By Rainer Froese I thought the background story of our recent publication ‘New developments in the analysis of catch time series as the basis for fish stock assessments: The CMSY++ method‘ may be of interest to young scientists. It all started in 2011, when I was visiting Daniel Pauly at…
by Daniel Pauly “The Tactics and Strategy of Growth in Fishes” is a 1974 paper by Thomas Derrick Iles, a work that Daniel Pauly emphasizes as essential. According to Dr. Pauly, Iles’ ideas signify a significant leap in comprehending the growth of fish, marking a substantial conceptual progress. “Notably, it…
The physical relief that temperate fish like cod and Atlantic herring experience after they allows them to breathe in more oxygen and develop a voracious appetite, all of which leads to a rapid increase in body weight. New research published in Environmental Biology of Fishes turns on its head the widespread notion that…
A recent update introduced to the CMSY methodology used for assessing the status of fish stocks has proven to be more accurate in predicting the catch that a population can support than highly-valued data-intensive models. In a paper published in the journal Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, the international team of researchers that shaped the…
Earlier this year, we announced an exciting development on AquaMaps, unveiling the groundbreaking workflow named AquaX. AquaX stands as a cutting-edge ensemble modeling framework that encompasses the next-generation AquaMaps, along with several other species distribution models and a brand-new website. Presenting the official AquaX logo. The representation of ‘Aqua’ in…
Addressing data gaps and increasing research efforts on non-fish marine organisms are crucially needed to gain a deeper scientific understanding and more effective management of the European seas, new research has found. In a new paper published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’, an international team of researchers led…
In the context of corporate branding and marketing, ‘logo’ pertains to the visual symbol or emblem that represents a company or organization, serving as a unique and easily recognizable embodiment of the brand. They are typically designed to convey the company’s identity, values, and undertakings. For Q-quatics databases FishBase, SeaLifeBase,…
By Daniel Pauly At the last annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium, held 5-7 September 2023 in Tervuren, Belgium, it was decided that the next FishBase/SeaLifeBase Symposium, traditionally held before the FishBase Consortium meeting, to be held in early September 2024 in Thessaloniki, Greece, would last two days, with the…
Position ID Research Assistant Hours Full-time Project-based Location Los Baños, Laguna Salary Commensurate with required qualifications Roles and Responsibilities Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. seeks a Research Assistant with the following responsibilities: Search and compile references relevant to the project; Extract and encode marine and freshwater species data primarily on taxonomy, distribution,…
Position ID: Graphic Artist AssistantHours: Full-time, Project-basedSalary: Commensurate with required qualifications Roles and Responsibilities Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. seeks a Graphic Artist Assistant with the following responsibilities: encode and edit fish pictures in FishBase as a primary function; search and obtain fish pictures from different sources (print and online); interact and…