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Curated external data sources for fisheries, marine ecology, oceanography, climate, spatial analysis, and teaching.
A curated directory of external data sources for fisheries science, marine ecology, oceanography, stock assessment, species-distribution modelling, climate analysis, spatial workflows, and teaching.
NoteExternal-source policy
None of the datasets listed here are produced or owned by Elmer Quispe-Salazar. This is a curated discovery directory for students and collaborators. Data remain with their original providers; users must verify the current licence, citation, access conditions, caveats, and version before use.
29 external sources · 7 domains · 21 open · 5 registration-based · 3 licensed/restricted
Catalogue last reviewed: 2026-09-08.
Recommended starting points
These are practical first choices for routine fisheries, marine ecology, oceanography, spatial analysis, and teaching workflows.
- FAO FishStatJ — Global catch and production trends, comparative fisheries analyses, teaching with official fisheries statistics.
- Global Fishing Watch — Fishing effort, fleet dynamics, vessel behaviour, spatial pressure indicators and reproducible vessel analyses.
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) — Species-distribution modelling, biodiversity mapping, occurrence QC, biogeography and ecological baselines.
- Copernicus Marine Service — SST, salinity, currents, oxygen, chlorophyll, productivity, sea level, habitat modelling and ocean diagnostics.
- NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP — SST, ocean colour, salinity, winds and reproducible R/Python subsetting without downloading full archives.
- Argo GDAC — Vertical temperature and salinity structure, water masses, mixed-layer studies and validation of models or satellites.
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — SST anomalies, marine heatwaves, ENSO diagnostics, habitat studies and long-term environmental covariates.
- ERA5 — Wind, heat fluxes, pressure, waves, precipitation, atmospheric forcing and climate covariates.
- GEBCO Grid — Bathymetry, slope, spatial modelling covariates, terrain context and oceanographic map backgrounds.
- PRODUCE Open Data catalogue — Peruvian fisheries context, teaching datasets, public-sector indicators and reproducible national case studies.
- IMARPE coastal sea-surface temperature — Coastal thermal variability, climatologies, anomaly studies, teaching and validation of gridded SST products.
- Peruvian anchoveta landings (anonymized) — Landing dynamics, port-level analyses, fishery timing, teaching and reproducible Peruvian anchoveta examples.
Access legend
- Open — no paid licence is required, although attribution or dataset-specific terms may still apply.
- Registration-based — an account, token, licence acceptance, or registered download workflow is required.
- Licensed/restricted — academic approval, institutional permission, or a commercial agreement is required.
Fisheries and stock assessment
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAO FishStatJ | Open | Global / national | FishStatJ workspaces / tables | Global catch and production trends, comparative fisheries analyses, teaching with official fisheries statistics. |
| Global Fishing Watch | Free registration / non-commercial API | Global | REST API / R / Python / CSV / JSON | Fishing effort, fleet dynamics, vessel behaviour, spatial pressure indicators and reproducible vessel analyses. |
| Sea Around Us | Open | Global / EEZ / LME / RFMO / high seas | CSV / web tools | Historical catch reconstruction, spatial fisheries comparisons, teaching on reported versus reconstructed catches. |
| RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database | Open | Global assessed marine stocks | ZIP / Excel / R | Cross-stock comparisons, biomass and fishing-mortality trajectories, stock-status research and teaching. |
| ICES DATRAS | Open | ICES survey regions | Downloads / web services / R | Survey indices, length and age compositions, spatial survey analysis, calibration and teaching. |
Biodiversity and ecological modelling
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) | Open | Global marine | GeoParquet / TSV / API / R / Darwin Core | Species-distribution modelling, biodiversity mapping, occurrence QC, biogeography and ecological baselines. |
| GBIF | Open; registration for bulk downloads | Global | API / CSV / Darwin Core Archive / Parquet / DOI downloads | Species occurrences, ecological niche modelling, distribution validation and biodiversity synthesis. |
| Bio-ORACLE | Open | Global marine | ERDDAP / R / Python / raster | Species-distribution models, ecological niche modelling, environmental screening and biodiversity projections. |
Oceanographic and in-situ observations
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Marine Service | Free registration | Global / regional | NetCDF / Zarr / CSV / Parquet / Python API / CLI | SST, salinity, currents, oxygen, chlorophyll, productivity, sea level, habitat modelling and ocean diagnostics. |
| NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP | Open | Global / regional | ERDDAP / NetCDF / CSV / JSON / OPeNDAP | SST, ocean colour, salinity, winds and reproducible R/Python subsetting without downloading full archives. |
