The 4th Annual General Assembly meeting of the Ecocentric Management for Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems (EcoScope) Project took place...
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Taking seriously the explanations on shrinking fish in a warming world
As climate change continues to warm and deoxygenate ocean water, the size of fish, aquatic molluscs and crustaceans is showing...
Read MoreQ-quatics joins biggest dive expo in Asia
Taking a step to be more visible, ignite interest in its databases and guide people on how to leverage them...
Read MoreLeading scientists redefine the notion of ‘sustainability’ to save the ocean
A week before Brussels’ Ocean Week and a few months before the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, a group of...
Read MoreFisheries research overestimates fish stocks
Experts Call for More Realistic Stock Assessments The state of fish stocks in the world’s oceans is worse than previously...
Read MorePaper on gigantism makes cover of Journal of Fish Biology
A recent paper authored by the Sea Around Us’ PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, research assistant, Elaine Chu, and Dr. Johannes Müller...
Read MoreJob opportunity: Research Assistants (5)
We’re looking for 5 dynamic Research Assistants to join our expanding team! Position ID: Research Assistant Hours: Full-time project-based Location:...
Read MoreForty-year-old concepts around fish respiration regain prominence in light of climate change
Before Dr. Daniel Pauly, now the principal investigator of the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia, became a...
Read MoreBeyond eponymic scientific names
A year since Dr. Daniel Pauly received a copy of the book “Eponym Dictionary of Fishes,” this resource has been...
Read More22nd FishBase and SeaLifeBase Annual Symposium: Fishes in Changing Ecosystems
The 22nd FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium, themed “Fishes in Changing Ecosystems,” will be hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece on 2-3 September...
Read MoreEcoScope News: MEDiverSEAty Phd Positions
MEDiverSEAty offers 10 PhD positions under Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie MEDiverSEAty is a Doctoral Network investigating human dimensions of Mediterranean...
Read MoreRespiratory stress response that stunts temperate fish also affects coral reef fish
In a recent paper in the journal Fishes, researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us initiative gathered additional evidence supporting the idea...
Read More“A New History of Fishes”, a mini-symposium on the history of ichthyology, Leiden 🇳🇱
Mini-symposium at Leiden University (hybrid):📢 Title: A New History of Fishes: Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880)📅 Date: Wednesday – 27 March...
Read MoreDirector General of WorldFish visits Q-quatics
On the 22nd of February 2023, a delightful presence graced the halls of the Q-quatics office in the Philippines as...
Read MoreBelizean fishers want changes in policy and practice to revert declining catch trends
Belizean fishers’ experience in the water confirms the declining trends in fishery catches – and, therefore, in fish populations –...
Read MoreShark Alert: Global study documents increasing trend in shark mortality, identifies pathways to save threatened species
Sharks have persisted as powerful ocean predators for more than 400 million years. They survived five mass extinctions, diversifying into...
Read MoreNavigating challenges in scientific publishing: A letter to young scientists
By Rainer Froese I thought the background story of our recent publication ‘New developments in the analysis of catch time...
Read MoreThe Tactics and Strategy of Growth in Fishes: Previously-hard-to-access reference to revolutionize the study of fish growth
by Daniel Pauly “The Tactics and Strategy of Growth in Fishes” is a 1974 paper by Thomas Derrick Iles, a...
Read MoreFish become ‘young’ again after spawning
The physical relief that temperate fish like cod and Atlantic herring experience after they allows them to breathe in more oxygen...
Read MoreAI-powered data-limited stock assessment method more accurate than ‘gold standard’ in predicting sustainable fisheries catches
A recent update introduced to the CMSY methodology used for assessing the status of fish stocks has proven to be more...
Read MoreAquaX – the next generation AquaMaps – releases official logo
Earlier this year, we announced an exciting development on AquaMaps, unveiling the groundbreaking workflow named AquaX. AquaX stands as a...
Read MoreIntensification of data collection and research efforts crucial to effectively manage non-fish marine organisms of European Seas
Addressing data gaps and increasing research efforts on non-fish marine organisms are crucially needed to gain a deeper scientific understanding...
Read MoreIntroducing a cohesive design for Q-quatics databases’ new logos
In the context of corporate branding and marketing, ‘logo’ pertains to the visual symbol or emblem that represents a company...
Read MoreTowards a one-day conference devoted to the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory
By Daniel Pauly At the last annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium, held 5-7 September 2023 in Tervuren, Belgium, it...
