Appendix 1. Detailed overview of Norwegian inventories State of National Inventories Inventory name themes, temporal) Do the cover Arctic projects or Other? Is the information in the inventories openly accessible? If yes, is the information accessible to an automated harvesting process? Contact information, including URL The Marine Data Centre The Marine Data Centre (NMD) at the Institute of Marine Research was as a national data centre Yes, it covers all marine and also within Arctic. NMD is still under development and not operatible yet
dedicated to the and long-term storage of marine and fisheries data and of data products NMD will be built up to become an service and study for of marine data and data of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (MOSJ) MOSJ is an system and part of the in Norway. An important Yes, it is relevant to a broad range of Arctic projects and A thorough scientific understanding of the state of the environment in the MOSJ area requires that we monitor far more than what may at the moment seem most relevant for decision making. This takes place in thematic monitoring programmes performed by, for instance: •The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) •The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) •The National Institute for Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) •The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET) •The Norwegian Institute of Marine
function is to provide a basis for seeing whether the political targets set for the of the in the North are being attained. Research (IMR) MOSJ obtains relevant information from these programmes on land, in the air and in the sea SEAPOP SEAPOP (SEAbird is a long-term and mapping for seabirds that was in 2005. The covers seabird in Norway, Yes, to the CAFF CBird SEAPOP central database is, and is intended to remain, the primary source of reliable and quantitative information Norwegian seabirds. By managing all relevant data in a common base, we will ensure that you are using at any time have access to the best and most up to date, quality assured data. To prevent misinterpretation and use of data is therefore not permitted to download datasets and results database for dissemination and / or long-term storage in other databases, or disclose such data and results to another party, without prior written approval from the relevant data owners and licensees. program
Research in Svalbard The Research in Svalbard database (RiS) contains about research and projects in Svalbard and waters Yes, it covers the Treathy area of that is fully within the Arctic Research in Svalbard (RiS) is a database for registration of all kinds of science projects in Svalbard, including information about participating scientists and institutions, publications and data collected (metadata). The user-friendly portal offers open access to all relevant information in one place. It is a valuable tool for coordination and cooperation for those carrying out research in Svalbard and a place to search for information about activity in the field The joint Barents Sea Survey. Annual update of the physical, chemical lower and higher trophic levels and pollution in the Barents Ses Yes, it is relevant to a broad range of Arctic projects and and in A annual joint Norwegian-Russian status report are published on the net each year here: Data are available here: Yes, possible to download.
as cod and redfish. WGINOR (ICES GROUP) Covers integrated of Sea It covers all the functional pelagic groups and presents an annual status report for the Yes it covers the entire Sea the Arctic Yes the report is available at ICES homepage No - only as pdf report