Norwegian Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,991,479
Species level 1,609,623
Species 4,287
Taxa 6,547
Datasets 211
Time range 1753 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2,200
No WoRMS match 12,506
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 7,137
No accepted name available 9,735

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,699,548 127,340
eventDate 131,855 0
maximumDepthInMeters 455,327 40
minimumDepthInMeters 487,957 50
occurrenceStatus 5,536 0
scientificName 32 0
scientificNameID 22,521 5,827

Spatial issues

Records on land 4,494
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 16,140

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Environmental Monitoring database (MOD) DNV
Published 2023-08-09
1,127,306
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023
Published 2024-09-09
154,433
SEAPOP NINA
Published 2025-03-20
115,606
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2023-03-09
88,613
IMR Zooplankton Norwegian Sea
Published 2025-03-20
57,635
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
52,302
MAREANO - Base-line mapping of fauna obtained with grab
Published 2024-09-09
41,455
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
41,454
NTNU River Nidelva Project
Published 2024-11-06
38,221
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database
Published 2021-04-24
36,306

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
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
54,765
Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
38,301
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
25,300
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
20,052
Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
18,046
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
18,007
Nemertea
Phylum Nemertea
17,853
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
17,418
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
17,255
Paramphinome jeffreysii (McIntosh, 1868)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
17,050

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2024
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
15 2022
Lycodes luetkenii Collett, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Zaphotias pedaliotus (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Siboglinum fiordicum Webb, 1963
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
102 2021
Propebela rugulata (Reeve, 1846)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
8 2021
Claviramus oculatus (Langerhans, 1884)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
43 2021
Draculamya porobranchiata P. G. Oliver & Lützen, 2011
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
7 2021

Data providers

Name Records
DNV 1,127,306
GBIF Norway 1,127,306
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 346,333
Institute of Marine Research 329,985
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 166,167
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 115,606
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56,810
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 52,302
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 52,302
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 52,302