OBIS celebrates 20 years and changes name to Ocean Biodiversity Information System

On 26 May 2000, the Census of Marine Life issued a press release to launch the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). 20 years later, OBIS continues to grow and innovate under IOC/IODE, both in terms of number of records, in data quality as well as in the variety of data types and technologies. OBIS remains to be place to find accurate information on marine biodiversity. The 20th anniversary also marks the change to a new name, the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.