Data Centre host: Servício de Hídrografia Naval, Buenos Aires

Data management coordinator: Ariel Troisi
Information management coordinator: Gabriela SILVONI 

web: http://www.hidro.gov.ar/ceado/ceado.asp 
e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1339

National experts: OceanExpert Link

IODE

Data Centre host: Centro Nacional Patagonico (CENPAT) of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Puerto Madryn

Blvd. Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn-­Chubut, Argentina
ADU formally established: 28 April 2014
CENPAT­‐CONICET centralizes biological information about the distribution of vertebrates from the coastal areas of Argentina and the continental shelf of the South-western Atlantic Ocean. It also integrates data about the distribution of resident vertebrates which emigrate to the Southern Ocean and the Pacific. The objective is to provide to better knowledge of the Patagonian Large Marine Ecosystem, through a web-accessible tool that facilitates the analysis of species distribution patterns. At regional level CENPAT­‐CONICET is presented as a functional precursor for data base and mapping tools to build on a standardized model that can be enlarged and validated. The database services increase the academic impact generated by regional projects by sending interoperable information to national (SNDB and SNDM) and global (OBIS) databases. In IODE, CENPAT­‐CONICET will act as the Argentinian OBIS node. 
Contact:  Mirtha Lewis, Director Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ADU contact: Mirtha Lewis

web: http://www.cenpat.edu.ar/

Data Centre host: Australian Ocean Data Network, Hobart

Data management coordinator: Roger Proctor
Information management coordinator: Joanna RUXTON        

National experts: OceanExpert Link

IODE country report

Data Centre host: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Information and Data Centre, Hobart

GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
ADU formally established: 28 January 2014
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) aims to advance Australian climate, marine and earth systems science. We focus on issues affecting Australia and the world, and we provide a range of scientific and consulting services that are underpinned by this research. CMAR provides original georeferenced marine species data from its own holdings to OBIS, and coordinates and forwards additional marine species data to OBIS from other regional suppliers. It also operates a regional portal for OBIS at www.obis.org.au and assists OBIS with the maintenance and provision of tools for taxonomic data processing and cleaning including IRMNG, the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera, and Taxamatch fuzzy matching software for misspelled scientific names of organisms. It has also assisted in the design of previous generations of the OBIS portal (2004-2010) and its staff served on previous OBIS International and Technical Committees (2002-2010).

ADU contact: Dave Watts

web: http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/

Data Centre host: Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU)

The Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) is a specialized government agency focused on coastal conservation through shoreline monitoring, stabilization and enhancement. This is achieved through multidisciplinary activities inter alia: coral reef monitoring, evaluation of all coastal development applications from the Town and Country Development Planning Office (TCDPO), routine beach erosion and accretion monitoring, oceanographic monitoring, routine updating of the inventory of coastal structures, the regulation of marine research, public education on coastal management, and coastal conservation project designs and management. The organization features of three technical departments (Coastal Planning, Coastal Engineering and Marine Research) as well as a Project Execution Unit, and has an overall staff compliment of 35. The CZMU, is dedicated to advancing the knowledge, use, development, conservation and management of the coastal zone of Barbados and its resources. Currently, the CZMU is executing the Coastal Risk Assessment and Management Program (CRMP) financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and aimed at building resilience to coastal hazards through improved conservation and management of the coastal zone utilizing a risk-based approach. http://www.coastal.gov.bb 
Contact: Ramon Roach, Coastal Information Systems Manager; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data management coordinator: Ramon ROACH    

web: http://www.coastal.gov.bb/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Accredited NODC 

Est. as NODC: 2000

Accredited by IODE-XXIII

Data Centre host: Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM)

Data management coordinator: Serge SCORY 

web: http://www.mumm.ac.be/datacentre/
metadata:
data: http://bmdc.mumm.ac.be/Interface/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Flanders Marine Institute/ Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)

(also European OBIS node)

Data management coordinator: Francisco HERNANDEZ 
Information management coordinator: Heike LUST        

web: http://www.vliz.be   

Metadata: http://www.vliz.be/en/search-datasets?page&module=dataset ; http://geonetwork.vliz.be/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home
Data Publication: http://www.vliz.be/en/search-datasets?page&module=dataset
e-repository: http://www.vliz.be/en/open-marine-archive

National experts: OceanExpert Link 

Data centre host: Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (Benin Oceanographic and Fisheries Research Centre)

Data management coordinator: Cossi Georges Epiphane DEGBE
Information management coordinator: Houangninan MIDINOUDEWA/ Christian ADJE

web: http://www.nodc-benin.org/
e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/4861 

