SEA-SEARCH = Partners

The Sea Search partnership brings together a unique group of 33 institutes/centres from 30 different European coastal states, that are highly skilled in management and added-value services on a wide range of oceanographic and marine data and information. The range of data disciplines includes physical oceanography, marine biology, marine chemistry, and hydrography. Moreover each of these centres are operating in their country as national data centre or focal point for oceanographic and marine data & information. As such they are central nodes in their countries with links to other organisations, active in marine research and marine environmental management, thus monitoring and overseeing national marine research activities and marine data flows. The majority of the partners are also participating in the global IOC-IODE system of national oceanographic data centres.

The partners are involved in many marine research projects on a national and international level, including a large number of European Commission projects. In most cases the role of the partners is to give support or coordinate the oceanographic data management in these projects. By these activities the partners have developed specialist skills, trained staff and developed infrastructure (software, hardware, networks) for the full cycle of data & information management, i.e. data monitoring, tracking, quality controlling, processing, archiving, making added-value products, data-analysis, maintaining meta-databases and databases, support services and dissemination / data distribution services.

Within the Sea-Search project (2002 – 2005) the partners have established and populated an array of Pan-European directories and overviews of ocean and marine data & information resources from 30 coastal states bordering European seas . Maintenance and further expansion of these services is secured within the SeaDataNet project (2006 – 2010), that will succeed Sea-Search beginning 2006.

Partners

Countries:


	Belgium		Latvia
	Bulgaria		Lithuania
	Croatia		Malta
	Cyprus		Morocco
	Denmark		The Netherlands
	Estonia		Norway
	Finland		Poland
	France		Portugal
	Georgia		Romania
	Germany		Russia
	Greece		Spain
	Iceland		Sweden
	Ireland		Turkey
	Israel		Ukraine
	Italy		United Kingdom

Belgium

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences – Management Unit of the Mathematical Models of the North Sea (RBINS-MUMM)
Karien De Cauwer
Gulledelle 100
1200 Brussels
Belgium
tel: +32 (0) 2 7732111
fax: +32 (0) 2 7706972
E-mail: k.decauwer@mumm.ac.be
Website: http://www.mumm.ac.be

Bulgaria

Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy of Science (IO-BAS)
Snejana Moncheva
Institute of Oceanology-BAS
P.O. Box 152
9000 Varna
Bulgaria
tel: +359 52 370485
fax: +359 52 370485
E-mail: snejm@mail.varna.techno-link.com
Website: http://www.io-bas.bg

Croatia

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IORS)
Vlado Dadic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Mestrovicevo Setaliste 63
21000 Split
Croatia
tel: +385 21 358688
fax: +385 21 358650
E-mail: dadic@izor.hr
Website: http://www.izor.hr

Cyprus

Oceanography Centre, University of Cyprus
George Zodiatis
P.O. Box 20537
1678 Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel:+357 22892681
Fax:+357 22892679
E-mail: gzodiac@ucy.ac.cy
Website: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/cyocean

Denmark

National Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Jacob Carstensen
NERI
399 Frederiksborgvej
P.O. Box 358
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
tel: +45 4630 1345
fax: +45 4630 1114
E-mail: jac@dmu.dk
Website: http://www.dmu.dk/forside_en.asp

Estonia

Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn Technical University
Madis-Jaak Lilover
Akadeemia tee 21
12618 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Ph: +372 6204304
Fax: +372 6204301
E-mail: madis@phys.sea.ee
Website: http://www.msi.ttu.ee

Finland

Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR)
Riitta Olsonen
Erik Palmenin aukio 1
FI-00560
Helsinki
Finland
tel: +358 9 61394523
fax: +358 9 613941
E-mail: riitta@fimr.fi
Website: http://www2.fimr.fi

France

Systemes d'Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer (IFREMER-SISMER)
Catherine Maillard
P.O. Box 70
29280 Plouzane Cedex
France
tel: +33 2 98224279
fax: +33 2 98224644
E-mail: catherine.maillard@ifremer.fr
Website: http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/

