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Genetic Catalogue, Biological Reference Collections and Online Database of European Marine Fishes
Funder identifier: QLRI-CT-2002-02755 (Other contract id)
Acronym: FISHTRACE
Period: January 2001 till December 2005
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms Databases; Marine fisheries
  • National Agricultural Research Foundation; Fisheries Research Institute (FRI), more, partner
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), more, partner
  • European Commission Joint Research Center (JRC), more, partner
  • Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), more, partner
  • Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), more, partner
  • Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO), more, partner
  • Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), more, partner
  • National Natural History Museum Paris (MNHN), more, partner
  • Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas (ICCM), more, partner

  1. To achieve a critical mass of biological materials and human resources by interaction of participants from different scientific and technical backgrounds.
  2. To compile all necessary molecular, biological and socio-economic data for the creation of a standardised genetic catalogue of European marine fishes and a public accessible network of biological reference collections.
  3. To sustain a new developed online database with implemented WWW user-oriented tools collating the standardised data.