Maintaining big data projects takes a lot. A lot of people to conduct research, populate databases, verify information, make the data accessible. It also requires a lot of material and financial resources.
World Fisheries Day 2020 – what research has found
November 21st marks World Fisheries Day.
According to the Institute for Fisheries Resources, this day has been celebrated since November 21st, 1997, when the World Fisheries Forum (WFF) was officially established in New Delhi, India. This non-profit organization is now known as the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers.
Nicolas Bailly on how SeaLifeBase was built from an empty shell of FishBase
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On the fifth episode of the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Anniversary Podcast, Nicolas Bailly tells the story of how he helped create SeaLifeBase by taking an empty shell of the FishBase database structure and populating it with information from the Catalogue of Life.
Seismic surveys affecting fisheries catches
Tasmania. Image by Peter Neaum, Wikimedia Commons.
Seismic surveying is affecting the whiting fishery that operates off the eastern part of Australia’s state of Victoria and the lobster fishery off King Island in the state of Tasmania.
The surveying technique involves using loud blasts to detect potential oil and gas reserves on the seabed.
Daniel Pauly takes the top spot as the most cited fisheries scientist in PLoS Biology study
Daniel Pauly. Photo by Paul Joseph.
The Sea Around Us Principal Investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly, continues to be among the top 0.01% of the world’s scientists based on the impact of his publications.