#sealifebase
FishBase & SeaLifeBase have transformed how the world understands marine life —one species at a time. 🌊🐠

Available in 20+ languages, these online databases on all fishes and other marine species of the world are a treasure trove for research, learning, and conservation. 🌏🦈

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October 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Through our Anniversary Spotlight Series, we celebrate 35 years of #FishBase and 20 years of #SeaLifeBase by honoring 18 incredible collaborators whose passion, generosity and expertise helped shape these global biodiversity databases. 🌊🐟 Read their stories: bit.ly/FB-SLB_SpotlightSeries.
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Final #SeaLifeBase20 Anniversary Spotlight! 🌊

We celebrate Bertrand Richer de Forges, deep-sea explorer & taxonomist whose work on #seamountecosystems & decapod #crustaceans has enriched #SeaLifeBase. 🦀🚢

Discover his story & vision for global #marinebiodiversity databases ⬇️ bit.ly/BertrandRich...
Collaborator Spotlight | Bertrand Richer de Forges: A Legacy of Discovery
Final installment of the SeaLifeBase Anniversary Series
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September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From #crocodiles to #cetaceans, Dr. Teri Aquino’s life’s work is protecting #marinewildlife. 🐊🐢🐬

Her wish for SeaLifeBase at 20? “More funds to sustain your work!” 🔗 bit.ly/DrTeriAquino #MarineConservation #MarineMegafauna #Cetaceans #MarineTurtles #Dugongs #Sharks #TubbatahaReefs #SeaLifeBase20
Collaborator Spotlight | Dr. Maria Theresa R. Aquino
From the reefs of Tubbataha to the rivers of Palawan, Dr. Maria Theresa “Teri” R. Aquino has dedicated her career to protecting wildlife…
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August 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
From #crocodiles to #cetaceans, Dr. Teri Aquino’s life’s work is protecting #marinewildlife. 🐊🐢🐬

Her wish for SeaLifeBase at 20? “More funds to sustain your work!”

#MarineConservation #MarineMegafauna #Cetaceans #MarineTurtles #Dugongs #Sharks #CrocodileConservation #TubbatahaReefs #SeaLifeBase20
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#CollaboratorSpotlight: Dr. Lucas Brotz

Since 2008, Lucas has shared his expertise on jellyfish with #SeaLifeBase20, adding/refining data and championing open access for all. 🪼

"SeaLifeBase has been such a valuable tool throughout my career that I am eager to give back." 🌊 | bit.ly/DrLucasBrotz.
Collaborator Spotlight | Lucas Brotz: Bringing Jellyfish into Focus with SeaLifeBase
When it comes to jellyfish, few scientists have done more to bring these fascinating, often misunderstood creatures into the spotlight than…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#CollaboratorSpotlight: Dr. Vreni Häussermann

For 20+ years, Dr. Häussermann has advanced marine research & conservation in Chilean Patagonia. Since 2009, she’s enriched SeaLifeBase with crucial fjord ecosystem data, bridging biodiversity gaps & guiding protection efforts. 🔗 bit.ly/VreniHaussermann
August 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#CollaboratorSpotlight: NOAA scientist Todd Miller helps power #FishBase35 & #SeaLifeBase20 with isotope-based trophic data, Arctic species info & more.

“#FishBase & #SeaLifeBase aren’t just databases—they’re tools for sustainability.” 🌍

🔗 Read: bit.ly/DrToddMiller. #OpenData #QquaticsIsdaWay
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Sea Around Us longtime collaborator, Dr. Rainer Froese, presented "Fancy fishery models overestimate productivity of depleted stocks" at the Sea Around Us anniversary session hosted during the FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJAA...
Fancy fishery models overestimate productivity of depleted stocks - Rainer Froese
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August 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
August 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🪼 “I was excited about the bottom-up approach.”

That’s how marine biologist Florian Lüskow recalls discovering #FishBase & #SeaLifeBase in 2019. Now based in 🇸🇪, he contributes jellyfish data of remote regions—helping keep these global resources strong. 📊 sealifebaseblog.medium.com/collaborator...
Collaborator Spotlight: Florian Lüskow on Marine Biodiversity, Jellyfish, and the Power of Open…
When marine biologist and biological oceanographer Florian Lüskow first encountered FishBase and SeaLifeBase during a 2019 class at the…
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August 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I am very impressed and proud to be featured in a spotlight article of the @FishBase and @SeaLifeBase blog as a collaborator: sealifebaseblog.medium.com/collaborator...
Collaborator Spotlight: Florian Lüskow on Marine Biodiversity, Jellyfish, and the Power of Open…
When marine biologist and biological oceanographer Florian Lüskow first encountered FishBase and SeaLifeBase during a 2019 class at the…
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August 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Fra-and Timothy Quimpo doesn't just dive to photograph marine life—he dives to connect people with science. 🐙🌊

His work with #SeaLifeBase20 & #FishBase35 shows how images, grounded in data, can amplify awareness and action.

