Whilst many organizations involved in fisheries and aquatic research host and maintain their own websites via which they disseminate information about their organization, projects and research outputs etc., such information may only comprise a small part of the larger focus of the organization, whether it be of an academic, government, or research focus. Additionally, users of the Internet will have to visit each of these institutional sites independently to trawl for information of relevance to their research needs, or use a global search engine. By linking their fisheries and aquatic information into oneFish it becomes part of a global subject gateway to fisheries and aquatic information, searchable via one point of access. oneFish provides a Virtual Office facility whereby organizations with a remit in the fisheries and aquatic sector can submit, organize and share their information as part of this global online database.

Projects and Networks

The oneFish Virtual Office facility is a particular asset to dispersed networks, projects with multi-country participants, and other such groups, giving them the unique ability to be able to contribute and share data within their own area in oneFish. Each group manages their own information and decides who else can access and contribute to it.

Setting up a Virtual Office