The Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) is an independent scientific organisation founded in 1929[1] in Cumbria[2] by Felix Eugen Fritsch,[3] William Harold Pearsall,[4] Francis Balfour-Browne,[5] and Robert Gurney[6] among others.
Whilst originally created to be a research station it has evolved into a learned society whose mission is "to promote the sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems and resources, using the best available science".
As of 2010, the FBA hosted both published and unpublished collections, two specialist libraries and varieties of long term data sets from sites of scientific significance.
[10] A board of trustees, elected by the members, guide the strategic direction of the Association in line with the charitable objectives.
The FBA's Council Chairs have included Cecil Terence Ingold from 1965 to 1974 and Gordon Elliott Fogg (1919–2005) from 1974 to 1985.