OPI Resources

The Oceans Past Initiative is actively engaged in ongoing research that helps to inform the academic and scientific understanding of our oceans. To facilitate further research, OPI will continue to share resources and encourage interactions with other researchers.

Publications

OPI Corporate Members, Individual Members and Institutional Partners have produced a wide range of published books, articles and related materials, boasting an ever expanding bibliography.

HMAP Data

The HMAP (History of Marine Animal Populations) project, a forerunner of OPI, produced many excellent datasets which span global ocean regions and include a chronological range from 1600 to the late 20th Century. These can be accessed here.

OBIS

The OPI is a node of OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System)

OBIS is a global open-access data and information clearing-house on marine biodiversity for science, conservation and sustainable development.

HansDoc

HansDoc is an online, searchable database of transcribed and annotated Hanseatic manuscripts relating promaily to the Fisheries adn related trade around the Shetland Islands, Iceland, Scotland and various Baltic ports.

DanDoc

DanDoc is a collection of Chancellery records from Denmark during the 16th and 17th Centuries. Each record has been specifically selected based on its relevance to fish, fishing, fisheries, fish trade, political and legal instruments or general interest relating to fisheries. DanDoc is an integral element of the larger Norfish Project.

SeaCite

The SeaCite database, a searchable, online resource, provides citations and transcripts from historical texts related to sea mammals in the North and South Atlantic. SeaCite is an integral element of the CONCHA project.