and services type private company industry internet seafood journalism founded 28 february 1995 headquarters tokyo japan area served worldwide key people co founders andres loubet jambert yasuo kunimitsu number of employees 61 website www.fis.com worldwide 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 . 1 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 . 2 3 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 edit 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 . references edit world largest fish related information center to open regional branch in myanmar people s daily 20 january 2006 fis website about us wilhelm steve 5 may 2002 . trade magazines compete to catch best fishing news . puget sound business journal seattle . retrieved 2008 09 30 . 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 external links edit 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fish information and services & oldid 647092782 categories companies established in 1995online publishing companiesfishing industryhidden categories use dmy dates from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 12 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view