Laboratories of the IMBG also provide services in the following sectors:
- Monitoring of water quality of swimming beaches
- Microbiological tests of bottled drinking waters
- Marine pollution monitoring of underwater outfalls (e.g., sewage, power plants, desalination facilities etc)
- Conservation and sustainable management of marine biological resources (e.g., commercial sponges, edible molluscs etc)
- Development of marine protected zones with artificial reefs
- Development of an innovative system for the foundation of piles in sedimentary environments and applications for the protection of the coastal environment, aquaculture and coastal defence works
- Development of underwater parks making use of artificial reefs for recreational purposes
