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DASSH is the MEDIN DAC for marine species and habitats data and was accredited in 2009. Covering all aspects of marine biodiversity, from seabirds to plankton and the related marine habitats, DASSH is committed to supporting the FAIR principles for open data and open science. DASSH is a flagship initiative of the The Marine Biological Association (MBA), and builds on the MBA's historic role in the promotion of marine science. Through partnerships with other UK and European data centres DASSH contributes to both national and international data portals including the NBN Atlas, EMODnet, EurOBIS and GBIF. DASSH collects, manages, archives and publishes data (electronic and physical) and images collected (or collated) by a variety of public and private organizations who undertake biological surveys. DASSH holds data and images from both volunteer and professional surveyors in order to provide a data management and archive service. This service is available to data providers who wish to outsource their data management, ensure legislative compliance or who do not have the facilities to ensure the long-term security of their data. The survey types held vary from one-off surveys or observations, to long-term time series, and monitoring programme data. Species data includes records of marine fauna and flora, while habitat data include biotope or assemblage data. Explore DASSH data in the MEDIN portal here: https://bit.ly/4eNqyyW #metadatamonday #MEDINDACs