Status of FishBase in 2009

Rainer Froese IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel [email protected]

FishBase Mini-Symposium FAO, Rome, 9 September 2009

How Many Fish Are There?

35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1990 1995 2000

Year

2005 2010 Based on FishBase 01/2009

What Do We Know About Them?

600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1 10 100

Rank

1000 10000 100000

What Information is Available?

31,300 Species summary Common names FB names Photos Length Depth Maps Food / trophic level Diet Spawning Maturity (Lm) Maturity (tm) Fecundity LWR Growth Longevity Mortality 276,175 49,564 46,571 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000

Species / Records (n)

25,000 30,000 Based on FishBase 01/2009

What is Used?

Photos Common names Scientific names References Info by Country Eschmeyer Glossary Identification Fish collections Trophic ecology FishBase Book Population dynamics Reproduction Physiology Tools Ecology Fish Quiz Diseases Genetics 0 Based on Kiel server, June – August 2009 5 10 15 20 25 Percent of visitors accessing this topic 30 35

Citations

350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1990 1386 registered FishBase citations 1995 2000

Year

Based on FishBase 01/2009 2005 2010

Google Scholar, April 2006: 1610 citations, including 5 in Nature and 7 in Science

Palaeontology IT Parasitology Genetics Taxonomy Fisheries Aquaculture Ecology Conservation

Who is Using it?

FishBase Web Users

Int. Research Centres Museums NGOs Governments Individuals Universities Private sector Based on 2787 entries in the FishBase Guestbook, March 2007

How did they find us?

Where From?

FishBase Users by Continent

Oceania Australia Africa South America North America Asia Europe Based on 2408 entries in the FishBase Guestbook , September 2005

Google Analytics

www.aquamaps.org

Examples from AquaMaps: No Sharks in Antarctica

Examples from AquaMaps Whale shark (cosmopolitan)

Examples from AquaMaps Whale shark (cosmopolitan)

Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)

Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (preliminary 2050)

Tools: Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific 2500 2000 Somalia Maldives 1500 Celebes/Halmahera Marshall I.

Howland/Baker Borneo Sumatra 1000 Galapagos Ecuador 500 Seamount 0 40 80 120 160

Longitude (degrees)

200 240 280

Tools : Where to Place an MPA

Tools

Mnemiopsis leidyi

(invasive Black Sea)

Tools

Mnemiopsis leidyi

(invasive Black Sea)

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