Date Description
Monday, May 14, 2012 Ward Appeltans joins UNESCO-IOC to manage OBIS
Friday, May 11, 2012 New data loaded, 11 May 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 New data on OBIS
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 New web site for OBIS USA
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 New data load, January 2012
Saturday, December 10, 2011 First meeting of the Steering Group for OBIS
Friday, November 18, 2011 OBIS collaborates in EU Project iMarine
Monday, October 17, 2011 OBIS runs on VLIZ servers
Sunday, October 16, 2011 New data load, 16 October 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011 OBIS at WCMB
Census of Marine LifeIODE&IOC Universidad Simón BolívarRutgers

OBIS strives to document the ocean's diversity, distribution and abundance of life. Created by the Census of Marine Life, OBIS is now part of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, under its International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme