World Fish Centre is a research centre aiming to improve the production and management of aquatic resources in developing countries.
Information services include:
- fishbase online and CDRom database
- library: maintains bibliographic database on fisheries and a database on "Indo-Pacific Red Tides"
- selective Fisheries Information Service (SFIS): question and answer, advisory and document delivery service
- ReefBase: online database on coral reefs and their resources. The database aims to facilitate the management of coral reefs and coverage includes: ecological surveys on benthic and reef fish communities, existing stresses on reefs, harvest values for different types of fisheries by reef, coastal tourism, mariculture activities, and oceanography and management practices
- one fish portal: collection of references and online documents focusing on the economic effects of climate change on fisheries
(World Fish Centre is renamed from International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM))