The research programme has a database and information system called Nan-Sis build in the late 1980’s to store and handle these data. However, this system become outdated and a windows version based on the concepts of this software programme but expanded to meet modern scientific data storage and retrieval needs was put initiated in 2004. The program development has been funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) and the Norwegian Directorate for development cooperation (Norad). The system is the property of the FAO and the Institute of Marine Research and will be distributed free of charge to our collaborating partners.
User registration
User registration is voluntarily. Users will become members of a Nansis User list group that from time-to-time will send out information about upgrades to the program software and other news related to the Nansis software.
We recommend all users to register. Registration will in addition to provide you with more information about Nansis developments provide us as producer of Nansis information of individuals and institutions using the program worldwide and support further development of the software.
*and pending on agreements regional organizations and neighbor institutions has access to the data.
