OBIS Senegal is a node of the Marine Biodiversity Data Management System (OBIS), hosted by the Oceanographic Research Center of Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) of the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA). OBIS Senegal has a subregional scope, since it gathers data collected from west african marine waters. It began its activities in 2014. OBIS Senegal also has ambitions to provide services and tools for data management to institutions in the West African region.