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A Global Information System on Fishes

FishBase 2000 Welcome to the world of fishes. The purpose of this page is to give you background information on FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more.  FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. FishBase 2004 is also available on DVD or CD-ROMs with full information on 28,500 species. It comes together with the FishBase 2000 book and can be ordered for 95 US$ including air-mail.

FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission (EC). Since 2001 FishBase is supported by a consortium of seven research institutions (see below).

Get more information on how to order a copy of FishBase! Or e-mail FishBase for comments and further details.

FishBase Consortium Members

WorldFish Center Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United
Nations
IFM

Fisheries Centre
University of British Columbia
Muséum National d'Histoire
Naturelle
Royal Museum for Central Africa,Tervuren

Swedish Museum of Natural History Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences

FishBase Donors

European Commission California Academy of Sciences Fisheries Research & Development Corporation

Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia International Gamefish Association Census of Marine Live

BMBF Förderkennzeichen: 03F0311A Schleswig Holstein ENBI European Network for Biodiversity Information

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