The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

Data Access

Data availability: ICES has some of the largest databases in the world on fisheries, oceanography and the marine environment including biological and chemical contaminant data. Some of the physical oceanographic data and gridded data and other products can be ordered for download. Much ICES data has been passed to the World Data Centre, Oceanography for the global archive.

ICES attempts to have a flexible policy with regard to access to its oceanographic databank to promote good science, and the ideals of IOC's International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Program. However access to ICES Fish Stock Assessment or Environmental databanks is generally restricted to ICES Working Groups. Users can approach ICES to discuss access to other types of data. See the ICES data policy for more detail.

ICES Program Overview

***March 9, 2009***

Access the Databases

ICES operates the following databases:

• Integrated Inventory
• Oceanographic Data
• Environment Data
• Catch Statistics (STATLANT Database)
• DAtabase TRawl Survey (DATRAS)
• Stock Assessment Summary/Standard Graph Database
• ICES-FishMap (online atlas)

Available Data Products

Various gridded products are available for oceanography data. Visit the database and services page for details.

Most codes used by ICES are stored in one database which can be access ed through the web. The database can be found under References Codes.

ICES uses the Interagency Taxonomic Information System maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for exchange of species information. To find species codes or names either go to ICES' own web page

Other

• Chart of ICES member and affiliate countries.
• Fisheries Assessment Software
• Overview of Data Submissions