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Fish Databases:

The UBC Fisheries Centre, located at the University of British Columbia, promotes multidisciplinary study of aquatic ecosystems and broad-based collaboration with maritime communities, government, NGOs and other partners. The UBC Fisheries Centre is the focal point for development of the widely used Ecopath with Ecosim approach and software. It is also a member of the FishBase Consortium.

 Website Link: http://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez/32?chart=catch-chart&dimension=taxon&measure=tonnage&limit=10

 github Link: https://github.com/seaaroundus/

 API Link: https://github.com/SeaAroundUs/sau-web-mt

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

 Website Link: http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/en

Fish Base

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications.

 Website Link: http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

 API: http://www.deepspaceweb.com/fishbase/

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Welcome to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) information resource for the United States Geological Survey. Located at Gainesville, Florida, this site has been established as a central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of introduced aquatic species. The program provides scientific reports, online/realtime queries, spatial data sets, distribution maps, and general information. The data are made available for use by biologists, interagency groups, and the general public. The geographical coverage is the United States.

 Database: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/53da50a6e4b0477f68736d71

 API: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/api/documentation.aspx