FISHBASE AS A TOOL FOR COMPARING THE LIFE-HISTORY PATTERNS OF FLATFISH

The recent suggestion by a group of fisheries biologists to create spe cies-specific 'flatfish fact sheets', to accelerate flatfish research is recalled. The suggested contents of these sheets are shown to overl ap with the entries of FishBase, a global database on fish developed a t the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (IC LARM) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of t he United Nations (FAO), which is therefore proposed as the tool of ch oice for interested flatfish researchers. The modalities for possible cooperations are briefly presented.