Category Archives: News
April 2020 mirror updates of FishBase and SeaLifeBase postponed
ANNOUNCEMENT: Given our current circumstances during this quarantine period brought about by COVID-19, the data cut-off for mirror updates of FishBase and SeaLifeBase scheduled on 30 March 2020 (Monday) is postponed until further notice. Thus, our April 2020 mirror update for FishBase and SeaLifeBase will be delayed as well. …
Rainer Froese nominated in Ocean Awards 2020
It’s with pleasure and great pride to announce that Dr. Rainer Froese, one of the brilliant founders of FishBase and lead author of advanced and novel stock assessment methods (CMSY/BSM, LBB and AMSY) has recently been nominated as finalist for the ‘Science Award‘ category under the ‘Ocean Awards 2020‘ which recognizes the individual (Rainer Froese) or…
Daniel Pauly receives ‘Frontier of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award’
It’s with great pride that we congratulate one of the esteemed founders of FishBase, founder and Principal Investigator of the Sea Around us initiative of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at University of British Columbia (UBC) and University Killam Professor at UBC, Dr. Daniel Pauly, for receiving another prestigious accolade, the…
New study by Hay et al. provides LWR estimates of museum fish specimens to FishBase
A recent study led by Dr. Amanda Hay (Australian Museum Research Institute) and participated by Daniel Pauly (Principal Investigator of Sea Around Us), Nicolas Bailly (Q-quatics/Beaty Biodiversity Museum), Weiwei Xian (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Cui Liang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) proposed a rationale and strategy for the use of museum specimens in estimating the…
Seminar for deeper understanding on “Database and SQL Queries” for Qq staff
To share his expertise and at the same time address the queries sent to the IT team by the rest of the Qq staff, Shelumiel ‘Miel Ortiz (Software Engineer) gave a presentation about database management –system software and tools, and SQL queries that are useful at work. His one-hour presentation, “Database and…
QQ seminar on ‘Office Hacks’ by Jeremy Jansalin
On the 5th of March 2020, Jeremy Jansalin, Research Assistant at Q-quatics shared some practical tips to his colleagues in order to increase one’s productivity at work. To name a few of the ‘office hacks’ or strategies/techniques Jeremy mentioned in order to avoid unnecessary habits that cause stress and be…
Qq seminar on ‘Wildlife utilization of indigenous people of Kalinga, Philippines’
On 20 February 2020, Ms. Fayte Sicnawa wholeheartedly shared her MSc special problem with her colleagues a day before her last day as Research Assistant of Q-quatics. Fayte’s SP entitled “Wildlife Utilization of Indigenous People of Kalinga Province, Philippines” was aimed at: Accounting how wildlife are used in culture and traditions of the…
Qq staff participation in collaborative project meetings, January to February 2020
Dr. Armi Torres (Post Doc) participated in the Philippine Aquatic Red List Committee’s (PARLC) Freshwater Bony Fishes Subcommittee planning-workshop and initial assessment of some freshwater bony fishes held at the Isabela State University, Echague Campus on 10-13 February 2020. She presented about the IUCN priority freshwater species that occur in…
Q-quatics welcomes BOT and visiting partners from Minderoo, Sea Around Us and UWA
It was a dynamic and productive start of 2020 for Q-quatics! To start the year on the right footing, a Board of Trustees meeting was scheduled on January 13th but due to the eruption of Mt. Taal resulted in a 1-day delay in Dr. Cornelia Nauen’s (President, Mundus Maris) flight…