The staff of almost 900 works to achieve the major missions of Onema in continental France as well as in the overseas territories. Using their skills and know-how gained in the field, engineers and technicians work on aquatic environments throughout the country, in the national headquarters, in the nine regional offices and the local offices.
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General Management
The general management develops and maintains a high-level science-advice capability to assist public water-management policies, manages the agency, coordinates the water information system (WIS-F), supervises financial solidarity efforts in favour of overseas territories and Corsica, and assists the regional and local offices.
It is organised in three departments:
Research and development department;
Water information production and management department;
Inspections and territorial action department.There is also a general administrative section that coordinates the management and support activities of the agency.
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Regional offices
Nine regional offices group engineers and technicians who are specialised in gathering and processing data, in providing technical support for water-management policies and efforts, and in organising surveillance activities for aquatic environments.
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Local offices
The technicians and environmental technical agents working in local offices have two main missions: inspections on water use and policing activities on water and fishing; collection of data on the status of environments and species.