Read MoreVacancy: Research Assistant
Position ID Research Assistant Hours Full-time Project-based Location Los Baños, Laguna Salary Commensurate with required qualifications Roles and Responsibilities Quantitative...
Read MoreJob opportunity: Graphic Artist Assistant
Position ID: Graphic Artist AssistantHours: Full-time, Project-basedSalary: Commensurate with required qualifications Roles and Responsibilities Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. seeks a Graphic...
Read MoreJob vacancy: Software Engineer
Position ID: Software Engineer 1 Hours: Full-time Location: Los Baños, Laguna, Phils. Salary: Commensurate with required qualifications Key Roles and...
Read MoreSurprisingly narrow combination of traits in fish species
The world’s waterbodies are filled with predatory fish feeding on other animals from zooplankton to squid and other fish, while...
Read More21st International FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium: Second Announcement
FishBase (www.fishbase.org) is the largest global information system on fishes. It provides encyclopedic information on all described fishes and includes...
Read MoreFishBase: A citation powerhouse and essential resource in dealing with global issues
In over 30 years of continuous operation and development, FishBase is now the largest, most extensively accessed and one of...
Read MoreLarge fish more vulnerable to climate change-induced fish kills
Climate change-induced droughts and fish kills affect larger fish more severely than smaller individuals, according to new research. In a...
Read More2023 FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium: Call for Abstracts
Thirty years and numerous upgrades since inception, FishBase is now the largest and most widely accessed global online information system...
Read MoreOman embassy delegates visit Q-quatics on World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day serves as a unifying occasion for individuals from all across the globe to gather and celebrate the...
Read MoreWOD 2023: Global aquatic information hubs for ocean conservation
Every year, on June 8th, people around the world come together to celebrate World Oceans Day. It is a poignant...
Read MoreAn integrated ‘ABC’ toolbox for updating European stock assessments
In a five-day workshop organized by the EcoScope project at the Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) in Kavala, Greece from May...
Read MoreKeep Growing – Fish’s growth is not reduced by spawning
Contrary to what is stated in biology textbooks, the growth of fish doesn’t slow down when and because they start...
Read MoreClimate change disrupts core habitats of marine species
Climate change will bring about significant distributional reorganization of marine life with a net range loss of core habitat for...
Read MoreDevastating Consequences: An Oil Spill in the Center of Marine Biodiversity
An oil spill is a catastrophic event where large quantities of petroleum or crude oil are unintentionally released into the...
Read MoreVacancy Announcement: Executive Director
Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. is a Philippine non-profit, non-stock organization, a leader in global aquatic information systems committed to scientific...
Read MoreFishBase helped shrink a fossil fish
The fossil fish ‘Dunkleosteus terrelli’, a predatory fish that terrorized the seas some 370 million years ago, and reputed for...
Read MoreEcoScope Summer School: Oceanography and fisheries within the ecosystem
The EcoScope Summer School 2023 titled ‘Oceanography & Fisheries Within The Ecosystem’, a free-to-attend training programme that will focus on...
Read MoreEmployee Spotlight: Roesyvette Hernandez, pilot recipient of UPLB’s AGORA Research Grant
One of the new members of the Q-quatics Team, Roesyvette ‘Roesy’ Hernandez, is a recipient of the “Accelerating Growth to...
Read More‘Nobel Prize for Environment’ awarded to Ocean Whistleblowers calling for high seas fishing ban
Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are awarded the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for their rigorous scientific work to...
Read MoreNew AquaMaps Coordinator visits Q-quatics in the Philippines
“Can you help us?”–A simple request from FishBase pioneer Dr. Daniel Pauly to UBC Researcher Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau, led to...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly at IMPAC 5 –De facto MPAs vs Paper parks
What is the difference between marine protected areas that actually work and paper parks? With the premise in mind, the...
Read MoreMundus maris and Q-quatics team up for Boot Fair 2023
The FishBase Guide app and Fish Sound Quiz received lots of attention at the ‘love your ocean’ initiative of...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly and Deng Palomares present to the EU Parliament’s Committee of Fisheries
Participating to present the “Role and impact of China on world fisheries and aquaculture”, a report commissioned by the...
Read MoreNew collection of standardized geophysical and environmental marine data of for ecological and ecological-niche modelling
This new publication “Global-scale parameters for ecological models” in Scientific Data of Nature.com pertains to the collection of environmental data...
