Norway: all

Statistics

Occurrence records 4,384,343
Species level 3,655,423
Species 6,556
Taxa 9,332
Datasets 334
Time range 1753 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 4,644
No WoRMS match 16,814
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 20,523
No accepted name available 19,048

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 3,415,665 548,361
eventDate 324,469 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,010,818 40
minimumDepthInMeters 1,415,226 89
occurrenceStatus 57,688 0
scientificName 119 0
scientificNameID 38,309 9,226

Spatial issues

Records on land 206,751
More than 20 km from shore 3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 42,519

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
386,336
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
120,143
IMR Zooplankton Norwegian Sea
Published 2025-03-20
59,068
MAREANO - Base-line mapping of fauna obtained with grab
Published 2024-09-09
57,219
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
55,439
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
125,218
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
83,777
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
78,372
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
70,229
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
64,369
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
53,493
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
48,106
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
42,912
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 1,051,755
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 674,551
Institute of Marine Research 640,594
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 278,326
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 145,412
Ocean Tracking Network 142,212
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 142,212
Ocean Tracking Network 142,212