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This section contains links to information and material on over 110 countries, covering most of the main fishing nations as well as a large number of developing and other countries from all continents. Because of the large size of this section (currently over 600 links) it has been split into five sections by region. To go to a particular page or country, either scroll down the full index on this page or use the index on the left. Most of the links are of a general nature or are to the homepages of relevant governmental departments, although links to some legal material is reproduced. If you are looking for legal material, we suggest you also try the FAO Legal Office website. 

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FAO Legal Office
The FAO Legal Office maintains a large, searchable database of basic information on national fisheries laws. Two separate databases are provided:

bulletFishLex (Coastal State Requirements for Foreign Fishing)  
Series of tables summarizing the provisions of national legislation and of bilateral and multilateral agreements governing foreign fishing in waters under national jurisdiction.
  
bulletFAOLEX  
Extensive database of treaties, laws, and regulations on fisheries and other resources contributed by FAO member countries.

FAO Fishery Country Profiles
Basic information on a number of countries, although at the time of writing this page, all countries profiled by FAO on the web were linked from this section.

Governments on the WWW
This is a comprehensive list of links to government home pages and departmental home pages on the web, although not all of these government sites have information on their respective fisheries departments and the quality of information available is highly variable.

CIA World Factbook
Basic geographical, political and statistical information on all States recognized by the US government.

Marine information
Statistical information on marine environmental matters, provided by the World Conservation and Monitoring Centre.

NOAA Integrated Coastal Management: Country Pages
Provides brief overviews and basic data of various countries.

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