Read MoreMost coral reef sharks and rays may be at risk of extinction, UBC study says
Nearly two-thirds of coral reef shark and ray species worldwide are threatened with extinction, a new study in Nature Communications...
Read MoreThe future is bright for FishBase and SeaLifeBase
.. this unassuming website is the gateway to one of the most-cited resources in the last two centuries of modern...
Read MoreNew bandfish species discovered in deep sea collection from eastern Philippines
In a new publication, ichthyologists from Taiwan and the Philippines, described a new species of bandfish, Owstonia aurora Liao,...
Read MoreOnly ‘good fish’ belongs to the table
An annual list of marine fish and bivalves that serves as a guide to German consumers on what they can...
Read MoreExpecting aquaculture to ‘feed the world’ may be unrealistic, UBC-led study shows
Trends in global aquaculture growth rates reveal that the 101 million tonnes of farmed fish intergovernmental bodies expect countries to...
Read MoreEcosystem-based fisheries management restores western Baltic fish stocks
Marine scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany), the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für...
Read MoreA fisheries scientist in Penang, Malaysia
By Daniel Pauly In early September 2022, I found myself on the island of Penang, Malaysia, where WorldFish, an international...
Read MoreNew publication: A new method to assess ecosystem vulnerability and protect biodiversity
In the new publication “A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation”, published in Nature Communications on the 1st of September 2022,...
Read MoreThe 23rd FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium: Various uses of these global information platforms and their contributions to aquatic food systems
FishBase – SeaLifeBase Annual Symposium5-6 September 2022 | WorldFish, Penang, Malaysia This year’s FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium, a hybrid virtual and...
Read MoreVideo tutorials of CMSY assessment method now freely available
Q-quatics’ partner, the Sea Around Us, has released a suite of free video tutorials for data users interested in learning...
Read MoreNew research says the UN Sustainable Development Goal for the world oceans is heading for failure
A crucial globally agreed framework to protect the world’s oceans and fisheries is on course to fail, according to a...
Read MoreUse of AquaMaps data for the development of 4D marine conservation priority framework
The AquaMaps Team of FishBase –Kristin Kaschner (Albert-Ludwigs University), Cristina Garilao (GEOMAR) and Kathleen Kesner-Reyes (Q-quatics), provided present and future...
Read MoreThe Ocean’s Whistleblower: A Conversation with Daniel Pauly
A momentous occasion presenting the biography of Dr Daniel Pauly, co-creator of FishBase and the man behind the brilliant concepts...
Read MoreMessage from Deng Palomares for World Oceans Day 2022
For World Oceans Day 2002, Dr. Maria Lourdes Palomares, ‘Deng’ to her colleagues, family and friends, Board Member of Q-quatics...
Read MoreA breakthrough in growth estimation of fishes and invertebrates by FishBase pioneer Dr. Rainer Froese
Co-creator and editor of FishBase Dr Rainer Froese, known and recognized for his advance and computer-intensive stock assessment method CMSY,...
Read MoreWe are hiring: 2 Research Assistants and 1 Artist Assistant
Position 1: Research Assistant 1Hours: Full-time Project-basedLocation: Los Baños, LagunaSalary: Commensurate with required qualifications Roles and Responsibilities Quantitative Aquatics,...
Read MoreHow much fish is left? Assessments for 2,500 stocks now available from the Sea Around Us database
Under the premise of finding out how much fish is left in our oceans since 1950, when industrial fishing operations...
Read MoreFishBase Guide App now available in Google Play!
The FishBase Guide, an app which allows users to check what fish species are available in their country of location...
Read MoreA group of nearly 300 scientists/experts urge the WTO to eliminate harmful subsidies on global fisheries
Global fisheries makes an important contribution to the health and nutrition of millions of people. Unfortunately, in many cases, this...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly presents work with Q-quatics on documenting and mapping the time series global expansion of industrial fishing at the WFC2021
The four-day World Fish Congress 2021 held late September in Adelaide, Australia had over 800 presentations, including the one by...
Read MoreEU Awards €7.92 Million to EcoScope to Promote Ecocentric Fisheries Management
The project addresses ecosystem degradation and anthropogenic negative impact on fisheries in European seas. It aims to help restore the...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly –The Oceans Whistleblower
Two years after the release of Daniel Pauly: Un Océan de Combats –biography of FishBase co-creator and the Sea Around Us principal...
