Welcome to the world of fishes! The purpose of this page is to give you background information and news updates 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, with over half a million visitors per month. FishBase contains practically all fish species known to science, with 200-400 new ones added every year. It's qualitative and quantitative pool of information, and credibility as a resource has been recognized by different entities. These recognitions are: ISI Current Web Content Award from Thomson Corporation, StudyWeb® Academic Excellence Award of PLATO Learning, Inc., and Award of Excellence: Study Sphere.
FishBase was developed 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 nine research institutions.
In 2011, management of the operations of FishBase, as well as the SeaLifeBase projects is under The FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc. (FIN), a local NGO in the Philippines.