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Species distribution WMS

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Contains generalized distribution maps for fish, marine mammals and other marine species in Norwegian waters.

The maps are divided into thematic layers for the different species. Examples of thematic layers are distribution areas, spawning areas, moulting areas and harvesting areas. A validity area has been defined for most species distribution maps, as part of the dataset.



Access links and download links are also available from kart.hi.no/datasett.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2016-06-02
Date (Publication)
2016-06-02
Date (Revision)
2025-12-15
Purpose

The species distribution maps show the distribution of the various marine species.

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Havforskningsinstituttet

datahjelp@hi.no

datahjelp@hi.no

Publisher

Havforskningsinstituttet

datahjelp@hi.no

datahjelp@hi.no

Owner
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and biotopes

Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er
  • Inspire

  • Norway Digital

Nasjonal tematisk inndeling (DOK-kategori)
  • Kyst og fiskeri

  • Natur

Place
  • Fjorder og kystnære havområder langs norskekysten

  • Barentshavet

  • Norskehavet

  • Nordsjøen

  • Skagerrak

Theme
  • Fisk

  • utbredelse

  • skalldyr

  • stortare

  • artsutbredelse

  • art

  • sjøpattedyr

  • torsks

  • sei

  • hyse

  • nise

  • spekkhogger

  • raudåte

  • øyepål

  • tobis

  • makrell

  • Breiflabb

  • makrellstørje

  • vågehval

  • narhval

  • havert

  • steinkobbe

  • storkobbe

  • leppefisk

  • uer

  • pigghå

  • hågjel

  • brosme

  • lange

  • hvitting

  • lyr

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services

  • infoMapAccessService
Spatial scope
  • National
Specific usage

The dataset can be used for research, management or as general information.

User contact info
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
Owner
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Åpne data
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Norsk lisens for offentlige data (NLOD)
Classification
Unclassified
Service Type
view
N
S
E
W
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Coupling Type
Tight

Contains Operations

No information provided.
Operates On
  • Artsutbredelse Fisk
  • 7c36da6f-3bb3-49cc-8968-5d246ee9eb46
  • Artsutbredelse Sjøpattedyr
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
Distribution format
Name Version

OGC:WMS

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

https://kart.hi.no/data/utbredelseskart/wms/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
Hierarchy level
Service
Other

service

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Title

inspire

Date
Pass
No

Conformance result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Title

inspire-networkservice

Date
Explanation

This data set is not evaluated conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for Network Services

Statement

The dataset consists of polygons representing areas where the species' distribution has been defined by the species' responsible researcher at the Institute of Marine Research. It is an expert assessment based on data from the last 30 years.

Metadata

File identifier
f2231766-e5f2-4076-b7f8-b45a02bf7221 XML
Metadata language
Norwegian
Hierarchy level
Service
Hierarchy level name

service

Date stamp
2025-12-15
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Havforskningsinstituttet

Marte L. Strømme

marte.stromme@hi.no

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
English
UTF8
 
 

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Keywords

Breiflabb Fisk art artsutbredelse brosme havert hvitting hyse hågjel lange leppefisk lyr makrell makrellstørje narhval nise pigghå raudåte sei sjøpattedyr skalldyr spekkhogger steinkobbe storkobbe stortare tobis torsks uer utbredelse vågehval øyepål


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