12 March 2013: A new mobile application, AppliFish, provides consumers with information to help make informed choices when purchasing fish.

The app seeks to open marine knowledge to anyone with a mobile device, providing information on more than 550 marine species, including global distribution maps, predicted impacts of climate change, catch statistics and extinction risk. The app relies in part on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). AppliFish was created by the i-Marine platform of 13 research institutes, universities and international organizations, including the FAO and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The work was funded by the European Union. [UN Press Release] [FAO Press Release] [i-Marine Website] [AppliFish Website]