Data Sources - Seafood-Globalization-Lab/artis-model GitHub Wiki
The ARTIS model relies on multiple external datasets. This page documents each data source.
FAO GLOBAL FISHERY PRODUCTION (1950 - 2022)
Description:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Global Fishery Production. "This dataset covers annual series of total fishery and aquaculture production from 1950. Data cover fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic mammals, other aquatic animals, residues and plants taken for commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes from inland, brackish and marine waters." (FAO Global Fishery production FIproduction_E.html metadata file)
Cite As:
© FAO. 2025. Global Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture. [Cited Thursday, June 12th 2025].
License: CC BY–NC–SA 3.0 IGO
Data Schema and Descriptions:
| Column Name | Description |
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| COUNTRY.UN_CODE | Country or territory |
| AREA.CODE | FAO major fishing area |
| PRODUCTION_SOURCE_DET.CODE | Production source |
| SPECIES.ALPHA_3_CODE | ASFIS species list |
| PERIOD | Year |
| MEASURE | Unit |
| VALUE | Quantity |
| STAUS | FAO SDMX statistical symbol |
Sea Around Us Marine Capture Production
Description:
The Sea Around Us is a research initiative at the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Australia. By performing catch reconstructions, the program assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders.
Cite As:
Pauly D., Zeller D., Palomares M.L.D. (Editors), 2020. Sea Around Us Concepts, Design and Data (seaaroundus.org)
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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BACI International Bilateral Trade
Description:
BACI provides data on bilateral trade flows for 200 countries at the product level (5000 products). Products correspond to the "Harmonized System" nomenclature (6 digit code).
Cite As:
Gaulier, Guillaume, and Soledad Zignago. "Baci: international trade database at the product-level (the 1994-2007 version)." (2010).
License: Etalab 2.0
Attribute with:
Ministry of xxx—Original data downloaded from http://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/ datasets/xxx/, updated on dd Month yyy.
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UN Comtrade
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FishBase
Description:
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on finfishes. From its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species, FishBase has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data reaching back to 250 years.
Cite As:
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2025).
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
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SealifeBase
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WoRMS World Registry of Marine Species
Description:
The aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While the highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature.
The content of WoRMS is controlled by taxonomic and thematic experts, not by database managers. WoRMS has an editorial management system where each taxonomic group is represented by an expert who has the authority over the content, and is responsible for controlling the quality of the information. Each of these main taxonomic editors can invite several specialists of smaller groups within their area of responsibility to join them.
Cite As:
WoRMS Editorial Board (2025). World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. Accessed 2025-06-12. doi:10.14284/170
License: CC BY 4.0
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