Check out his story—and his vision for SeaLifeBase: bit.ly/Fra-andQuimpo.
Capturing Biodiversity Beneath the Surface: Fra-and Timothy Quimpo and His Vision for SeaLifeBase…
In a world increasingly shaped by images, underwater photographer, dive instructor and marine biologist Fra-and Timothy Quimpo —…
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July 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Couldn’t catch the 2024 FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium?
Full recordings are now up on YouTube! 🎬🐠
Day 1: bit.ly/Day1-GOLT | Day 2 : bit.ly/Day2-FishesMareNostrum

Looking ahead:
📣 The 2025 FB & SLB Symposium is happening Sept 2–3 in Brussels 🇧🇪 & online!
📌 Info & sign-up: www.biodiversity.be/6163/
2024 FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium - YouTube
Day 1 of the Symposium focused on the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory and celebrating 25 years of the Sea Around Us. You can access the GOLT presentations here...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#CollaboratorSpotlight 📷: Meet Pauline Walsh Jacobson, citizen scientist & underwater photographer now contributing her rich library of marine life images to FishBase & SeaLifeBase to help expand access to species data for research, education, & conservation.

👉 Full story: bit.ly/PaulineJacobson.
July 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Q-quatics' AquaMaps are standardized distribution maps for over 33,500 species of fishes, marine mammals and invertebrates. It uses information from data repositories like FishBase (www.fishbase.org) and SeaLifeBase (www.sealifebase.org).
AquaMaps (Ecology 🏞️)

AquaMaps is a collaborative project with the aim of producing computer-generated predicted global distribution maps for marine species on a 0.5 × 0.5 degree grid of the oceans based on data available through online species databases […]

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July 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Q-quatics holds Inception Meeting to kick off work in the ASEAN ENMAPS Project 🚀

We’ll use #AquaMaps 🗺️ to model distributions of key #marinespecies across 🇹🇭🇮🇩🇵🇭, with projections to 2050. Also providing key life history traits from #FishBase & #SeaLifeBase to support research of project partners. 🐠
June 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
At the recent 'Ocean' screening in UP Diliman 🇵🇭, Q-quatics’ taxonomy expert Emily Capuli shared how #FishBase, #SeaLifeBase & #AquaMaps help scientists protect marine biodiversity. 🌊

Her message? “We are not just visitors on this planet—we are its stewards. Let’s rise to that role." #WorldOceansDay
June 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Q-quatics joined an impactful event uniting marine science & policy—featuring 'Ocean with David Attenborough' & a call to ratify the #HighSeasTreaty.

Our taxonomy expert, Emily Capuli, joined the panel & shared how #FishBase & #SeaLifeBase support data-driven #oceanconservation. 🌊 bit.ly/QQandOcean
June 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
On #WorldTurtleDay, learn about three MPAs where efforts are made to protect these animals from being caught in fishing nets

Marawah Biosphere www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/mpa/784

Savu Sea Marine Nat Park www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/mpa/938

Mayotte Marine Nat Park www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/mpa/175
May 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌊 #FishBase & #SeaLifeBase are global open-access databases advancing global understanding of #aquaticbiodiversity.

They support science, conservation, and #climateresilience —helping manage fish stocks, protect #marinelife, & predict #climateimpacts. 🔬🐟🪸

Explore the data driving ocean solutions.👇
May 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
On World #EndangeredSpecies Day 🦈 we highlight the importance of protecting marine life which face increasing threats from #overfishing, #habitatloss & #climatechange.

Through #EcoScope & global species databases #FishBase & #SeaLifeBase, we continue to support science-based #marineconservation. 🌊
May 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
In the heat of a Greek summer, minds sparked at the 22nd #FishBase and #SeaLifeBase Symposium! Held in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷, the event also honored 25 years of @seaaroundus.org with rich explorations of Dr #DanielPauly's #GOLT theory, #fishgrowth, & #climateimpacts | bit.ly/GOLT-FBSymposium.
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM