Editing FishBase (section)

==Organization==
As awareness of FishBase has grown among fish specialists, it has attracted over 2,480 contributors and collaborators. Since 2000 FishBase has been supervised by a consortium of nine international institutions. The FishBase consortium has grown to twelve members. The [[GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel|GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research for Ocean Research Kiel]] (GEOMAR) in Germany, functions as the coordinating body<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm FishBase] Home page. Retrieved 28 November 2018</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=5118#FishBase | title=Ecology, Population Dynamics, and Fisheries: FishBase| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324151446/http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=5118#FishBase| archive-date=24 March 2012| publisher=IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel| access-date=27 January 2014}}</ref> and, since February 2017, Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. functions as the administrative body.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us – Quantitative Aquatics, Inc. |url=https://www.q-quatics.org/about-us/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> 

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| colspan="2" | {{center|'''The FishBase Consortium'''}}
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| rowspan="12" | [[File:IFM Geomar.jpg|thumb|center|{{center|The [[GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel]] coordinates the FishBase Consortium<ref>[http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?L=1 Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707015410/http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?L=1 |date=7 July 2011 }} (IFM-GEOMAR). Main web site.</ref>}}]]
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| [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]], Thessaloniki, Greece<ref>[http://ichthyology.bio.auth.gr/index.php?q=fishbase/auth Fishbase and Aristotle University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327195836/http://ichthyology.bio.auth.gr/index.php?q=fishbase%2Fauth |date=27 March 2012 }} ''Aristotle University of Thessaloniki'', 5 August 2006.</ref>
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| [[Chinese Academy of Fishery Science]], Beijing, China
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| [[UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries|Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries]], [[University of British Columbia]], Vancouver, Canada
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| [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], Rome, Italy
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| {{lang|fr|[[Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle]]|italic=no}}, Paris, France
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| [[Royal Museum for Central Africa]], Tervuren, Belgium
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| [[Swedish Museum of Natural History]], Stockholm, Sweden
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| [[WorldFish]], Penang, Malaysia
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|[[Federal University of Sergipe|Universidade Federal de Sergipe]], São Cristóvão – SE, Brazil
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|[[University of Western Australia]], Perth, Australia
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|[https://www.q-quatics.org/ Quantitative Aquatics, Incorporated], Laguna, Philippines
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