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data centre host: Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao, Divisao de Previsao Meteorologica

Data management coordinator: Elaine SILVEIRA   
Information management coordinator: Elaine SILVEIRA

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna (IO-BAS)

Data management coordinator: Atanas Palazov

web: http://www.bgodc.io-bas.bg/
data: http://www.seadatanet.org 
e-repository: http://www.ceemar.org/ceemar/handle/11099/209

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Ministry of Scientific and Innovation, Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (IRAD) Institute of Agricultural Research for Development

Data management coordinator:Jules Romain NGUEGUIM
web: http://www.nodc-cameroon.org/en/
e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/4866

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data centre host: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa

Data management coordinator: Mathieu OUELLET

web: http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada

Data management coordinator: Teresa CALVETE
Information management coordinator: Alexandra SMITH

web: http://www.shoa.cl/n_cendhoc/index.html

e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1341

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Accredited NODC,

Est: 1979

(and WDC Oceanography)

Accredited by IODE-XXIII

Data Centre host: National Marine Data and Information Service 

Data management coordinator:
Information management coordinator: Suixiang SHI

web: http://www.nmdis.gov.cn/

National experts: OceanExpert link

Data Centre host: Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Pacífico (CCCP) 

Data management coordinator: Christian BERMÚDEZ-RIVAS
web: http://www.cioh.org.co/

metadata: based on ISO-19139

data:

data pub:

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1412

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre Host: Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR)

Information management coordinator: Paula SIERRA-CORREA

web: http://www.invemar.org.co 

Data Centre host: Fundacion Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Data management coordinator: Andres Franco Herrera
Information management coordinator: n/a

web: http://www.utadeo.edu.co 

metadata: 

data:

Data centre host: Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia

Data management coordinator: Ms Jenny Paola Devia, Coordinator Information System Group
Information management coordinator: n/a

web: http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co 

metadata: http://geonetwork.parquesnacionales.gov.co/geonetwork/srv/spa/main.home 

data:

Data Centre host: Centre National de de Documentation et de Recherches Scientifiques Comoros 

Data management coordinator: Ahmed ABDOULKARIM

web: http://www.nodc-comoros.org/en/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data management coordinator: Jean MANTEKE KABAY
Information management coordinator: Bope BOPE LAPWONG

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/4857

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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Data Centre host: Centre National de Recherches Océanologiques Abidjan

Data management coordinator: Benjamin N'GUESSAN        

web: http://www.nodc-cotedivoire.org/en/

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/4848

National experts: OceanExpert Link

NODC (23/4/13)

DNA, 1996

Data Centre host: Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Croatia 

Data management coordinator: Vlado DADIC
Information management coordinator: Ingrid ČATIĆ

web: http://www.izor.hr/web/guest

data: http://www.seadatanet.org 

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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Data Centre host: Oceanography Centre 

Data management coordinator: George ZODIATIS

web: http://www.oceanography.ucy.ac.cy/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Danish Maritime Safety Administration 

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46Copenhagen V
DK-1553
Denmark
ADU formally established: 28 January 2014
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) – a global organization for enhanced ocean sustainability. ICES is a network of more than 4000 scientists from almost 300 institutes, with 1600 scientists participating in activities annually. ICES is an intergovernmental organization whose main objective is to increase the scientific knowledge of the marine environment and its living resources and to use this knowledge to provide advice to competent authorities. ICES Science and Advice considers both how human activities affect marine ecosystems and how ecosystems affect human activities. In this way, ICES ensures that best available science is accessible for decision-makers to make informed choices on the sustainable use of the marine environment and ecosystems. The ICES Data Centre manages a number of large dataset collections related to the marine environment covering the North East Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea. The majority of data originate from national institutes that are part of the ICES network of member countries. The ICES Data Centre provide marine data services to ICES member countries, expert groups, world data centres, regional sea conventions (HELCOM and OSPAR), the European Environment Agency (EEA), Eurostat and various other European projects, and biodiversity portals. Dataset collections are organised around specific thematic data portals, as well as an overarching data warehouse. The current dataset portals provided by ICES are: Biological community, Contaminants and biological effects, Eggs and Larvae, Fish predation (stomach contents), Fish trawl survey, Historical Plankton, Ocean physics and chemistry. All data managed by ICES are subject to the ICES data policy, which aims to maximize the availability of data to the marine community. http://ices.dk/explore-us/what-we-do/Pages/marine-data.aspx
Contact:  Neil Holdsworth. Head of Data and Information, ICES Secretariat. E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data Centre host: Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador 

Data management coordinator: Freddy VERGARA UQUILLAS

e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1406

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Comisión Permanente Pacifico Sur (CPPS-OBIS)
Guayaquil, Ecuador 
ADU formally established: 17 January 2017
The Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) is an intergovernmental body with international legal personality and was created by mandate of the countries through the Santiago Declaration in 1952. This Regional Maritime Organization promotes and articulates the cooperation and coordination of the maritime policies of its Member States: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. CPPS administrates two on-line information systems developed in the last five years: the Information System on Marine Biodiversity and Protected Areas SIBIMAP (www.sibimap.net) and the geoportal SPINCAM (Southeast Pacific Data and Information Network to Support the Integrated Coastal Area Management Project) (www.atlasspincam.net). One of the CPPS objectives is become a node of knowledge in the region. CPPS provides a permanent platform to integrate data from different projects and programs carried out in the region. CPPS applied for IODE/ADU membership to become an OBIS node (CPPS-OBIS).    - http://www.cpps-int.org 

Data management coordinator:: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

(NODC was established in 1971 but now inactive)

Data Centre host: National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria 

Data management coordinator: to be announced

web: http://www.nodc-egypt.org/en/

e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/999

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data management coordinator: Sammy Mahmud OMAR 

host institution FIMR split into SYKE and FMI in 2008. Decision on host for NODC has not been made.

Data management coordinator: Pekka ALENIUS
Information management coordinator:Elisa PAAVILAINEN

data:http://www.itameriportaali.fi/en/tietoa/helcom_seuranta/en_GB/bmp_data/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Accredited NODC (2017)

NODC, 1971

(accredited by IODE-XXIV)

Data Centre host: French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, IFREMER Centre de Brest

Data management coordinator: Loic PETIT DE LA VILLEON
web: http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer

data: http://sextant.ifremer.fr or http://www.seadatanet.org 

data pub: http://archimer.ifremer.fr 

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)

1, Chavchavadze Ave., 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
ADU formally established: 11 March 2014
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia (TSU) was established in 1918. The TSU successfully collaborates with Academy of Science of Georgia. Department of Geography of the  Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences and GeoDNA  (IOC/UNESCO) are strongly involved in the research and expertising on marine environmental and ecological research, meteorology, oceanography, education and raise of public awareness.  In collaboration with the international organizations university staff members and  postgraduate students are taking part in various programs and IP, such as: "Floating University", MedarMedatlas,  NATO sfp 791818 Project, the Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) Project, EU funded projects - SEA-SEARCH, ASCABOS, Black Sea Scene, SEADATANET, SESAME, PERSEUS,EMODNET, EMBLAS, BS TUARISM NET etc.
Contact: Dr., Assoc. Professor Kakhaber Bilashvili, Head of ADU Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data management coordinator: Kakhaber BILASHVILI

web: http://tsu.edu.ge/

 National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum 

Data management coordinator: Friedrich NAST

web: http://www.bsh.de/en/Marine_data/Observations/DOD_Data_Centre/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Marine Fisheries Research Division , Ghana Oceanographic Data Centre 

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator: previous information not confirmed

web: http://www.nodc-ghana.org/en/

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/125

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data centre host: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HNODC) 

Data management coordinator: Sissy IONA
Information management coordinator: Popi PANAGIOTOGLOU

web: http://hnodc.hcmr.gr/

metadata: ISO-19115; ISO-19139

data: http://mapserver.ath.hcmr.gr/pagin/v27/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (OBIS Mediterranean node)

P.O.Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
ADU formally established: 28 January 2014
The Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research is host of the Mediterranean node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (MedOBIS) since 2004. It acts as the Regional Repository of Marine Biodiversity Data and as a communication / dissemination forum for Marine Biodiversity Research in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. MedOBIS provides a common platform for the integration of efforts devoted to Marine Biodiversity in the region. The further development and sustainability of MedOBIS is guaranteed by the LifeWatchGreece infrastructure.
Contacts: Dr. Christos Arvanitidis – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Sarah Faulwetter – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

web: http://www.hcmr.gr/en/secondpage.php?id=40

Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry-Rogbanè 

Data management coordinator: Mr Kandé Bangoura

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data management coordinator: -
Information management coordinator: Olafur S. ASTTHORSSON