Read MoreFishBase and SeaLifeBase 2021 Anniversary Symposium – Magnifique!
The always buzzing Paris – which did it best to exhibit its usual accelerated rhythm even in pandemic times -,...
Read MoreMeet the members of the FishBase Consortium
Created in the year 2000, the FishBase Consortium’s mandate is to support the growth, sustainability and public accessibility of FishBase....
Read MoreRodolfo Reyes Jr.: The morphology guy
Rodolfo Reyes Jr., aka Rudy, joined FishBase in 1993 after working on a series of coral reef fisheries projects at...
Read MoreApplication of CMSY to reanalyze longest time series of catches and largest fishery collapse in history
Results of using CMSY, advanced yet easy to use fish stock assessment model developed at GEOMAR by Froese et al.,...
Read MoreLuisa Abucay: Miss Catalogue of Life
Luisa Abucay, also known as Isay, is a biologist with a master’s degree in food science who started working at...
Read MoreAquaMaps data for the first ever global assessment of climate change vulnerability of recreational fishes
A research study on the effects of climate change on recreational fisheries since 2019 where AquaMaps contributed modelled species distribution...
Read MoreAque Atanacio: The artist behind FishBase
Rachel ‘Aque’ Atanacio joined FishBase in 1995 when the project needed a graphic designer and her other contract at the...
Read MoreSkit Barile: the programming force behind FishBase and SeaLifeBase
When Ma. Josephine Barile, aka Skit, joined FishBase back in 1998, she knew very little about the programming software being...
Read More2021 FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium –pushing forward this September
The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), in partnership with the Société Française d’Ichtyologie (SFI), the Union des Conservateurs d’Aquariums de France, and the Aquarium tropical de...
Read MoreNew in FishBase: Fish micronutrient profile
A treasure trove of vital nutritional data about fish species from all around the world is being made freely available...
Read MoreNina Garilao: A serendipitous landing in FishBase, AquaMaps
Cristina Garilao, a.k.a. Nina, is originally from Manila but has been living in Kiel for nearly 13 years now. Her...
Read MoreKathleen Kesner-Reyes: The AquaMaps expert
Kathleen Kesner-Reyes has a background in anthropology, but she has dedicated most of her professional life to working on marine...
Read MoreArmi Torres: FishBase’s freshwater expert
When Armi Torres joined FishBase at age 25, she couldn’t have predicted the turns her career as a marine biologist...
Read MoreImagery data from baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) are now available on FishBase!
As of April 8, 2021, users accessing www.fishbase.org will be able to download BRUVS data when doing searches by species,...
Read MoreCMSY++ user guide and code – published and ready for distribution
The “CMSY++ User guide and Code” of Froese et al. (Rainer Froese, Nazli Demirel, Gianpaolo Coro and Henning Winker) has been...
Read MoreUse of AquaMaps data led to a groundbreaking global study!
Groundbreaking global study is the first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and...
Read MorePatricia Yap: Passionate about SeaLifeBase
Patricia Yap has been with SeaLifeBase since its inception in 2005. Before joining the initial three-people team, while she was...
Read MoreEmily Capuli – Three decades at FishBase
Emily Capuli says that when she started working for FishBase three decades ago, her hair was darker and longer. She may...
Read MoreSusan Luna – Supporting FishBase since the early days
Susan Luna, also known as Tuttay, has been with FishBase even before the project was born. Back in 1989, she...
Read MoreFirst-ever stock assessments in Lake Edward System, East Africa using data-poor methods developed at GEOMAR
A new paper co-authored by Dr Rainer Froese (Senior Scientist at GEOMAR and Co-founder of FishBase), “Assessment of exploited fish...
Read MoreFishBase’s 30th and SeaLifeBase’s 15th Anniversary Campaign
The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of FishBase and 15th anniversary of SeaLifeBase, two online global biodiversity information systems that,...
Read MoreMaximum Sustainable Yield –misconstrued and abused
In the new paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, “MSY needs no epitaph –but it was abused” authored...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly is the 2021 recipient of the FSBI’s Beverton Medal
The Sea Around Us Principal Investigator and FishBase co-creator Dr. has recently been awarded with the Beverton Medal for 2021 by the Fisheries Society...
