FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation

Aurore A. Maureaud; Zoë Kitchel; Alexa Fredston; Robert Guralnick; Juliano Palacios-Abrantes; Maria L. D. Palomares; Malin L. Pinsky; Nancy L. Shackell; James T. Thorson; Daniela Alemany; Kofi Amador; Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Wajra Jeewantha Bandara; Jonathan Belmaker; Esther D. Beukhof; Steven J. Bograd; Mohamed Lamine Camara; Pierluigi Carbonara; Shahar Chaikin; Martin A. Collins; Tyler D. Eddy; Dori Edelist; Heino O. Fock; Romain Frelat; Kevin Friedland; Arnaud Grüss; Manuel Hidalgo; Didier Jouffre; Saïkou Oumar Kidé; Mariano Koen-Alonso; Ian Knuckey; Stan Kotwicki; Edward Lavender; Martin Lindegren; Marcos Llope; Laura Mannocci; Julia G. Mason; Hicham Masski; Matthew Mclean; Laurène Merillet; Vesselina Mihneva; Francis K. E. Nunoo; Richard L. O'Driscoll; Cecilia O'Leary; Laurene Pecuchet; Elitsa Petrova; Jorge E. Ramos; Ignacio Sobrino; Jón Sólmundsson; Vaishav Soni; Ingrid Spies; Maria Teresa Spedicato; Fabrice Stephenson; Ndiaga Thiam; Feriha Tserkova; George Tserpes; Evangelos Tzanatos; Daniël Van Denderen; Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos; Tom Webb; Daniela V. Yepsen; Philippe Ziegler; Walter Zupa; Bastien Mérigot

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FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation

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FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation

Aurore A. Maureaud, Zoë Kitchel, Alexa Fredston, Robert Guralnick, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Maria L. D. Palomares, Malin L. Pinsky, Nancy L. Shackell, James T. Thorson, Daniela Alemany, …

Conservation Science and Practice

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70035

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global change, marine fish, species conservation, bottom trawl surveys, biodiversity monitoring, community-building, dataset integration, knowledge transfer

Large-scale biodiversity assessments and conservation applications require integrated and up-to-date datasets across regions. In the oceans, monitoring is fragmented, which affects knowledge exchange and usage. Among existing monitoring programs, scientific bottom-trawl surveys (SBTS) are long-term, rich, and well-maintained data sources at the scale of each sampled region, but these data are under-utilized in biodiversity applications, especially across regions. This is hampered by the lack of an international community and database maintained through time. To address this, we created FISHGLOB, an infrastructure gathering SBTS and experts. In 5 years, we developed an integrated database of SBTS and a consortium gathering more than 100 experts and users. Here, we are sharing the project history, achievements, challenges, and outlooks. In particular, we reflect on the infrastructure-building social and technical processes which will guide the development of similar infrastructures. The FISHGLOB project takes ocean monitoring one step forward in working as a unified community across disciplines and regions of the world.

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Title: FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation
Creators - without role: Aurore A. Maureaud - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Zoë Kitchel - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alexa Fredston - University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert Guralnick - University of Florida
Juliano Palacios-Abrantes - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Maria L. D. Palomares - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Malin L. Pinsky - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nancy L. Shackell - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
James T. Thorson - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Daniela Alemany - Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero
Kofi Amador - The Forestry Commission of Ghana
Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Wajra Jeewantha Bandara - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jonathan Belmaker - Tel Aviv University
Esther D. Beukhof - Technical University of Denmark
Steven J. Bograd - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Mohamed Lamine Camara - Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry
Pierluigi Carbonara - Fondazione Italiana Fegato
Shahar Chaikin - Tel Aviv University
Martin A. Collins - British Antarctic Survey
Tyler D. Eddy - Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dori Edelist
Heino O. Fock
Romain Frelat - International Livestock Research Institute
Kevin Friedland - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Arnaud Grüss - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Manuel Hidalgo - Instituto Español de Oceanografía
Didier Jouffre - Université de Montpellier, MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation - MARBEC
Saïkou Oumar Kidé - Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches
Mariano Koen-Alonso - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ian Knuckey - Fishwell Consulting
Stan Kotwicki - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Edward Lavender - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Martin Lindegren - Technical University of Denmark
Marcos Llope - Instituto Español de Oceanografía
Laura Mannocci - Université de Montpellier, MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation - MARBEC
Julia G. Mason - Environmental Defense Fund
Hicham Masski - Institut National de Recherche Halieutique
Matthew Mclean - University of North Carolina Wilmington
Laurène Merillet - Collecte Localisation Satellites
Vesselina Mihneva - Institute of Fish Resources - Varna (Agricultural Academy)
Francis K. E. Nunoo - University of Ghana
Richard L. O'Driscoll
Cecilia O'Leary
Laurene Pecuchet - UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Elitsa Petrova - Institute of Fish Resources - Varna (Agricultural Academy)
Jorge E. Ramos - South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute
Ignacio Sobrino - Instituto Español de Oceanografía
Jón Sólmundsson - Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
Vaishav Soni - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Ingrid Spies - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Maria Teresa Spedicato - Fondazione Italiana Fegato
Fabrice Stephenson - Newcastle University
Ndiaga Thiam
Feriha Tserkova - Institute of Fish Resources - Varna (Agricultural Academy)
George Tserpes - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Evangelos Tzanatos - University of Patras
Daniël Van Denderen
Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos - Joint Research Centre
Tom Webb
Daniela V. Yepsen - Instituto de Fomento Pesquero
Philippe Ziegler - Australian Antarctic Division
Walter Zupa - Fondazione Italiana Fegato
Bastien Mérigot - Université de Montpellier, MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation - MARBEC
Publication Details: Conservation Science and Practice
Identifiers: 9963240309311
Academic Unit: MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation & Conservation - MARBEC
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-05111763