1. Sylvain Caillot – FEMA - OFP
BioDaSys
Biological Database System
Sylvain Caillot – FEMA - OFP
TDW10: 28/04/2016, Noumea, New Caledonia

2. Overview Tell me more about it What is biological sampling?
History of BioDaSys
BioDaSys to support the tuna tissue bank
Next step: The Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
Going even further…

3. What? Up to 8 samples collected from fish
All labelled to be uniquely identified
Stomach
Muscle
Liver
Gonad
Otolith
Spine
Blood
Fin

4. How? … are they collected? At sea:
Observer programs, tagging cruises, scientific trips
At port during disembarking:
Port sampling program, consultants
Specific training, assessment, assistance, financial incentive
Targeted sampling : Species/length frequency/Type of samples

5. Why? Ecosystem approach of fisheries management Diet, micronekton
Support stock assessment with estimation of species’ biology
Reproductive biology, growth rate, stock boundaries
Scientific studies with implication in fisheries management
Contaminant
ECOSYSTEM

6. History From S’Danger to BioDaSys To support the tuna tissue bank:
Collection of biological sampling all over the Pacific
Since 2001 on behalf of member countries
S’Danger
First release in 2003 as an Access database
Only stomach samples & analysis
Only tuna
Last release in Avril 2016
11 different biological samples & 9 different analyses
All species
BioDaSys

7. BioDaSys now To continue supporting the tissue bank
To collect all information related to biological sampling from A to Z
Desktop front-end used by SPC staff
Webmapping front-end for data visualisation accessible to the public
SQL Server database with >100 tables

8. What is BioDaSys?
From paper to the Web

9. BioDaSys
Desktop front-end - Skeleton
Trip
Fish
Sample
Analysis

10. BioDaSys
Few numbers…
Observer trips, port sampling, scientific cruises, tagging cruises, ships of opportunity
Trips 8
890
274 different species: Tuna, billfish, wahoo, shark, snapper, gelatinous, crustacean…
Fish
28,600
Samples
81,800
61,300 samples still available in dedicated freezers
Analyses 8
24,500
+ 1,000 analyses still being processed

11. BioDaSys
and a map…

12. BioDaSys Samples 12,000 Increase of the number of samples per year
Trip
Fish
Sample
Analysis
Increase of the number of samples per year
7,500
12,000
3,000
1,000
2001
2006
2010
2015
Diversity of samples
Stored all over the Pacific
SPC premises
Australia
Marshall Isl.
Solomon Isl.
American Samoa
7 other countries
17,400 muscles
14,700 livers
13,900 gonads
13,800 stomachs
13,700 otoliths … MU LI GO

13. BioDaSys Analysis 10 laboratories all over the world
Trip
Fish
Sample
Analysis
10 laboratories all over the world
7 current analyses available
2 new analyses to come
4,500
Fatmeter
10,600
Stomach
content
DNA
4,400
Ageing
Micro-chemistry
2,500
Histology
2,500
Isotope
154 Lipid
92 Contaminant

14. Data consolidation From A to Z Sampling tracker Labels / Kits
Collection
Freight
Finance
Storage
Availability
Sampling quality
Access to scans, payslips

15. Data consolidation Daily management Laboratory logistic
Kit preparation, items stock
Sample movement

16. Data quality Data entry, data checking & reporting tools
Data imported from Excel files
Constraints & controls
Typing mistakes
Calculated fields, pre-cooked data extractions
Data harmonization
References lookup tables
Reports

17. Data validation Connection with external datasets
Fishing positions cross-checked with
Obs. logbooks
VMS
Logsheets

18. Tuna tissue bank Webmapping front end
Simple searchable view of all collected samples
Scientists can request samples for their studies

19. What’s next? The Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
Full-featured web-portal for browsing biological sampling data
Supported by WCPFC and managed by SPC

20. Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
Unique repository for all biological data
Search tools
Reporting & mapping interfaces
Easy deposits and withdrawals of samples using baskets
Optimized data access based on user credentials
Better collaboration between samplers, coordinators, users
Based on robust and modern technologies
First version in 2016

21. Pacific Marine Specimen Bank
Going even further…
Make relevant biological information available online
Species identification fact sheets
Photo library
X-rays library

22. Thank you Any questions? – sylvainc@spc.int , carolines@spc.int
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