Fish Information and Services
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{{Infobox company
|name = Fish Information and Services
| logo = Logo FIS.jpg
| type = Private Company
| foundation = 28 February 1995
| industry = Internet seafood journalism
| num_employees = 61
| location_country = Japan
| location_city = Tokyo|
| key_people = Co-Founders
Andres Loubet-Jambert
Yasuo Kunimitsu
| area_served = Worldwide
| homepage = [https://seafood.media/ seafood.media] [http://www.fis.com/ www.fis.com] – Worldwide
[http://www.fis-net.co.jp/ www.fis-net.co.jp] – Japan
}}
Fish Information and Services (FIS) claims to be the world's largest online provider of information for the fishing industry.{{citation|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_236899.html|title=World largest fish-related information center to open regional branch in Myanmar|date=20 January 2006|publisher=People's Daily}} It is a privately held company founded in Tokyo in 1995 by Yasuo Kunimitsu and Andre Daniel Loubet-Jambert, providing a broad range of information on fishing, seafood, and aquaculture.[http://fis.com/fis/companies/details.asp?l=e&filterby=companies&company=fis&page=1&company_id=77050&country_id= FIS Website About Us]{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/05/06/focus4.html?page=2|title=Trade magazines compete to catch best fishing news|publisher=Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)|accessdate=2008-09-30|last=Wilhelm|first=Steve|date=5 May 2002}} According to the publisher, the site – which is available in three languages: English, Japanese and Spanish – receives approximately 330,000 pageviews per month. Additionally, it operates as an online-auction.
Products and services
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.{{citation|publisher=Middle East Economic Digest|title=Fish Information & Services (FIS) (Morocco)|date=31 August 2001}} In 2006, they set up an office in Rangoon to cover South East Asia.{{citation|url=http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/MyanmarTimes16-304/n016.htm|title=FIS opens ASEAN office in Yangon|author=Thein Linn|date=13 February 2006|work=The Myanmar Times}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.fis.com Fish Information and Services website - Worldwide]
- [http://www.fis-net.co.jp Fish Information and Services website - Japan]
- [http://www.fishinspectors.com Fish Inspectors Website]
- [http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&ndb=1&id=31769 FIS, global giant AXA Assistance join forces]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920154230/http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/03Aug/RL30856.pdf Congressional Research Service] – The Library of Congress
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Category:Companies established in 1995