North Pacific
Marine Science Organization (PICES)
Recently revised and improved website,
containing (among other things) an
overview of the organization;
a news page; and information
on committee and working
group meetings and Annual Meetings.
International Commission
for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM)
Contains an overview of the Commission
and information on CIESM activities,
but there are no documents available on-line. (Publications can be ordered
on-line, however).
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Fishbase
Fishbase is a massive information database on
fisheries, containing information on virtually all known fish species. The
database lists common and scientific names of fish, provides various
biographical information and references. A truly excellent resource.
Fish Name
Dictionary
A very useful multilingual (including English and Latin) dictionary of over 1600 fish and
marine mammal names, maintained by Dr Gunners Jonssonar of the
Marine Research Institute in Iceland.
Catalogue of the Species of Fishes
Extensive
scientific catalogue containing biological information on
fish species.DFO (Canada): Underwater World
A selection of leaflets from the DFO's "Underwater World" series,
available on-line. Following the originals, each covers one of Canada's resource species,
divided into four categories two of which are relevant to international fisheries (the
Atlantic region and the Pacific region categories). In addition to scientific/biological
information, the leaflets also contain information on the fishery and management, although
many are now dated.
ECNASAP (Northwest
Atlantic) Groundfish Atlas
As the name suggests, this is an atlas, compiled under the East Coast of North
America Strategic Assessment Project, comprising 99 maps available in pdf
format or as zipped gifs.
Notes on the Dynamics of
Fish Populations
A complete textbook of marine fisheries dynamics, readable on the Web, prepared by Gunnar
Stefánsson of the Marine Research
Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland. This is a more technical document than the other sites
on this page.
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This section generally consists of national
research bodies, although it also includes some privately operated research bodies, some
educational institutions and a few other organizations. For
other institutes not listed here, see the
ICES member
nations list of addresses of government
departments and marine research establishments. There are not many Web links, but it
does provide addresses, telephone numbers, etc. The links here are organized into
three sections:
Europe
Canada and the US
Rest of the World
European Community