Cooperating in the sampling survey of "ANEMONE DB (Anemone Database)," big data from fish surveys using environmental DNA

As part of the NYK Group, we have decided to cooperate in collecting seawater samples for the "ANEMONE DB (Anemone Database)," a big data collection project conducted by NYK, Tohoku University, Minamisanriku Town, and the non-profit organization Earthwatch Japan, using environmental DNA to conduct fish surveys.

Environmental DNA (ENDNA)"bucket of water.is an innovative biological survey method developed in Japan that allows researchers to determine the types and distribution of organisms present in"weather map of living things"Built as big data from fish surveys using environmental DNA conducted 4,298 times at 861 locations nationwide by approximately 200 researchers and citizen volunteers since 2017, this database will now be made publicly available as open data from June 2, 2022, a world first, as announced in a press release on the same day.

Through the sampling of seawater off the coast of Japan aboard the Mashiu, which operates on the Hitachinaka-Tomakomai route, NYK will contribute to further expanding the data in the ANEMONE DB and the scope of the survey, together with NYK Line.

Please see the attached press release for details.　

Here is the press release from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha: ⇒　Launch of "ANEMONE DB (Anemone Database)"

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