The Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC), located in Logy Bay near St. John’s, NL, is a cold ocean research facility operated by Memorial University. The Centre’s location lends itself to the shore-based study of cold ocean processes, and sub-arctic and arctic fauna and flora. Current research foci are aquaculture, biological and chemical oceanography, and fundamental principles of behaviour, biochemistry, and physiology that underlie the first two themes. In addition, the OSC supports quality graduate education in a broad range of marine science and related disciplines.

The OSC is a key player in AquaNet, Canada's first federal Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) devoted to aquaculture. The OSC is an AquaNet Core Facility, as well as its Administrative Centre.

The OSC encompasses extensive facilities and equipment for animal husbandry, aquaculture research and development, field services, image and data analysis as well as laboratory (workshop) services.