Georgia

Oceanological Research Centre and DNA (TSU-UORC)
Kahkaber Bilashvili
Tbilisi State University
1, I. Chavchavadze Av.
380028 Tbilisi
Georgia
tel: +995 32 232293, 253222
fax: +995 32 232293
E-mail: wocean@iberiapac.ge
Website: www.tsu.ge or www.oceandna.ge

Germany

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency - National Oceanographic Datacentre of Germany (DOD)
Friedrich Nast
P.O. Box 301220
D-20305 Hamburg
Germany
tel: +49 40 31903420
fax: +49 40 31905000
E-mail: friedrich.nast@bsh.d400.de
Website: http://www.bsh.de/en/Marine%20data/Observations/DOD%20Data%20Centre/index.jsp

Greece

Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HNODC-NCMR)
Dr Efstathios Balopoulos
National Centre for Marine Research
Institute of Oceanography
P.O. box 712
190 13 ANAVYSSOS,
Greece
tel: +30 22910 76367
fax: +30 22910 76323
E-mail: efstathios.balopoulos@hnodc.ncmr.gr
Website: http://www.ncmr.gr or: http://hnodc.ncmr.gr

Iceland

Marine Research Institute (MRI)
Hedinn Valdimarsson
Skulagata 4
101 REYKJAVIK
Iceland
Tel: +354 5520240
Fax: +354 5623790
e-mail: hv@hafro.is
Website: http://www.hafro.is

Ireland

Marine Institute
Eoin O'Grady
Rinville
Oranmore
Co. Galway
Ireland
tel: +353 91 387472
fax: +353 91 387201
E-mail: eoin.ogrady@marine.ie
Website: http://www.marine.ie/

Israel

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR)
Isaac Gertman
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Tel Shikmona
P.O. Box 8030
Haifa 31080
Israel
tel: +972 4 8565277
fax: +972 4 8511911
E-mail: isaac@ocean.org.il
Website: http://www.ocean.org.il/

Italy

ENEA Marine Environmental Research Centre (ENEA)
Giuseppe M.R. Manzella
ENEA
ENEA Cram
P.O. Box 224
19100 La Spezia
Italy
tel: +39 0187 978215
fax: +39 0187 978273
E-mail: manzella@santateresa.enea.it
Website: http://www.casaccia.enea.it/index_en.html

Instituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)
Renzo Mosetti and/or Alessandra Giorgetti
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c
34010 Sgonico (Trieste)
Italy
tel: +39 040 2140391
fax: +39 040 2140266
E-mail: agiorgetti@ogs.trieste.it
Website: http://www.ogs.trieste.it/ or: http://doga.ogs.trieste.it/

Latvia

Institute of Aquatic Ecology - University of Latvia (IAE-UL)
Juris Aigars
Dangavgrivas 8
LV-1007, Riga
Latvia
tel: +371 76114840
fax: +371 7601995
E-mail: juris@monit.lu.lv
Website: http://www.lu.lv/eng/dept/i_aqua.html

Lithuania

Centre of Marine Research - Ministry of the Environment (CMR)
Algirdas Stankevicius
Center of Marine Research
Taikos Av. 26
LT-91149, Klaipeda
Lithuania
tel: +370 46 410450
fax: +370 46 410460
E-mail: a.stankevicius@jtc.am.lt
Website: http://www.jtc.lt

Malta

IOI-Malta Operational Centre (IOI-MOC)
University of Malta
Aldo Drago, PO Unit
c/o 43, Flat 1, Valley Road
B'Kara
Malta
tel: +356 21440972
fax: +356 21440972
E-mail: aldo.drago@um.edu.mt
Website: http://www.capemalta.net/medgoos

Morocco

Institute Nationale de Recherche Halieutique (INRH)
Abdellatif Orbi
INRH
02, Rue Tiznit
Casablanca
Morocco
tel: +212 22 298534
fax: +212 22 266967
E-mail: orbi@inrh.org.ma or hilmi_inrh@yahoo.fr

