(post written by Matthias Obst, first published at Zooniverse)

In early March 2023 we assembled for the first time a national consortium around subsea image analysis for marine biology research and monitoring. The meeting brought together major national data providers such as the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Swedish National Dataservice (SND), the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM), and the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI). We also had several partner companies and NGO’s participating who actively work in the field of marine environmental monitoring (Combine, BeGeospatial, SeAnalytics, Medins, Wildlife.ai) as well as academic institutes (Lund University, University of Gothenburg).