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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
United Nations:
Oceans and Law of the Sea
Information
on international treaties, agreements and resolutions
regarding fishery management by countries that are members
of the United Nations.
www.un.org
European Commission
on Fisheries
European
Commission website that provides up to date information
on fishery policy throughout the European Union.
www.ec.europa.eu
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO)
The United Nations FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department website provides: data and statistics regarding
wild capture fisheries and worldwide trade; FAO Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; and FAO International
Plans of Action (IPOA).
www.fao.org/fishery/en
Tuna-ORG
Information sharing website between different
Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs). These
Tuna RFMOs are intergovernmental organizations that monitor,
manage and collect data on tuna and similar resources.
www.tuna-org
Atlantic Salmon Federation
ASF is an international non-profit organization
that promotes the conservation and wise management of
wild Atlantic salmon and their environment.
www.asf.ca
The Shark Trust
A UK charity that works proactively in the UK
and EU to bring awareness to the public about the over
fishing and by-catch problems facing sharks, rays and
skates, through projects to improve fisheries management
and create sustainable, shark friendly fisheries.
www.sharktrust.org
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization
In 2006, Australia, Chile and New Zealand initiated
a process for states to cooperate in addressing these
gaps in the international conservation and management
framework through the establishment of a new regional
fisheries management organisation (RFMO).
www.southpacificrfmo.org
Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management
The Oceanic Fisheries Management Project provides
resources from the Global Environment Facility (GEF),
through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),
to governments in the Pacific Islands to strengthen management
of their oceanic fisheries.
www.ffa.int
LABELING,
CERTIFICATION & PROCUREMENT
Marine
Stewardship Council
The
MSC is an independent, global, non-profit organization
whose role is to recognize, via a certification program,
well-managed fisheries and to harness consumer preference
for seafood products bearing the MSC eco-label.
www.msc.org
Good Catch
Good Catch is a UK-based initiative to assist
people in foodservice to navigate the subject of seafood
sustainability. A partnership between four organizations
– Marine Conservation Society (MCS), Marine Stewardship
Council (MSC), Seafood Choices Alliance and Sustain.
www.seafoodchoices.com
Friends of the Sea
Friend of the Sea is a non-profit non- governative
organisation (NGO) for the conservation of marine habitat
by means of market incentives, in particular the certification
and promotion of sustainable seafood and products from
sustainable fisheries and aquaculture.
www.friendofthesea.org
Chefs
Collaborative
US
based Chefs Collaborative educates chefs about how to
source and cook with ocean-friendly seafood. Download
their
publication here.
FishOnline
Website designed to help identify which fish
are well managed and are caught using sustainable methods.
In partnership with the Marine Conservation Association
(MCS)
www.fishonline.org/buying_eating/labelling.php
Greenpeace
Procurement Guide
Tips
to designing a sustainable seafood procurement policy
for both wild-caught and farmed seafood.
www.greenpeace.org
Greenpeace
Labelling Demands
Campaign
for good seafood labelling - with complete and accurate
information about the origin of the product.
www.greenpeace.org
Ocean Wise
Vancouver Acquarium's Ocean Wise project identifies
restaurants committed to serving sustainable, ocean-friendly
seafood.
www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise
Articles
New
York Times,
The
Seafood Eater’s Latest Conundrum -
A running debate / commentary
AQUACULTURE
Aquaculture
Stewardship Council
The
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), which is expected
to be in operation by 2011, is creating global standards
designed to minimize the key negative environmental and
social impacts related to 12 aquaculture species.
www.worldwildlife.org
SeaWeb Aquaculture Center
Contains an extensive collections of material on Aquaculture,
including glossary and links pages.
www.seaweb.org/resources/aquaculturecenter/index.php
Aquaculture Atlas of Canada
Provides background and information on aquaculture
practices in Canada.
www.ats.agr.gc.ca/seafood/aquaculture-e.htm
European Aquaculture Society
An organization that brings together all those
interested in the sustainability of European Aquaculture.
Contains many different resources.
www.easonline.org
Articles
Time Magazine,
Sustainable
Acquculture: Net Profits
EDUCATION
The
Ocean Project
The
Ocean Project has grown from a handful of founding North
American aquariums and organizations into the world's
most extensive network for advancing ocean education and
action, with over 830 partner zoos, aquariums, and museums
(ZAMs), plus conservation and education organizations,
agencies, and institutions in all 50 U.S. states and 75
countries.
www.theoceanproject.org
Food and Agriculture Organzation of The
UN FOCUS
This website explains many fishery-related topics
ranging from nutrition to production and processing. It
also discusses environmental issues and challenges of
sustainable production.
www.fao.org
The
Great Australian Fisheries Game
The
Australian Fisheries Management Authority has developed
an interactive learning tool, The Great Australian
Fisheries Challenge, in which the player gets to
choose what they think is the best way to deal with the
issues and challenges that fishing may present.
www.afma.gov.au
FishBase
Reference website with thorough information on
fish species, population levels and status.
www.fishbase.org
Seaweb
SeaWeb provides a variety of unique resources
of interest to educators. The Ocean Briefings offer concise
overviews of important marine issues and summaries of
peer-reviewed articles from over 500 scientific journals.
Author Peter Benchley and Dr. Sylvia Earle tour the oceans
with stories from the nationally-syndicated radio series
the Ocean Report.
www.seaweb.org
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
The institution provides online oceanography
knowledge and resources to local, state, and national
efforts for K-12 science and mathematics education.
www.whoi.edu
ILLEGAL
FISHING
Illegal Fishing Info
Provides background information on the key issues
in the debate around illegal, unreported and unregulated
(IUU) fishing, together with news stories, information
on events, key documents and links to other relevant websites.
www.illegal-fishing.info
WWF-Illegal Fishing
Overview of illegal fishing problems.
www.panda.org
Stop
Illegal Fishing
UK Government Department for International Development
program in commitment tosupport an African policy process
to tackle illegal fishing.
www.stopillegalfishing.com
EU Illegal Fishing
Explains he EU stance on illegal fishing and
the efforts that are being made to combat the problem.
www.ec.europa.eu/fisheries
High Seas Task Force
The Task Force was established in 2003 by a small group
of fisheries ministers and international NGOs who decided
to work together to develop an action plan designed to
combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing on
the high seas.
www.high-seas.org
COASTAL
DEVELOPMENT
Wise Coastal Practices
for Sustainable Human Development Forum
www.csiwisepractices.org
AFRICA
West
Africa Sustinable Seafood Development Alliance
www.wassda.org
SASSI
Southern
African Sustainable Seafood Initiative
www.wwfsassi.co.za
Kenya
Fish Spawning Sites Project
www.worldwildlife.org
Articles
ITALIAN
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