The Netherlands

National Oceanographic Data Committee (NODC)
C/o Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Royal NIOZ)
T.F. de Bruin
P.O. Box 59
1790 AB Den Burg
The Netherlands
tel: +31 222 369479
fax: +31 222 319674
E-mail: bruin@nioz.nl
Website: http://www.nodc.nl

logo Marine Information Service (MARIS) (Sea Search Coordinator)
ir Dick M.A. Schaap
Koningin Julianalaan 345 A
2273 JJ Voorburg
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-(0)70-3004710
Fax: +31-(0)70-3903546
E-mail: dick@maris.nl
Website: http://www.maris.nl

Norway

Norwegian Marine Data Centre - Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Helge Sagen
P.O. Box 1870, Nordnes
5817 Bergen
Norway
tel: +47 55 23 8447, 8500
fax: +47 55 23 8584
E-mail: helge.sagen@imr.no
Website: http://www.imr.no/

Poland

Institute of Meteorology and Water management - Maritime Branch (IMGW-OM)
Wlodzimierz Krzyminski
Waszyngtona 42
81342 Gdynia
Poland
tel: +48 58 6288131
fax: +48 58 6288163
E-mail: wlodzimierz.krzyminski@imgw.pl
Website: http://www.imgw.pl

Portugal

Instituto Hidrografico - Centro de dados Technico-Cientificos (IHPT)
Rui Baptista
Hydrographic Institute
Rua das Trinas, 49
1296-049 Lisboa
Portugal
tel: +351 210943131
fax: +351 210943299
E-mail: centrodados@hidrografico.pt
Website: http://www.hidrografico.pt

Romania

National Institute for Marine Research and Development (NIMRD)
Simion Nicolaev
"G.Antipa"
Constantza 8700
B/V. Mamaia No. 300
Romania
tel: +40 241 543288
fax: +40 241 831274
E-mail: nicolaev@alpha.rmri.ro
Website: http://www.rmri.ro/

Russia

All Russian Research Institute of Hydro-Meteorological Information – WDC (RIHMI-WDC)
Nickolay Mikhailov
RIHMI-WDC
6, Korolev St.
Kaluga Region
Obninsk 024035
Russia
tel: +7 08439 74907
fax: +7 095 2552225
E-mail: nodc@meteo.ru
Website: http://www.meteo.ru/index_e.html logo

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO-RAS)
Tamara Shiganova
36 Nakhimovsky Pr.
117997 Moscow
Russia
tel: +7 095 1292327
fax: +7 095 1245983
E-mail: shiganov@sio.rssi.ru
Website: http://www.ocean.ru/

Spain

Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia (IEO)
dr Demetrio de Armas
Ctra. San Andres km 7
38180 S.C. Tenerife, Canary Islands
Spain
tel: +34 922 549400
fax: +34 922 549554
E-mail: dearmas@ca.ieo.es
Website: http://www.ieo.rcanaria.es

Sweden

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Jan Szaron
Oceanographic Services
Nya Varvet 31
Se-42671 V.Frolunda
Sweden
tel: +46 (0) 31 7518971
fax: +46 (0) 31 7518980
E-mail: jan.szaron@smhi.se
Website: http://www.smhi.se/en/index.htm

Turkey

Middle East Technical University - Institute of Marine Sciences (METU-IMS)
Dr Sukru Besiktepe
Metu Institute of Marine Sciences
P.O. Box 28 Erdemli
33731 Mersin
Turkey
tel: +90 324 521 2150
fax: +90 324 521 2327
E-mail: sukru@ims.metu.edu.tr
Website: http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/

Ukraine

Marine Hydrophysical Institute - Ukrainian National Academy of Science (MHI)
Dr. Alexey Khaliulin
Kapitanskaya St., 2
Sevastopol 99011
Ukraine
tel: +380 692 545276
fax: +380 692 554253
E-mail: mist@alpha.mhi.iuf.net
Website: http://www.mhi.iuf.net/

United Kingdom

BRITISH OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE (BODC)
Lesley Rickards
Joseph Proudman Building
6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool L3 5DA
United Kingdom
tel: +44 151 7954897 (direct)
fax: +44 151 6523950
e-mail: ljr@bodc.ac.uk
Website: www.bodc.ac.uk