1. Fishes of the World In the Computer Rainer Froese Germany rfroese@ifm-geomar.de

2. The Vision l Back in 1987, two scientists had an idea… è Create a database with key-information on 200 commercial fish species è Use it for research è Make it available to 500 fisheries managers in developing countries l 19 years later è The database contains information on 29,000 species è It has over 1,000 citations in the scientific literature è It has about 2 million visitors per month in the Internet

3. If these stocks were Stocks… January 2006: 23 million hits 3 million visitors

4. And the Winner Is…

5. Why Fish?

7. Who?

8. Where?

9. What?

10. Where is the Science? Invasive Species NameSpeciesLength (cm) Doubling time (years) Score (n) Established already? Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus 391.4 – 4.483  GuppyPoecilia reticulata 3.50.544  Green swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii 14< 123  Redbreast tilapia Tilapia rendalli451.4 – 4.423  Redbelly tilapia Tilapia zillii401.4 – 4.419  Wami tilapiaOreochromis hornorum 241.4 – 4.417 - Aquarium Fishes which may Establish themselves in Hawaii (6 of 111)

11. Where is the Science? Trends in Global Catches (Froese and Pauly 2003)

12. What Can You Do? l Stop Overfishing l Let them Spawn l Don’t Eat Baby Fish l Get the FisherMin ruler The David Suzuki Foundation is keen to develop `localized´ versions

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