The Norwegian Culture Collection of Algae, NORCCA, maintains and distributes more than 2000 strains of cyanobacteria, microalgae and macroalgae from marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats.

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NORCCA is owned and maintained by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) and the University of Oslo (UIO) in collaboration. NORCCA is a part of the European infrastructure EMBRC and the Norwegian national infrastructure EMBRC-Norway.