also located in Gulfport, features shows involving dolphins, sea lions, birds, stingrays, and reptiles. Every summer it holds a week-long educational day camp including activities involving dolphins, sea lions, rays, and sharks. It also has programs for conservation, education and research on marine mammals and their environment. The Institute cares for sick and injured marine mammals in the Mississippi-Louisiana-Alabama subregion of the Gulf Coast. It has been an active participant of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program since its inception. The director since its founding has been Dr. It was founded in 1984 as a research organization funded by Marine Life Oceanarium and its sister company Marine Animal Productions and recognized as a non-profit 501c(3) in 1995. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies ('IMMS') is a research organization located in Gulfport, Mississippi and dedicated to education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the wild and in captivity. Teams from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies keep a pygmy killer whale hydrated while they prep it for release into the Gulf of Mexico

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