| Agency Name: | National Institute of Oceanography |
| Formed: | 1981 |
| Headquarters: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Chief1 Name: | Position Vacant |
| Chief1 Position: | Director General |
| Parent Agency: | Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan) |
The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), (ur|{{nq|قومی ادارہَ جغرافیہَ بحر), is a department of the Government of Pakistan and a major research institute of Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan).[1] [2] The NIO is a science and research executive organization located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[3] The NIO' research and studies are funded by the Federal Government of Pakistan while the facilities are provided by the Sindh Government.
NIO was established in 1981 through a Government Resolution to conduct multidisciplinary research in oceanography in the coastal and offshore areas of Pakistan (EEZ 24,000 km2).[4] The institute has 30 qualified marine scientists working on ocean biology/productivity, marine chemistry and environment, physical oceanography/coastal hydraulics, marine geology and geophysics.