The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) is a marine science center for Research, Education, and Training in wild bottlenose dolphins ecology and behaviour.

BDRI members seek to contribute to the understanding and dolphin conservation, expand the public's knowledge and concern for our marine environment, and add to the knowledge base of bottlenose dolphins through the sharing of collected field data. One of the core aims of the BDRI is to find out more about wild bottlenose dolphins through different non-invasive research techniques.

If the results of our research to date are any indication, then this year's project should be very productive, both in terms of our own enlightenment about the complex biology, behaviours and social system of these wild dolphins and in producing information bearing directly on the conservation and management of marine mammals.

The BDRI is not a tour operator or dolphin watching organisation, but a well-organised team of researchers carrying out one of the most important research projects of a resident dolphin population in Europe. BDRI is partner to ACCOBAMS, the UNEP's Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area.