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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Intensification 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 of the European seas are crucially needed to gain a deeper scientific understanding and more effective management, new research has found. In a new paper published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’, an international team of researchers led…

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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

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 first devoted to…

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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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21st 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 many tools for scientists in a large array of ichthyological disciplines. With about 700,000 visits per month, it is the most successful database on any group of living organisms.  SeaLifeBase…

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2023 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 on fish, providing unrestricted and quick access to key information –morphology and physiology, names, genetics and aquaculture, trophic ecology, reproduction and life-history traits, population dynamics, fish as food, fish pictures,…

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WOD 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 reminder to all of the vital role that oceans play in our daily lives. Covering 70% of the earth’s surface, they serve not only as the Earth’s lungs –producing a…

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Devastating 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 environment, resulting in widespread contamination of water, soil, and air, with severe ecological, economic, and social impacts that can persist for years or even decades¹. This was the exact disaster…

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Vacancy Announcement: Executive Director

  Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. is a Philippine non-profit, non-stock organization, a leader in global aquatic information systems committed to scientific excellence about biological and other key data on all fish species in the world as well as all non-fish organisms in the ocean. Q-quatics’ work supports recovery, protection and sustainable…

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