Visualising EU fisheries agreements with Maritime Boundaries for the European Parliament
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Visualising EU fisheries agreements with Maritime Boundaries for the European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament are being brought up to speed on upcoming votes with background materials prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS). In recent EPRS publications concerning EU fisheries agreements, MarineRegion’s Maritime Boundaries are being used to visualise...

Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper
Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper

Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper

In follow-up of the 10th anniversary paper on WoRMS, the Data Management Team is proud to present a paper celebrating the 15th anniversary of WoRMS: "The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the Data Management Team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS".
Ocean Census' search for 100,000 new species will boost WoRMS
Ocean Census

Ocean Census' search for 100,000 new species will boost WoRMS

A new Ocean Census plans major expeditions in all corners of the ocean over the next 10 years, aiming to discover 100,000 new species.  In time, the new species will also boost the World Marine Species Register (WoRMS).
WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023
WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023

WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023

As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day on March 19th!
New release of the Bio-Oracle dataset v3
New release of the Bio-Oracle dataset v3

New release of the Bio-Oracle dataset v3

Bio-Oracle provides environmental data of the world ocean for present and future climate change scenarios. These data are mainly used by Lifewatch users to link biodiversity occurrence data to environmental conditions and predict the future distribution of marine species. The new version offers increased spatial and temporal resolution.