Read MoreSeason’s Greetings from the Q-quatics Team
To cap the year 2020, we would like to acknowledge and send our heartfelt appreciation to all the sponsors and...
Read MoreNew Q-quatics publication supporting the protection of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
“Data-driven approach for highlighting priority areas for protection in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction“, a Marine Policy paper Q-quatics collaborated...
Read MoreNew IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released, almost half of extinct species are endemic to Lake Lanao (PH)
The latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was published recently and contains 128,918 species of which more than 35,500 species, comprising...
Read MoreMeet the champions of FishBase and SeaLifeBase
Who supports FishBase and SeaLifeBase? Maintaining big data projects takes a lot of people to conduct research, populate databases, verify...
Read MoreNicolas Bailly on how SeaLifeBase was built from an ’empty shell’ of FishBase
On the fifth episode of the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast, Dr Nicolas Bailly tells the story of how he took...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly takes top spot as most cited fisheries scientists in PLoS Biology study
FishBase co-creator and the Sea Around Us Principal Investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly, continues to be among the top 0.01% of the world’s...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly inducted into UBC’s Quarter Century Club
This year, Dr Daniel Pauly is one of the faculty members of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at...
Read MoreCornelia Nauen on how she helped make FishBase a reality
On the fourth episode of the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast, Dr Cornelia Nauen (President of Mundus Maris) shares the other...
Read MoreNew publication: Assessments of marine fisheries resources in West Africa with emphasis on small pelagics
The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries of the University of British Columbia in Canada recently published a report, “Assessments...
Read MoreDeng Palomares reveals the origins of SeaLifeBase
On the third episode of the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast, Dr. Deng Palomares (Science Director of Q-quatics and SeaLifeBase Project Coordinator)...
Read MoreFishBase Consortium Annual Meeting goes virtual for 2020
With the ongoing situation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided among members that the 21st FishBase Consortium...
Read MoreDaniel Pauly talks about the creation of FishBase
On the second episode of the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast, Daniel Pauly talks about some of the rewards and...
Read MoreFishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast: A conversation with Rainer Froese about FishBase
As part of a year-long campaign aimed at celebrating the 30th anniversary of FishBase and the 15th anniversary of SeaLifeBase,...
Read MoreFishBase and SeaLifeBase by the numbers
FishBase was born and SeaLifeBase . The processes and efforts behind the creation of these two databases have been complex...
Read MoreWhat is SeaLifeBase and how it came to be
The year 2020 marks the and the 15th anniversary of SeaLifeBase, two online global biodiversity information systems that, together, provide...
Read MoreAquaMaps Team collaborates on new paper about the global impacts of ocean warming to deep-sea biodiversity
“The deep ocean is warming slower than the surface but dramatic changes are ahead,” according to Mr. Isaac Brito-Morales (University of...
Read MoreKicking off the FishBase and SeaLifeBase anniversary celebrations
The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of FishBase and 15th anniversary of SeaLifeBase, two online global biodiversity information systems that,...
Read MoreRainer Froese wins Ocean Awards in science
Here’s good news amidst the COVID-19 crisis, just what everyone needs to hear right now. Dr. Rainer Froese has been...
Read MoreJack Randall (1924 – 2020): a friend of FishBase
By Daniel Pauly The public at large and scientists who are not taxonomists share a view of taxonomists as hard to...
Read MoreStatement on COVID-19 Outbreak
A message to our partners and clients on COVID-19. #workfromhome #COVID19 #staysafe #quarantinePh Continue reading
Read MoreApril 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...
Read MoreRainer 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...
Read MoreDaniel 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...
Read MoreNew 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),...
Read MoreKnowledge-sharing on “Database and SQL Queries” at Q-quatics
To share his expertise and at the same time address the queries sent to the IT team by the rest of...
Read MoreQQ 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...
Read MoreQq 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...
Read MoreQq 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...
Read MoreWilliam Cheung wins a 2019 UBC Killam Research Fellowship
Big congratulations to Qq Board of Trustees’ Vice Chair Dr. William Cheung, awardee of a 2019 UBC Killam Research Fellowship...
Read MoreQ-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...
Read MoreWe are looking for Research Assistants (3) and a Software Engineer
The Q-quatics’ search process for four (4) positions: three (3) Research Assistants and one (1) Software Engineer has began. Qualifications...
