A Cefas product was recently republished by EMODnet #Biology. The Modelled projections of habitat for commercial fish around North-Western Europe under climate change, 2020 to 2060 is available as webservices and the CP viewer. More info in tinyurl.com/yy7u349x EU Maritime & Fish

New Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ LifeWatch VLIZ paper: Temperature-induced copepod depletion and the associated wax of Bellerochea in Belgian coastal waters sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Biologist Leen Vandepitte talks in @time about the Ocean Census, the search for 100,000 new species in the sea, the importance of taxonomy, and WoRMS WoRMS, the encyclopedia of marine species managed by LifeWatch VLIZ .

#NewDataset Manx Basking Shark Watch 2017-2018 > 3 occurrences with #SatelliteTracking > #CetorhinusMaximus available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS

Apia - Global Cyperaceae "Sedges" Database now online marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… LifeWatch VLIZ TETTRIs

Through the #iSedge project, the Cyperaceae now have their dedicated online portal on the Aphia platform. Read the news post here 👇 marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… cyperaceae.org Pedro Jiménez Mejías Dr Isabel Larridon International Sedge Society TETTRIs

#UpdateDataset SHARK - National and regional marine environmental monitoring of Picoplankton in Sweden since 2002 > 3K+ occurrences from #Sweden > #Cyanobacteria #Euryarchaeota - Abundance available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS SMHI

#UpdateDataset Finnish Baltic Sea benthic monitoring > 124 372 occurrences from #Finland > #Bryozoa #Cnidaria #Platyhelminthes #Foraminifera and more - Abundance, Dry weight, Wet weight available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

New Steering Commitee (SC) members: nicole de voogd & Sancia van der Meij. Thanks to rotating out members: Rüdiger Bieler & Nicolas Bailly for all the time and efforts you have invested in WoRMS, it was a pleasure to work with you! LifeWatch VLIZ UN Ocean Decade marinespecies.org/about.php#gove…

#UpdateDataset Finnish Baltic Sea zooplankton monitoring > 50K+ occurrences from #Finland > #Annelida #Bryozoa #Mollusca #Rotifera #Ctenophora #Arthropoda and more - Abundance, Wet weight available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

The EMODnet #Biology report of the workshop with the Regional Sea Conventions is published and available through the EMODnet website. You can also access it via the link tinyurl.com/yrh2fwrx Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EU Maritime & Fish EU Environment HELCOM - the Helsinki Commission OSPAR Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) Black Sea Commission

Ocean Census' search for 100,000 new species will boost WoRMS! 👉lifewatch.be/news/ocean-cen… Ocean Census LifeWatch VLIZ WoRMS UN Ocean Decade #LifeWatch

#UpdateDataset Permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea > 327 143 occurrences from #Belgium > #PhocoenaPhocoena - Sampling instrument available via tinyurl.com/EMODnetID5531 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS LifeWatch VLIZ

#TDWG2024 has started! 🤩 Sneak peek at what is coming in our presentation at the @TDWG - SPNHC conference! 👀

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde visited Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ as part of the United Nations Agenda 2030. She informs about the increasing negative effects of climate change on seawater. Observing the plankton sampled by #LifeWatch was one of her activities. Belgian Royal Palace UN Ocean Decade

Just published: WoRMS through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS doi.org/10.1007/s10750… by DiscoveryCollections Jan Mees and more... #marinespecies

📣Save the date!!📣 Join us for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, from 17-20 November 2026 in Bruges, Belgium. wcmb2026.org Sign up for our newsletter if you want to stay up to date: wcmb2026.org/newsletter Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ UN Ocean Decade

#NewDataset North Cyprus 2017 > 98 occurrences from #Cyprus with #SatelliteTracking > #Cheloniidae available via tinyurl.com/EMODnetID8274 Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ EMODnet #Biology OBIS SEATURTLE.ORG Duke MGEL

Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies LifeWatch VLIZ UN Ocean Decade

Can you see what EurOBIS achieved in 20 years? 😮 👉Read all about their super-harvest lifewatch.be/news/eurobis-c… LifeWatch VLIZ Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ OBIS EMODnet