The National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) has announced that the 'Annual Report of Marine Environment Monitoring in Korea' was desiganted as the National Scientific Heritage and the ceremony was held at the National Science Museum in Daejeon on February 24. The Annual Report of Marine Environment Monitoring in Korea is an observation data recording the marine environment and climate change of Korea's coastal waters since the 1920s and was also designated as the National Registered Cultural Heritage in 2013.