FishBase is the world's largest open-access information system on fish species, managed by https://xitter.cf/t.co/b3RnaJnCa8 & powered by a global network of collaborators.
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Why does #FishBase catalog fish names in 350+ languages?
Because a fish name is never just a name. With more than 330K names recorded, many Indigenous, FishBase protects not just data—but cultural memory. 🐟🌏
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#Qquatics' Research Associate Mr Rodolfo Reyes met with one of the #ABKP presenter to explore contributing our #marinebiodiversity knowledge products to the platform—expanding data accessibility, visibility, and open science collaboration for researchers across #SoutheastAsia. 📊
#QuantitativeAquatics joined the relaunch of the ASEAN Biodiversity #KnowledgePlatform (#ABKP) last Sept. at the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (#ACB) in Los Baños, Philis. 🌊
ABKP serves as a regional gateway to streamline #biodiversitydata access & collaboration across #ASEAN.
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Two large opah caught off Antique add a rare Phil. record—but their species remains unresolved. FishBase flags older PH records as probable Lampris guttatus misidentifications. Proper documentation could clarify the species & strengthen FishBase’s PH data. newsinfo.inquirer.net/230784…
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The deep ocean may be dark, cold and under intense pressure, but it’s anything but lifeless.
Deep-sea animals have evolved some incredible ways to make it work, from bioluminescence to enormous eyes. Learn more about how depth influences ocean life: oceana.ly/4rfSeDB
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#DeepWonders science team located 25 cold seep ecosystems and discovered 20 suspected new species. They also encountered abandoned fishing gear and trash — an important reminder that humans have an impact in places they’ve never seen or visited before.
Two large opah caught off Antique add a rare Phil. record—but their species remains unresolved. FishBase flags older PH records as probable Lampris guttatus misidentifications. Proper documentation could clarify the species & strengthen FishBase’s PH data. newsinfo.inquirer.net/230784…
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We have officially registered over 1000 citations to our database!
You can check them out here seaaroundus.org/citations/ (and if yours is missing, let us know!)
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Our yardstick for what counts as normal or remarkable is constantly changing. Ecologists call this “shifting baseline syndrome”. This was originally described in the context of fisheries by Daniel Pauly (via @guardian). theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Blackwater photographer Wu Yung-sen captured a spectacular image of a fragile baby octopus with its glowing red brain encased inside its translucent head –a sight only very few witness in the wild. mymodernmet.com/wu-yung-sen-…
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"A quarter million dollars for a bluefin tuna is a recipe for disaster," says Dr Rainer Froese (GEOMAR/FishBase). "For such money, they will search and hunt down to the last one." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#DeepWonders science team located 25 cold seep ecosystems and discovered 20 suspected new species. They also encountered abandoned fishing gear and trash — an important reminder that humans have an impact in places they’ve never seen or visited before.
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Summer heatwaves make headlines on land, but an even larger heatwave is unfolding out of sight.
Roughly 90% of the excess heat from human-caused carbon emissions has been absorbed by the ocean, with dreadful consequences for marine life.
Read our blog➡️ bit.ly/3UFvosA
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#ScienceInTheNews 🐟🌊 Wolf eels aren’t true eels, but they’re a fascinating part of B.C.’s marine life. UBC scientist #DanielPauly highlights a bigger picture: warming oceans are shifting species northward, bringing warmer-water animals into B.C. waters.
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🌊 5,431 meters down—cold, dark, high-pressure & full of life.
Researchers 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦🇺🇸 surveyed remote #IndianOcean seamounts, reaching 17,818 ft.
The deep sea is challenging to study, but each expedition reveals more — reminds us how much remains unknown. news.mongabay.com/2026/08/sc…
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#EVENTSPOTLIGHT: The 3rd & final day of the #FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium @UBCoceans is dedicated to “Celebrating Daniel Pauly at 80”, highlighting his pioneering concepts, theories, & info systems as drivers of marine/freshwater conservation in the context of global change.
#EVENTSPOTLIGHT: The 3rd & final day of the #FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium @UBCoceans is dedicated to “Celebrating Daniel Pauly at 80”, highlighting his pioneering concepts, theories, & info systems as drivers of marine/freshwater conservation in the context of global change.
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Jennifer Jacquet highlights Daniel Pauly’s decades of work with “FishBase: The Gift That Keeps on Giving,” at the heart of her talk, on the first day of the FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium: Marine & Freshwater Conservation in the Blue Economy, currently being held at @UBCoceans.
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🐟 The FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium continues!
Alex Tilley of WorldFish presents “Progress Towards a Data Cube for Fish,” exploring how FishBase, SeaLifeBase, AquaMaps, and FAO Statistics can work together to answer questions across datasets.
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Tobias Musschoot presents “WoRMS Beyond Taxonomy,” exploring the shift from names to curated identities & the immense work behind connecting marine biodiversity data across systems.
Different platforms have different strengths—so how do we connect them to make the most of each?
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The FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium is underway! 🌊
Nicolas Bailly is now presenting SemantyFish, an OSCARS-funded project transforming #FishBase into a next-generation semantic web knowledge base—making its data more interoperable, discoverable, accessible & machine-readable.
