Back in the late 1980s, Dr Daniel Pauly invited Dr Rainer Froese to join forces and, together, bring FishBase to life.

On this episode, Dr Pauly shares some unknown details and funny anecdotes related to the creation of this groundbreaking database.

He explains why FishBase is one of the most used products in science and why he believes his intellectual development would have been completely difference without the existence of FishBase.

Produced by Valentina Ruiz-Leotaud.