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Seafood Watch is a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California that provides science-based recommendations on seafood sustainability. The program was established in 1999 to help consumers, chefs, and businesses make informed choices about the seafood they buy and serve.
FishBase is a global online database that provides comprehensive information on all species of fish known to science.
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is an online database of all known marine species, maintained and hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute in Belgium. WoRMS provides taxonomic information, scientific names, synonyms, and common names for marine organisms such as animals, plants, and microbes.
ITIS stands for the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. It is a computerized database that provides authoritative information on the scientific names and classification of all known species of plants, animals, fungi, and microbes.
The GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) is an international network and data infrastructure focused on providing open access to biodiversity data from around the world. It was established in 2001 to address the need for a global, standardized, and interoperable infrastructure for sharing biodiversity data.