Read MoreFishBase Fishsound Quiz, crowd-puller at boot 2020
The 9-day recreational fair “boot 2020” in Duesseldorf (Germany), a unique joint initiative for ocean and water protection, recently transpired...
Read MoreRice-Fish meeting jumpstarts collaboration between IRRI and Q-quatics for 2020
A meeting between IRRI and Q-quatics was held on 15 January 2020 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at the...
Read MoreFather and son [Froese] tandem debunk old notion on brain growth
The differences in traits causing (and resulting from) indeterminate growth continues to confuse colleagues who are used to work with...
Read MoreDeng Palomares wins ‘Excellence in Service’ award from UBC
Breaking news to add to the joys of the holiday season, Dr. Ma. Lourdes ‘Deng’ Palomares (Qq Science Director) has...
Read MoreNew assessment method (AMSY) confirms many fish stocks urgently need sustainable management
A newly developed method for assessing how abundant fish populations are and how fishing is affecting them revealed that several...
Read MoreQq in-house seminar on “RMS Encoding Conventions for FishBase and SeaLifeBase References”
Due to the growing number of inquiries on citations received by Q-quatics Librarian, Lyra Joyce Banasihan, a seminar on the...
Read MoreAbout FishBase’s jump on the social media bandwagon
Story-telling time for Q-quatics Communication Officer Joann Glorioso on how FishBase dove into the world of social media, her experiences...
Read More17th Annual FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium hosted by UWA
The 17th Annual FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium was recently held at the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) of the...
Read MoreFitness seminar for Qq staff
To foster wellness and fitness in the workplace, Q-quatics conducted an in-house seminar on “Desk-friendly Exercises” on the 29th of...
Read MoreIn-house seminar: Integrating and Splitting of Species in FishBase
On the 15th of August 2019, Ms. Emily Capuli, Thematic Group Leader for Taxonomy in Q-quatics, gave a seminar-presentation on...
Read MoreRenewed collaboration with Dr. Roger Pullin
Dr. Roger Pullin (former ICLARM Program Leader – Inland Aquatic Resources Systems), now Founding Director of the Irish Sea Centre)...
Read MoreQ-quatics Corporate Identity Workshop
Branding expert Ms. Giulia Bottoni led the Q-quatics staff in the development of the Qq corporate identity through graphics design...
Read MoreTodd Miller touch base with FishBase and SeaLifeBase
Dr. Todd Miller, Recruitment, Energetics and Coastal Assessment Program Manager at NOAA Fisheries and lead of IsotopeBase, a global database...
Read MoreR-training workshop for Q-quatics staff
An ad hoc group composed of Skit Barile, Kathy Reyes, Jenks Espedido, Gelli Parducho and Tuttay Luna together with Deng...
Read MoreInitial talks for future collaboration with Irish Sea Centre
Dr. Roger Pullin, former ICLARM Program Leader of the FishBase project, now Founding Director of the Irish Sea Centre met...
Read MoreQ-quatics welcomes student-volunteer, Nadia Vaillancourt
As a marine science student at Pearson College in Canada, 17-year-old Nadia Vaillancourt was looking for a marine conservation-related job to...
Read MoreNew Qq positions filled: Thematic Group Leaders (IT and Taxonomy)
Ma. Josephine France ‘Skit’ R. Barile has been selected as the new Thematic Group Leader for IT effective April 4th,...
Read MoreDr. Vallejo and colleagues receive 2019 NAST Outstanding Award
It is with great pride and honor that we announce the prestigious award given to two of our very own,...
Read MoreIn-house seminar on “Image Analysis in BRUVs”
To impart knowledge and skills on image analysis in Baited Remote Underwater Videos (BRUVs) among Q-quatics staff, Mr. Rodolfo ‘Rudy’...
Read MoreUn Océan de Combats: The Novelesque Life of Daniel Pauly
Un Océan de Combats, the book which summarizes the awe-inspiring and novelesque life of FishBase Founder Daniel Pauly, has recently been...
Read MoreMaximizing the use of Google Calendar for work
For the month of June, Jeremy Jansalin(Qq Research Officer) in partnership with Geezle Painaga (Qq Administrative Assistant), conducted a mini-seminar for...
Read MoreSpecies ID Team Workshop No. 2: “Fish Body Shapes”
The objectives of this activity are for the members of the Qq Species ID Team (Lead: Rudy Reyes, Members: Isay...
