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Fish Information and Services
Type	Private Company
Founded	28th February 1995
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Co-Founders; Andres Loubet-Jambert; Yasuo Kunimitsu; CEO; Damian Sanguine
Industry	Internet seafood journalism
Employees	61
Website	www.fis.com - Worldwide; www.fis-net.co.jp - Japan

Fish Information and Services (FIS) is the world's largest online provider of information for the fishing industry.^[1] Founded in Tokyo in 1995, it provides wide ranging information on fishing, seafood, and aquaculture.^[2] According to the publisher, the site - which is available in three languages: English, Japanese and Spanish - receives approximately 330,000 pageviews per month.

In March 2009, the company announced a partership with AXA Assistance, subsidiary of the AXA group. The parnership is intended for the development of Fish Inspectors, an inspection company headed by FIS, and other similar ventures^[3].

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The FIS website includes over 17,000 published articles on topics from environmental issues to changes in the market. Its news stories are updated by journalists from different parts of the world.

The site also has a section dedicated to buying and selling goods. Goods are traded in four main categories: seafood, aquaculture, fishing vessels and machinery. Subscribing companies can advertise and sell goods. Non-subscribers can view the trading market. The trading market receives up to 100,000 views per month, according to the company. The service also offers market reports, market prices and industry news.

The Market Prices section is updated using information from fish markets from around the world. This includes weekly maximum and minimum prices for each species. The section also includes currency conversion and graphing capabilities.

In 2001, the company set up an office in Agadir to cover Africa and the Middle East, publishing fishery information in Arabic.^[4] In 2006, they set up an office in Rangoon to cover South East Asia.^[5] This is located in the same office as the Myanmar Fisheries Federation because it holds regular weekly meetings which provide a forum for information exchange between fishery entrepreneurs and the government Department of Fisheries.

[edit] References

^ World largest fish-related information center to open regional branch in Myanmar, People's Daily, January 20, 2006, http://english.people.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_236899.html
^ "Trade magazines compete to catch best fishing news". Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle). http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/05/06/focus4.html?page=2. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
^ http://xornalgalicia.es/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13986
^ Fish Information & Services (FIS) (Morocco), Middle East Economic Digest, 31 August 2001
^ Thein Linn (February 13, 2006), FIS opens ASEAN office in Yangon, The Myanmar Times, http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes16-304/n016.htm

[edit] External links

Fish Information and Services website - Worldwide
Fish Information and Services website - Japan
Fish Inspectors Website
FIS, global giant AXA Assistance join forces
Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress
ZoomInfo

[PD-0] World largest fish-related information center to open regional branch in Myanmar, People's Daily, January 20, 2006, http://english.people.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_236899.html

[1] "Trade magazines compete to catch best fishing news". Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle). http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/05/06/focus4.html?page=2. Retrieved 2008-09-30.

[2] ttp://xornalgalicia.es/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13986

[3] Fish Information & Services (FIS) (Morocco), Middle East Economic Digest, 31 August 2001

[4] Thein Linn (February 13, 2006), FIS opens ASEAN office in Yangon, The Myanmar Times, http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes16-304/n016.htm

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