Honoring William N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024): A Visionary in Fish Taxonomy and Ichthyology

By Daniel Pauly, Rainer Froese and Nicolas Bailly The Quantitative Aquatics and Sea Around Us teams lament the passing of W.N ‘Bill’ Eschmeyer (1939-2024), the founding editor and namesake of the Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes (ECoF). Born in Knoxville, USA, Eschmeyer studied marine biology at the University of Michigan, following…

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Q-quatics at the 4th General Assembly of EcoScope in Spain

The 4th Annual General Assembly meeting of the Ecocentric Management for Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems (EcoScope) Project took place from Tuesday, November 5 to Thursday, November 7, 2024 at the Balearic Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Forty-six (46) researchers from 17…

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Q-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 for conservation efforts, Q-quatics participated in the Diving Resort Travel (DRT) Expo held at the SMX Convention Center in Manila, Philippines from September 6-8, 2024. The DRT Show is organized…

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22nd 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 2024, at the KEDEA Building of the Aristotle University Campus. Day 1️⃣: Advances in the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT)Contributions test the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory’s applicability to new topics or taxa,…

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AquaX – 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 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…

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Introducing 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 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,…

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Towards 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 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…

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Vacancy: Research Assistant

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,…

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