The main aim of FishTrace is to catalyse the cooperation and the pooling of data and material corresponding to the genetic identification and characterisation of marine fish species from European waters and/or marketed in Europe.
The compilation of biological data is costly and time-consuming. Nevertheless, it is not clear how non-standardised data of fish genetics can be effectively employed for fisheries or food technology, in applied or basic science. FishTrace promotes common protocols, interconnects expertise and stimulates interoperability between complementary resources with the aim of generating an accessible DATABASE to researchers and control laboratories with standardised data for European marine fishes.