The High Seas. A new member of the Maritime Boundaries family.

MarineRegions.org releases the first version of the High Seas, the last addition to the Maritime Boundaries dataset.

WoRMS needs YOU!

WoRMS is a highly collaborative effort of over 500 involved experts, but we need all users – taxonomists, ecologists and non-scientists – to help us to keep WoRMS up-to-date and correct. If you find an error or an omission, please get in touch with us directly. Direct contact can fix errors a lot faster and more efficient than the WoRMS Team having to learn about these through peer-reviewed publications.

LifeWatch and Maritime Industry: take part in our questionnaire about data and sensors

LifeWatch moves forward towards the establishment of a Maritime Industry Advisory Board (MIAB) that can advise on optimal valorisation for the maritime industry. In the run-up to this MIAB, the LifeWatch Maritime Industry Workshop was organized in January 2020.

Finetuning MolluscaBase

In the week of 3-7 February 2020, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) – host of Aphia, the online platform behind WoRMS and its many subregisters – welcomed 14 Mollusca experts for 5 days, to further expand the content of MolluscaBase.

Rare European pine marten captured by the camera trap network

The camera trap network CATREIN recently captured a European pine marten on image in Heverleebos, a forest south of the city of Leuven, Belgium.

Complete: EMODnet Biology workshop on data formatting, QC & publishing

Our (EMODnet Biology’s) first ever, completely online workshop has ended! During the past two weeks, around 50 people have dedicated their time to learning everything about formatting and quality controlling datasets for EMODnet Biology ingestion.

The tripod frame: mooring acoustic receivers on the seabed

A new design to overcome the challenges of installing acoustic receivers on the seabed.

World Oceans Day: LifeWatch contributions to the World Ocean Assessment Report

On this World Oceans Day 2020, we are happy to announce that LifeWatch is contributing to the upcoming UN World Ocean Assessment Report.

UPDATE: EMODnet Biology workshop on data formatting QC & publishing

Due to the current pandemic and the travel restrictions, the EMODnet Biology team will provide the workshop as an online event.

Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) expands its content with traits

From 25-28th November 2019, 12 thematic editors of the Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) and the Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) met in Ostend to discuss the application of trait data in the Aphia platform in the context of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic region. A mixture of terrestrial and marine expertise was represented from various countries around the world. In addition, 2 experts provided input through remote participation.