FAO is launching AquaGRIS, the world’s first public online database of farmed aquatic species and their wild relatives. It was developed by FAO in collaboration with countries, scientific experts and stakeholders through a consultative process spanning five years. This tool is designed to support countries’ efforts to transform their aquatic food systems in line with the new global Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA), which call for the conservation and effective management of aquatic biodiversity as vital to ecosystem and human health and well-being.