Norway

Statistics

Occurrence records 4,332,260
Species level 3,607,219
Species 6,062
Taxa 8,736
Datasets 292
Time range 1753 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 4,632
No WoRMS match 15,547
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 20,445
No accepted name available 18,711

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,364,124 548,199
eventDate 323,029 0
maximumDepthInMeters 964,974 20
minimumDepthInMeters 1,379,802 66
occurrenceStatus 26,585 0
scientificName 89 0
scientificNameID 37,298 8,482

Spatial issues

Records on land 204,291
More than 20 km from shore 3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 42,125

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV
Published 2023-08-09
2,163,138
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2023-03-09
488,863
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023
Published 2024-09-09
384,490
SEAPOP NINA
Published 2025-03-20
278,326
NTNU River Nidelva Project
Published 2024-11-06
142,212
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
119,652
IMR Zooplankton Norwegian Sea
Published 2025-03-20
58,057
MAREANO - Base-line mapping of fauna obtained with grab
Published 2024-09-09
57,219
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
54,725
Offshore reference stations, Norwegian/Barents Sea
Published 2025-03-20
45,446

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
143,064
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
125,197
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
83,705
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
78,372
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
70,167
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
64,055
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
53,493
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
47,537
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
42,909
Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
41,325

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
7 2023
Wirenia argentea Odhner, 1920
Phylum Mollusca > Class Solenogastres
1 2023
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2023
Rhabdomolgus ruber Keferstein, 1862
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
10 2021
Nemertesia fraseri Ramil & Vervoort, 1992
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
4 2021
Claviramus oculatus (Langerhans, 1884)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
43 2021
Draculamya porobranchiata P. G. Oliver & Lützen, 2011
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
7 2021
Eumetula brattegardi Høisæter, 2015
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
4 2021
Euchone anceps Giangrande, Wasson, Lezzi & Licciano, 2017
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
4 2021
Laona confusa (Ohnheiser & Malaquias, 2013)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
4 2021

Data providers

Name Records
DNV 2,163,138
GBIF Norway 2,163,138
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 1,039,011
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 673,761
Institute of Marine Research 636,295
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 278,326
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 144,781
Ocean Tracking Network 142,212
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 142,212
Ocean Tracking Network 142,212