In Italy, the monitoring activities related to the marine environment are carried out by ISPRA, the National Institute for the Environment Protection and Research, established by Law no. 133/2008 – converting with amendments Decree Law no. 112 of 25 June 2008.n particular, it plays an organizational role as well, managing the meteorological-marine monitoring networks including the National Tide Gauge Network (RMN), fundamental for real time monitoring of tsunami waves, providing for the collection, validation and statistical processing of the data collected by the national networks and systems, promoting their coordination with other tide gauge and wave gauge survey activities promoted and managed within SNPA and administrations at regional and local level.