Read MorePresentation on the overview of the CMSY work (Oceana and Minderoo projects) by Jessika Woroniak
On 30 May 2019, Ms. Jessika Woroniak, Research Assistant at Sea Around Us, gave a short presentation on the Catch Maximum Sustainable Yield...
Read MoreSeminar on “MS Access queries and its application to FishBase and SeaLifeBase”
A teaching seminar was given by Ms. Josephine ‘Skit’ Barile (head of the Information Technology Group) to address inquiries and help...
Read MoreAMSY Workshop at GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany), 23-25 April 2019
A summary of the results of the AMSY workshop held at GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany on 23-25 April 2019, as reported by...
Read MoreCMSY talk by Gelli creates waves
Prolific discussions ensued from this week’s scheduled talk [April 23, 2019] by Ms. Vina Angelica Parducho on “The Application of the...
Read MoreQq Thursday mini-seminar series launched
As an effort to further enhance capacity building through knowledge sharing in the Q-quatics workplace, the Thursday mini-seminar series was...
Read MoreJob Opening: Theme Group Leader (Taxonomy)
Position ID: TGL-Taxonomy Qq Hours: Full-time Location: Los Baños, Laguna Salary: Commensurate with required qualifications Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization established...
Read MoreQq Species ID Team Workshop 1: Consolidation of observations and generalization for species groups
To better internalize their observations on fish swimming behavior, and with the end goal of developing a “pictoguide” of depth...
Read MoreRainer Froese comments on a new paper about the impact of climate change in global fisheries
Science writer Erik Stokstad recently interviewed Dr. Rainer Froese (GEOMAR) about the findings of a newly published paper which studied the...
Read MoreVision and Mission
Vision Q-quatics is a non-profit organization maintaining and developing a network of information systems that provide biodiversity and fisheries data...
Read MoreJob Opening: Research Assistant 1
Position Title: Research Assistant 1 Position ID: ResAsst 1 Qq Hours: Full-time Project Location: Los Baños, Laguna, Phils. (local...
Read MoreQ-quatics 2019: Road Ahead
Q-quatics revved up the year with a mini-symposium, “Q-quatics 2019: Road ahead”, which gathered local and international marine and freshwater...
Read MoreVisiting Scientists for November to December 2018
Collaborators from The University of Hong Kong – HKU – 香港大學 (Swire Institute Of Marine Science), Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Sea...
Read MoreWorkshop on “New Methods of Stock Assessment: LBB and CMSY/BSM”
The workshop on “New Methods for Stock Assessment: LBB and CMSY/BSM” was held on 28 November 2018 at Q-quatics HQ...
Read MoreTraining on “Image Analysis for Underwater Videos” for Qq Species ID Team
To commence the “Underwater Video Image Analysis” project with Q-quatics , partners from the University of Western Australia (namely, Dr. Jessica...
Read MoreFishBase experts train NFRDI NSAP personnel on Freshwater Fish ID
FishBase team members, Dr. Armi Torres and Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Jr., were invited as resource speakers to the “National Training on Freshwater...
Read MoreList of Publications
Babali, N., Kacher, M., Belhabib, D., Louanchi, F. and D. Pauly. 2018. Recreational fisheries economics between illusion and reality: The...
Read MoreDeng recognized by Frontiers for outstanding efforts as Specialty Chief Editor
Big congratulations to Q-quatics Science Director, the SeaLifeBase Project Coordinator, and Sea Around Us Project Manager, Dr. Ma. Lourdes ‘Deng’ Palomares who recently received an...
Read MoreGelli goes to GEOMAR for on-the-job-training in CMSY analyses, etc.
Vina “Gelli” Parducho, Q-quatics research staff and SeaLifeBase team member, traveled all the way from the Philippines to GEOMAR [Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research] in Kiel,...
Read MoreScientific Consortium meets to plan future of FishBase
Representatives and guests of the FishBase Consortium from 12 international scientific institutions met at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean...
Read MoreUse of FishBase data and maps produced a major scientific breakthrough!
A team of scientists and researchers (Rabosky et al.) recently analyzed the evolutionary relationships among >30,000 fish species and arrived...
Read MoreDeng Palomares talks to CNN on how to save the Philippine seas
What will it take to save underwater life forms and the millions who rely on them to survive? Five Filipino...
Read MoreFISHBASE sends out an S.O.S.!
