Fisheries 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 thought. While overfishing has long been blamed on fisheries policies setting catch limits higher than scientific recommendations, a new study from four Australian research institutions reveals that even those scientific…

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Navigating 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 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…

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An 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 1st to May 5th of 2023, members of the Project Executive Board and International Advisory Board of EcoScope were joined by ten partners under Work Package 5: Assessing the Ecosystem…

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The 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 science – a database on fish. ‘Breathing new life into FishBase and SeaLifeBase’, blog by Neil Palmer (WorldFish), gives an overview of the FishBase Project as a powerful and widely-used…

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2021 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 la Porte Dorée, is organizing the 2021 annual symposium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of FishBase and the 15thanniversary of SeaLifeBase. It will be held on 6 and 7 September…

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First-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 species in the Lake Edward System, East Africa” applied data-poor methods developed at GEOMAR and produced several first-ever stock assessments. Summary: The unknown status of inland fish stocks hinders their sustainable…

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Maximum 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 by FishBase creators Dr Daniel Pauly (Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) and Dr Rainer Froese (Senior Scientist…

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Daniel 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 of the British Isles in recognition of his groundbreaking research and lifelong contribution to the study of fish and fisheries science. The Beverton Medal is FSBI’s most senior award and…

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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…

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