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Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law

International Fisheries Treaty Database [Visit this section]

The International Fisheries Treaty Database is one of the largest publicly-accessible collections of international treaties on the internet (in any field), comprising in total (when complete) over 900 instruments in total. Approximately 200 of these are in a Multilateral Treaties Compendium, which also contains summary files for each treaty (containing basic details and a fuller-length analysis of the treaty) and, for agreements in force and recently concluded, status files (providing information on ratification status). The status files are updated monthly. There is also a Bilateral Treaties Compendium, which will contain when complete around 700 texts with a summary for each principal agreement. The latter database is currently under development and will be completed in two stages. Stage 1 is to publish the texts of the treaties listed in the database (currently more than 500 texts are available). Stage 2 is to provide the summary files for each principal treaty.
  New in 2005  Nearly 100 new texts have been added to the multilateral treaty compendium, along with links to approximately 200 foreign language texts, and all summaries and status files have been updated. Status files are now updated on a monthly basis [members only]. The bilateral treaty compendium is a completely new resource.

Compendium of Cases [Visit this section]

The Compendium of Cases is a collection of selected international and national judicial decisions in the fields of fisheries and marine living resource conservation. It includes selected older decisions of interest and a collection of “current cases”, which is updated monthly (subject to the availability of new decisions). Each case also has an information file, containing an abstract and links to other information and (to be added during 2004/2005) a synopsis of the judgment. Most new cases are linked to the case summaries in the Briefly Noted section of IFLPR.
  New in 2005   This section has been substantially revised and extended with more than 20 new cases added to the collection and two new categories being added: Marine mammals and other species and Current Cases. The latter will be updated on a regular basis. Summaries for all cases will be added during 2004/2005. This section has also been reformatted, including integration with International Fisheries Law and Policy Review.

International Organizations Profiles [Visit this section]

International Organizations Profiles is a collection of information and links on around 40 regional fisheries organizations and other international organizations concerned with the conservation and management of marine living resources. The Compendium provides a summary file, description and links section for each organization. There is also a monthly update of current and recent activities in the organizations in the International Organizations Monitor.
  New in 2005   This section has been expanded to cover international organizations concerned with marine animals other than fish, e.g. CITES, CMS, IWC etc. All summary files have also been updated and extended, with additional documents and links being available and a new section has also been added - Monitor.

IGIFL Review [Visit this section]

The IGIFL Review comprises a series of bibliographic resources on international fisheries law and related subjects, including: a book review database; a quarterly review of “Recent Articles in International Fisheries Law” (RAIFL); research bibliographies on selected subjects; and links to journals and other publications.
  New in 2005  This section has been completely re-developed and re-designed. More than 50 books have been added to the database and more full-length reviews are available. The database will be developed further during 2005.

Documents Centre [Visit this section]

The Documents Centre is an extensive database of over 1200 resolutions, decisions, declarations and other instruments in two main collections. The first is an archive of instruments adopted by relevant international organizations and the second is a collection of “current materials” which includes recently adopted instruments of international organizations and other instruments of interest, adopted in various fora. The “current materials” section also contains a brief abstract of each new document.
  New in 2005  This is a completely new resource in 2005.

NewsLink [Visit this section]

NewsLink is a major new resource on IGIFL which consists of a weekly service providing links to news and media items available on the internet (appearing in the preceding week) together with brief abstracts for each item. A large number of news sources (more than 100 specialist websites and several media databases covering more than 500 general publications) are trawled each week to provide this service.
  New in 2005  This is a completely new resource in 2005.

Updater [Visit this section]

The Updater Report is a monthly report, compiled using IGIFL’s updating tools, providing an overview of the latest developments in international fisheries law and links to further information in other parts of IGIFL. The service covers: status of international treaties, new cases, new documents and materials and developments in international organizations. Users may also subscribe to a mailing list to receive the monthly updates by email.
  New in 2005  This is a completely new resource in 2005.

Announcements [Visit this section]

The Announcements section provides various  information on: updates to the IGIFL website; forthcoming conferences and meetings; and other announcements. There is also a link to the IFLPR announcements section which additionally contains employment and study opportunity announcements. The section is updated monthly and users can subscribe to an email list providing information on major updates.
  New in 2005  This section has been completely re-developed and re-designed and will be updated on a regular basis.

Internet Pathfinder [Visit this section]

This is a collection of more than 4000 links, to over 1000 individual websites containing information on international fisheries law and related subjects. The collection is organized into 16 categories. An extensive update and development of this section is scheduled during 2005.
  New in 2005    New sections on marine mammals and on the European Union have been added. Some pages have been revised and updated. A general review of the Pathfinder will take place during 2005.

Glossary [Visit this section]

The Glossary contains brief definitions of scientific, technical and legal terms relevant to fisheries conservation and management, as well as a glossary of treaty terms and a list of common acronyms.
   New in 2005    A number of new terms and acronyms have been added and a new legal glossary on treaty terms has been added.