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

Data management coordinator:  Kári Fannar Lárusson
Information management coordinator: n/a

web: http://www.caff.is 

data: http://www.abds.is

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service 

Data management coordinator: Pattabhi Rama Rao ELURI

web: http://www.incois.gov.in/

data: http://odis.incois.gov.in/

e-repository: http://drs.nio.org/drs/index.jsp

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Agency for Geospatial Information

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
web: http://big.go.id 

National experts: OceanExpert link

Accredited NODC
(2017)

NODC, 1995

(accredited by IODE-XXIV)

Data centre Host: Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO) (OBIS node for the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman)

Data management coordinator: Nasser HADJIZADEH ZAKER
Information management coordinator: n/a

web:http://www.inio.ac.ir/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

ADU

(2015)

Data Centre host: Marine Science Centre, UNiversity of Basrah

Data management coordinator: Dr Ali Abdul Zahra Douabul / Abdulzahra ALHELLO
Information management coordinator:Abdulzahra ALHELLO

Data Centre host: Marine Institute

Data management coordinator: Eoin O'GRADY

web:http://www.marine.ie/home/publicationsdata/data/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Israel Marine Data Center (ISRAMAR)
Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa 

Data management coordinator: Isaac GERTMAN

web: http://isramar.ocean.org.il/isramar2009/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale Trieste 

Data management coordinator: Renzo MOSETTI

web: http://nodc.ogs.trieste.it/nodc/homepage

data pub: http://www.nodc.it/doi/doi.html

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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Data Centre host: Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC)

Data management coordinator: Tetsuichiro YABUKI 

web: http://www.jodc.go.jp/

data: http://www.jodc.go.jp/service.htm

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) (OBIS Japan node)

ADU contact: Tohru Iseto

web: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/

Data Centre host: RSE "Kazhydromet" of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of Kazakhstan 

Data management coordinator: Natalya IVKINA
Information management coordinator: n/a

web: http://www.kazhydromet.kz/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquater & Mombasa Station 

Data management coordinator: Harrison ONGANDA
Information management coordinator: Elijah MOKAYA

web:http://www.nodc-kenya.org/en/

ODINAFRICA regional Ocean Data Portal: http://portal.odp.odinafrica.co.ke/portal/  

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/89 or http://41.215.122.106/dspace/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

NODC, 1974

(accredited by IODE Officers, 23/8/2017)

Data Centre host: Korea Oceanographic Data Centre 

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator: previous information not confirmed

web:http://www.nfrda.re.kr/page?id=en_index

National experts: OceanExpert Link

23/8/2017

Data centre host: Institut Halieutique et de Sciences Marines

Data management coordinator: John BEMIASA
Information management coordinator: Tsarahevitra JARISOA

web:http://www.nodc.madagascar.org

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1007

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, National Oceanography Directorate 

Data management coordinator:Zaharuddin MOHD MAIDEEN

Information management coordinator: Shahruddin YUSOF

w eb: http://www.mynodc.gov.my/

data: http://sdi.mynodc.gov.my/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS)
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

21030 Kuala Terengganu Terengganu, MALAYSIA
ADU formally established: 20 June 2014
The Institute of Oceanography and Environment is one of the oldest oceanography centres in Malaysia. In 2001 INOS was accorded official status by the Malaysian Government after recommendation by the IOC of UNESCO. In 2012 it was recogbnzied as the sole Higher Institution Center of Excellence (HiCoE) in the field of Marine Science by the Malaysian Government. The institute has established a central database to ensure all datasets collected are archived. Data collections include physical, biological, chemical and remote sensing data.
Contact: Assoc. Prof Dr Aidy @ Mohamed Shawal M Mulsim - email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data management coordinator:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aidy @ Mohamed Shawal Bin M Muslim
Information management coordinator: n/a

Data centre host: Institut Mauritanien de Recherche Océanographique et des Pêches 

Data management coordinator: Bambaye OULD HAMADY
Information management coordinator: Assane FALL

web http://www.nodc-mauritania.org/en/

e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/130

National experts: OceanExpert Link

[currently no contacts]

Data management coordinator: n/a
Information management coordinator: n/a

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1018

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas (UABC) 

Data management coordinator: Carlos TORRES

web: http://cendo.ens.uabc.mx 

National experts: OceanExpert Link

QMS: -

Data Centre host: Instituto Nacional de Hidrografia e Navegaïçao / National Institute for Hydrography and Navigation

Data management coordinator: Clousa MAUEUA
Information management coordinator:  previous information not confirmed

web:http://www.nodc-mozambique.org 

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/133

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research 

Data management coordinator: Taco DE BRUIN

web: http://www.nodc.nl/ or http://www.nioz.nl/dmg

data: http://www.seadatanet.org 

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data management coordinator: Kevin MACKAY

