Kate Larkin

The European Marine Observation and Data Network is the EC marine in situ data service of DG MARE. EMODnet is a public service providing free and open access to pan-European high resolution data layers and data products on key ocean environmental parameters and human activities at sea.

EMODnet experts from over 120 organisations source, assemble, harmonise and standardize data from Europe’s in situ ocean observation capability to provide pan European data, metadata and data layers that are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) according to European e.g., INSPIRE, and International e.g., ISO standards, also offering data and web services according to OGC standards and more.

The EMODnet Portal is a unified service offering multidisciplinary marine data and information from a common map viewer and central metadata catalogue, making EMODnet data interoperable across the full offer, also enabling EMODnet to be harvested by other services including global ocean data initiatives e.g., Ocean Data Information System (ODIS) and the Group on Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). EMODnet has a large and diverse user-base including policy and public administration, research and academia, the private sector and society to support EU policy (Maritime Spatial Planning, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, EU Green Deal), European research and innovation projects and the European Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters, the Blue Economy, conservation, management and more.

EMODnet works in close partnership with the Copernicus Marine Service to provide complementary marine data services for Europe and beyond, and in the EDITO infrastructure project developing the marine data infrastructure backbone to the European Digital Twin Ocean (DTO).