1. Why Fish? An Example of Successful Usage of the Internet Rainer Froese Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences Kiel, Germany rfroese@ifm-geomar.de

2. Overview FishBase: All About Fish Some Statistics Some Science: What are Migratory Fish? Discussion

3. FishBase: All About Fish FishBase Search Page >>>> Species Summary Page >>>> Guest Book >>>> FishWatcher >> >> >>>> Attach Your Web Site >>>> Fish Forum >>>>

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6. Some Statistics FishBase vs Internet Usage Source for Internet growth: NUA Internet Services

7. Some Statistics Based on >1500 entries in the FishBase Guest Book

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11. Where is the Science? 85 ISI Citations, 3 in Nature, 2 in Science IT June 2002

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14. Why Fish? Sufficient useful quality content Common names & photos Free, simple, intuitive access Open, collaborative, Yes attitude Alive, reacting and anticipating Fast Because Fish are beautiful

16. What are Migratory Fishes? (1) Migration TypeFish Species oceanodromous637 amphidromous320 anadromous171 catadromous69 potamodromous528 limnodromous17

17. What are Migratory Fishes? (2) ClassType of MigrationSpecies Cephalaspidomorphi (lampreys)anadromous12 potamodromous6 Holocephali (chimaeras)oceanodromous2 Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)amphidromous25 oceanodromous53 potamodromous7 Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)oceanodromous582 amphidromous295 anadromous159 catadromous69 potamodromous515 limnodromous17

18. What are Migratory Fishes? (3) Used commercially1,020 (59%) Used in aquaculture170 (10%) Gamefish373 (21%) Dangerous to humans122 (7%) Threatened (Redlist 2000) 127 (7%) anadromous 24 (14%)

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20. What are Migratory Fish? (5) ResilienceMigratoryOthers Very low73 (12%)190 (10%) Low154 (25%)862 (45%) Medium268 (44%)611 (32%) High112 (19%)241 (13%)

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22. Questions? Thank You