Information management coordinator: Kevin MACKAY

Data Centre host: Nigerian Insitute for Oceanography and Marine Research 

Data management coordinator: Regina FOLORUNSHO / James MMUOMAIHE
Information management coordinator: n/a

web: http://www.nodc-nigeria.org/en/

metadata: http://geonetwork.iode.org (ISO-19139)

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1024

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Institute of Marine Research, Bergen 

Data management coordinator: Helge SAGEN
web: http://www.imr.no/en

National experts: OceanExpert Link

 no information received

Data Centre host: Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación Peru 

Data management coordinator: Gerardo MACEDO
Information management coordinator: Myriam TAMAYO INFANTES

web: https://www.dhn.mil.pe

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/4876

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) (OBIS Southeast Asia node)

3/F ERDB Building, UPLB Forestry Campus, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
ADU formally established: 28 January 2014
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity was established to facilitate cooperation and coordination among the members of the ASEAN, and with relevant national governments, regional and international organizations, on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of such biodiversity in the ASEAN Region. The Biodiversity Information Management Unit of ACB provides technical support in establishing and maintaining a repository of information relevant to biodiversity conservation in the ASEAN Region. ACB will become the South-East Asia node of IODE's Ocean Biogeographic Information System (SEA-OBIS).
Contact: Christian B. Elloran. Database Specialist, Biodiversity Information Management - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

web: http://www.aseanbiodiversity.org/
or  http://chm.aseanbiodiversity.org

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(NODC, 1986 - no longer operational)

???

Data management coordinator: n/a
Information management coordinator: n/a

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” 

Data management coordinator: Viorel MALCIU (retiring end 2016)
Information management coordinator:Luminita BUGA

web: www.nodc.ro

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data centre host: All-Russian Research Institute Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Center, ObninskAll-Russian Research Institute Hydrometeorological Information - World Data Center, Obninsk

web: http://www.meteo.ru

Russian national oceanographic data center: http://nodc.meteo.ru/nodc/index.php?lang=en

Data management coordinator: Nikolai MIKHAILOV
Information management coordinator: Irina KRASENKOVA

metadata: http://esimo.net/meta/

data: http://esimo.ru/dataview/viewresource?resourceId=RU_RIHMI-WDC_2359

e-repository: http://www.ceemar.org/ceemar/handle/11099/15

data centre staff: Link 

 National experts: OceanExpert Link

 no information received

Data centre host: Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar Thiaroye (OBIS Senegal node)

Data management coordinator: Anis DIALLO
Information management coordinator: Arame KEITA

web: http://www.nodc-senegal.org/index.php/en/

metadata: http://geonetwork.iode.org 

e-repository: http://oceandocs.org/handle/1834/96

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Seychelles Fishing Authority

Data management coordinator: Calvin Gerry
Information management coordinator: Denise Mathiot

web: http://www.nodc-seychelles.org/en/

e-repository:http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/135

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: National Institute of Biology, Marine Biological station, Piran

Data management coordinator: Vlado MALACIC / Branko CERMELJ 

web: http://www.mbss.org/portal/index.php

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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(NODC was established in 1977. current status not known.)

 Department of Water & Environmental Affairs

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch(African OBIS node)

Data management coordinator:previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator:

 National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid

Data management coordinator: Elena TEL

web: http://indamar.ieo.es

data: http://indamar.ieo.es / http://www.seadatanet.org 

data pub:  http://www.ieo.es/publi_elect.html

National expert: OceanExpert Link

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(NODC established in 1996, no longer operational)

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Data Centre host: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Data management coordinator:Katarina Lotta FYRBERG

web: http://www.smhi.se/en

data: http://www.smhi.se/k-data/marine_environmental_data.html

National experts: OceanExpert Link

NODC, 2002

DNA, 1996

Data Centre host: University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences 

Data management coordinator: Desiderius MASALU
Information management coordinator:

web: http://www.nodc-tanzania.org/en/

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/93

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data Centre host: Université de Lomé, Centre De Gestion Integrée du Littoral et de Environnement

Data management coordinator: Adoté Blim BLIVI
Information management coordinator: Dometo KOKOE KOUEVI 

web: http://www.nodc-togo.org/

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/1036

National experts: OceanExpert Link

 Data management coordinator: Paul NELSON

Data Centre host: Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salambo

Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Monastir

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator: Saida MESSAOUDI

web: http://www.nodc-tunisia.org/en/

e-repository: http://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/137
link

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Data centre host: Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography

Data management coordinator: Murat ELGE
Information management coordinator: Murat ELGE

web: http://www.shodb.gov.tr/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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(NODC  was established 17/4/13, closed

(was DNA, est 1993)

Data Centre host: Data Centre host: National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Marine Hydrophysical Institute

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed

closed

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(NODC was established in 2008, closed)

Data Centre host: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, O. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Black Sea OBIS node)

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator: previous information not confirmed

closed

14/7/17

Ukrainian Scientific Centre of the Sea (UkrSCES)

Data management coordinator: Richard LIsovskyi

web: http://sea.gov.ua 

metadata:

data:

data pub:

e-repository:

16/07/14

NODC, 1968

(accredited by IODE Officers, 23/8/2017)

Data Centre Host: National Oceanography Centre

Data management coordinator: Lesley RICKARDS

web: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/

metadata: We hold metadata in an Oracle relational schema and then serve it as XML and XHTML documents conforming to a range of standards that include ISO19139, ISO19115 profiles and a custom design.

National experts: OceanExpert Link

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Data management coordinator: Hernan Garcia
Information management coordinator: Linda PIKULA

web: http://nodc.noaa.gov

data: Global Ocean Currents Database (http://wwwnodc.noaa.gov/gocd) 

data pub: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/

National experts: OceanExpert Link

Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)

BCO-DMO established in 2006

The BCO-DMO was created in late 2006, by combining the formerly independent data management offices for the U.S. GLOBal Ocean ECosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) and U.S. Joint Global Ocean flux Study (JGOFS) programs. BCO-DMO staff members work with investigators to serve data from research projects funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Directorate (GEO) Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections and Polar Programs (PLR) Antarctic Sciences Organisms & Ecosystems Program (ANT). Since 2006, researchers have been contributing new data to the BCO-DMO data system. As the data from new research efforts have been added to the data previously shared by U.S. GLOBEC and U.S. JGOFS researchers, the BCO-DMO system has developed into a rich repository of data from ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes research programs. All data managed by BCO-DMO are archived at the appropriate National Data Archive, including NODC, OBIS, and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC).
Contacts: Cynthia L. Chandler (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); Robert C. Groman This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
Information management coordinator: previous information not confirmed

web: http://www.bco-dmo.org/

metadata: http://www.bco-dmo.org/

data: http://www.bco-dmo.org/data

data pub: https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/handle/1912/4135/discover

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS hosts the USA national node of OBIS

Data management coordinator: Dr Sky Bristol

Data: http://www1.usgs.gov/csas/obis-usa/

OBIS Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS-SEAMAP)

The Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS-SEAMAP) is the biggest global biogeographic data center for marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles and has been successfully building and enhancing biogeographic database services and online mapping and visualization services for more than a decade. OBIS-SEAMAP, hosted at the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, has been an active participant to the international OBIS network, contributing significant amount of data to the OBIS database and developing its online mapping application. The Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab has strong relationships to US federal agencies (e.g. the Navy, NOAA, BOEM, NASA) and marine labs as well as international conservation organizations. OBIS-SEAMAP is unique in that it is actively expanding its capability to archive and disseminate non-traditional data types such as telemetry tracking, photo- identification, survey effort, ecological models, and passive acoustic monitoring. It is also one of the major data contributors to OBIS-USA.    - http://seamap.env.duke.edu -

Data management coordinator: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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(NODC established in  1986 (inactive)

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(NODC established in 1985 (inactive))

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Institute of Technology and Marine Sciences (INTECMAR) Universidad Simón Bolívar (OBIS node for Caribbean region)

AP 89000 Caracas 1080, Venezuela
ADU formally established: 25 March 2014
The Institute of Technology and Marine Sciences (INTECMAR) of the Universidad Simón Bolívar was establish in 1970 with the goal to formulate and execute basic and applied research in marine sciences with the participation of multi-disciplinary teams, and to provide answers to scientific and societal questions in the Venezuelan marine spaces. INTECMAR has been responsible for many national and regional programs for the monitoring of marines ecosystems. Also, the Institute has conducted many environmental studies in Venezuelan marine waters for the decision makers in the public and private sector. In IODE, INTECMAR will be the Caribbean node of OBIS. 
Contact:  Eduardo Klein. Associate Professor Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang

Data management coordinator: previous information not confirmed
National experts: OceanExpert Link