History

By Decision No. 148 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia on December 6, 1994 non-profit science organization Institute of Aquatic Ecology of University of Latvia (LUHEI) was established by merging the Marine Monitoring Centre of the Hydrometeorological Administration and the Marine Laboratory of the Institute of Biology of the Academy of Sciences. Officially, 1995 is considered as the start year of the institute.

In 2006 the institute was reorganized into the state agency Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūts) and ceased to be associated with the University of Latvia.

In 2007 with the “Amendments to the Law on Scientific Activities”, the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology changed its legal status from a state agency to a derived public entity. Since July 1, 2007 LHEI is under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia.

In 2017 in the context of the Science Policy of the Republic of Latvia and in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia LHEI was reorganized into an agency of Daugavpils University.