News FishBase receives the Le Cren Medal Added on: 2017-07-13 15:33:17 by Vandepitte, Leen The Fisheries Society of the British Isles awarded the 2017 Le Cren Medal to FishBase for “a lifelong contribution to all aspects of the study of fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on conservation, training or public understanding of the discipline.” ... Read more Call for applications - LifeWatch funds available to organize editor workshops in 2017-2018 Added on: 2017-07-07 16:13:16 by Vandepitte, Leen Through LifeWatch, The Flanders Marine Institute – host of the WoRMS database – has a budget available to financially support editors to address a number of priority gaps within WoRMS. This can be done through the organization of an editor-workshop. ... Read more A 10 year overview of IRMNG, the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera Added on: 2017-06-13 13:56:54 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie Earlier this week, an Open Access paper was published, featuring an overview of the 10 year history of the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera, and explaining its way forward. ... Read more 8 June: World Oceans Day! Added on: 2017-06-08 08:50:17 by Vandepitte, Leen Since 2002, June 8th has been declared World Oceans Day. ... Read more Nemertea Portal launched! Added on: 2017-05-05 15:28:54 by Vandepitte, Leen The Nemertea are now available through their own Portal: the World Nemertea Database. ... Read more Nemertea and Parasite experts together at VLIZ, during a double WoRMS-LifeWatch workshop Added on: 2017-04-28 14:17:02 by Vandepitte, Leen On April 24-26 2017, the Flanders Marine Institute – home of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) – welcomed 23 editors, with expertise in Nemertea (3) and Parasites (20). Both groups were at VLIZ for the first ‘double’ LifeWatch-sponsored workshop. ... Read more [Add] [Older news... ]

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