SCOR Working Group 147 “Towards comparability of global oceanic nutrient data (COMPONUT)“ announced that the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will start to provide Nutrient Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) with the new SCOR-JAMSTEC logo, with a new cost structure making them more accessible for the global science and research community. These will be available for sale in early boreal summer 2016, based on the framework objectives of SCOR WG#147For discussion of the scientific issues of these CRMs, please contact one of the SCOR WG#147 Co-chairs.