| Argo GDAC | Open | Global ocean | NetCDF / HTTP / FTP | Vertical temperature and salinity structure, water masses, mixed-layer studies and validation of models or satellites. |
| World Ocean Database | Open | Global / historical to present | WOD native / CSV / NetCDF | Historical hydrography, CTD/XBT profiles, long-term change, validation and climatology construction. |
| World Ocean Atlas | Open | Global climatologies | NetCDF / ASCII | Environmental baselines, climatologies, anomaly calculation, model validation and teaching. |
Satellite, reanalysis and climate
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (Ocean Color) | Free registration | Global | NetCDF / HDF / Earthdata services | Chlorophyll, optical properties, productivity proxies, pelagic habitat, fronts and satellite validation. |
| NOAA OISST v2.1 | Open | Global / 0.25° daily / 1981-present | NetCDF / THREDDS / ERDDAP / cloud | SST anomalies, marine heatwaves, ENSO diagnostics, habitat studies and long-term environmental covariates. |
| ERA5 | Free registration | Global / 1940-present | GRIB / NetCDF / Zarr / CDS API | Wind, heat fluxes, pressure, waves, precipitation, atmospheric forcing and climate covariates. |
| HadISST1 | Open / registration for some subset services | Global / monthly / 1870-present | NetCDF / text | Historical SST variability, climate indices, regime analysis and century-scale environmental context. |
| NOAA PSL Climate Indices | Open | Global climate indices / monthly time series | Text / web tables | ENSO and climate-regime classification, environmental context, teaching and covariate construction. |
Bathymetry and marine geospatial
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEBCO Grid | Open / public domain | Global / 15 arc-second grid | NetCDF / GeoTIFF / ASCII / OPeNDAP | Bathymetry, slope, spatial modelling covariates, terrain context and oceanographic map backgrounds. |
| Marine Regions | Open / attribution | Global maritime boundaries | GeoPackage / Shapefile / KML | EEZ assignment, marine-region overlays, spatial stratification and fisheries-area mapping. |
Peru fisheries and coastal observations
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRODUCE Open Data catalogue | Open | Peru | CSV / XLSX / metadata documents | Peruvian fisheries context, teaching datasets, public-sector indicators and reproducible national case studies. |
| IMARPE coastal sea-surface temperature | Open | Peruvian coastal laboratories / 1970-Jul 2026 in current release | CSV / XLSX dictionary / DOCX metadata | Coastal thermal variability, climatologies, anomaly studies, teaching and validation of gridded SST products. |
| IMARPE coastal sea-surface salinity | Open | Peruvian coastal laboratories / 1995-Jan 2026 in current release | CSV / XLSX dictionary / DOCX metadata | Coastal salinity variability, freshwater influence, climatologies and validation of ocean products. |
| Peruvian anchoveta landings (anonymized) | Open | Peru / 2023 onward in current catalogue | CSV / XLSX dictionary / DOCX metadata | Landing dynamics, port-level analyses, fishery timing, teaching and reproducible Peruvian anchoveta examples. |
| Peruvian fishing-vessel satellite transmissions | Open | Peru / published annual extracts | CSV / XLSX dictionary / DOCX metadata | Fleet movement, spatial fishing pressure, vessel behaviour exercises and comparison with AIS-derived products. |
| Peruvian fishing landing infrastructure | Open | Peru | CSV / XLSX dictionary / DOCX metadata | Port networks, landing-site accessibility, spatial fisheries context and teaching. |
Licensed and commercial sources
| Source | Access | Coverage | Formats | Useful for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarineTraffic / Kpler AIS Data API | Commercial / licensed | Global maritime traffic | REST API / AIS data services | High-frequency vessel tracking, maritime traffic analysis and projects requiring commercial AIS coverage or service levels. |
| Spire Maritime AIS | Commercial / licensed | Global maritime traffic | API / GraphQL / WFS / data feeds | Global vessel tracking, historical tracks, maritime analytics and projects requiring commercial satellite AIS. |
| Planet Education & Research imagery | Academic application / restricted licence / paid tiers | Global high-resolution satellite imagery | GeoTIFF / API / platform services | High-resolution coastal mapping, habitat change, shoreline analysis, remote-sensing coursework and research. |
Use in teaching and collaboration
For reproducible work, record the provider, dataset or product name, version or access date, spatial and temporal subset, licence, citation, and the exact download or API query used. Do not upload restricted or licensed source data to public repositories unless the provider explicitly permits redistribution.
Detailed access and licence notes are retained in data/registry.json; always treat the provider’s current documentation as authoritative.
Data note. None of the datasets listed here are produced or owned by Elmer Quispe-Salazar. The website stores discovery metadata only and does not mirror or redistribute source data. data/registry.json records provider, access model, coverage, formats, intended use, licence/access notes, and the authoritative URL. For reproducible work, record the provider, product/version or access date, spatial and temporal subset, licence, citation, and exact download or API query; always verify current provider documentation before analysis.