.. 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…
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…
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…
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…
The Sea Around Us Principal Investigator and FishBase co-creator Dr. Daniel Pauly 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…
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…
