The Coastal Zones Research Institute Inc. (CZRI) is a private non-profit institution affiliated with the Université de Moncton, Shippagan Campus (New Brunswick). It was incorporated in December of 2002, and has been under the direction of Gastien Godin since April 2005.   

The CZRI was born of the merger of three research and development centres from New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula: The Peat Research and Development Centre; the Marine Products Research and Development Centre, and the aquaculture research team of the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture at the New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Centre.   

The Institute encourages a multidisciplinary approach that focuses on three main areas of research: aquaculture, fishery and marine products, and peat and peatlands. A fourth research orientation relating to the sustainable development of coastal zones is currently taking shape. These dominant institutional research areas are supported by laboratory analysis and environmental services.   

The dream is now a reality: the Coastal Zones Research Institute is helping to make the Acadian Peninsula – and indeed all of New Brunswick – a hub for research, for scientific dissemination, and for technology and knowledge transfers to industry, professionals and the general public.