We have just been informed that a major payment to support the FishBase encoders for 2018 will not be made....
Read MoreSMARTSeas PH Portal Workshop (June 2018)
During a consultation meeting with the SMARTSeas PH staff on 18 May 2018, various options to bring the accessibility and utilization...
Read MoreCollaborator Spotlight: Dr. Charles ‘Chuck’ Blend
Dr. Charles Blend is one of the very faithful sponsors of FishBase. Since 2011, ‘Chuck’, as he prefers to be...
Read MoreFishBase and FishNet2 join forces to revive the global thematic Fish OBIS node
Breaking News! Together, FishNet2 and FishBase comprise the new Global Thematic Fish OBIS Node! The new partnership delegates the provision of specimen-vouchered...
Read MoreJob Opening: Research Assistant (1) for SeaLifeBase
Position ID ResAsst 1 SLB Hours Full-time Regular Location ...
Read MoreWilliam Cheung bags Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award
Another prestigious celebration for Q-quatics Board of Trustee member, Dr. Wai Lung “William” Cheung (University of British Columbia), this year’s...
Read MoreStrategic Planning Workshop: Participatory Leadership
To start the year on the right footing, so to speak, the Q-quatics team (FishBase, SeaLifeBase, Sea Around Us, AquaMaps and ...
Read MoreQ-quatics experts call for support on the restoration of Philippine fisheries
Under the auspices of Oceana Philippines and Sea Around Us, fisheries experts led by one of the world’s top fisheries scientists Dr. Daniel Pauly (Principal...
Read MoreNew regional fish atlas published
A new regional fish atlas was just recently published by the EGREE Foundation. The atlas entitled “Finfish Atlas of the EGREE Region” presents accounts...
Read MoreFisheries science for kids
In collaboration with Science Journal for Kids, Dr. Rainer Froese (Senior Scientist at GEOMAR and FishBase Consottium Coordinator) translated one of his recent...
Read More2017 FishBase SE Symposium: The Polar Seas (Polarhaven)
The Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) in Stockholm, one of the ten (10) international institutes and organizations comprising the FishBase...
Read MoreCatch-MSY workshop in Kochi, India for the assessment of data-poor stocks in the region
5-6 October 2017, Kochi, Kerala, India —GIZ (Indo-German Biodiversity Programme) and Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), in coordination with Q-quatics, organized...
Read MoreDr. William Cheung receives 2017 “Prix d’Excellence” award
Hats off and big congratulations to Q-quatics Board of Trustees Vice Chair Dr. Wiliam Cheung, Associate Professor at the Institute for the Oceans and...
Read More15th International FishBase Symposium in Tervuren BE
Since 2001, FishBase has been supported by an international consortium that includes the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren as a founding...
Read MoreDeep linking between Reef Life Survey (RLS) and FishBase
Reef Life Survey becomes one of the external sources of species information in FishBase through deep linking. RLS can be found...
Read MoreOcean Song Contest: Vote for open ocean science information
August marks the official kick off of the “Ocean Song Contest“, OSC for short, an amusing online game about songs of...
Read More2017 Le Cren Medal goes to FishBase!
On July 6th of 2017, the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI), officially awarded the Le Cren Medal to the FishBase Consortium and the...
Read MoreLatest Q-quatics publications
The “Global marine fisheries discards: A synthesis of reconstructed data” provided estimates for discards in all major fisheries in the...
Read MoreDr. Wiliam Cheung’s “jaw-dropping” scientific prediction
Just in time for Shark Week, an annual celebration devoted to shark conservation and popularized by Discovery Channel, UBC climate change...
Read MoreNew in FishBase: Species-to-species links to MitoFish
FishBase now has species-to-species links to MitoFish, the Mitochondrial Genome Database of Fish, developed by the University of Tokyo and led...
Read MoreOcean-inspired poetry by Rubyann Polido (SeaLifeBase) bags Turtle Prize
Pristine our oceans might never be But huge promise our actions speak If there’s courage to conserve them all Neither...
Read MoreIntroducing CMSY/BSM stock assessment in the Philippines
The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – National Fisheries Development and Research Institute (BFAR-NFRDI), in coordination with FishBase...
Read MoreQ-quatics seminar: “Applying macroecology to project future changes in marine ecosystems under climate change”
Following the first Q-quatics board meeting on 16 January 2017 was a seminar by Dr. William Cheung on, “Applying macroecology to...
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