UN
Treaty Database
Full reproduction of the United Nations Treaty Series with additional
summary information for some treaties; full access is now subject to a
subscription fee although many texts can be accessed through the search
facility.
Australian
Treaty Series
Almost full reproduction of the ATS, dating back to 1902. Contains most of
the major multilateral marine treaties and Australian bilateral
agreements.
Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators Service (ENTRI)
ENTRI is a comprehensive and extremely useful online search service for
the texts of and other information on environmental treaties. A large
collection of Treaty
Texts is available, as well as summary information for some
treaties (see below). This site is linked to:
UNEP
Register of International Treaties
The UNEP Register of
International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of Environment
lists a number of international treaties, along with summaries describing
the objectives, major provisions, dates and contracting parties of each
agreement, although the information is not generally very up-to-date.
The summaries are available through a chronological
listing of treaty titles and a searchable index of the
summary files.
Marine
Treaties Database Home Page
A much smaller collection of texts, and all of the fisheries ones are
reproduced on this site, but there are some other marine/environmental
treaties here and lists of parties to the agreements.
Tufts
University Multilaterals Project
Collection of international legal texts, provided by the Tufts
University, Fletcher Law School. Organized into sections including Biodiversity
and Marine
and Coastal.
Pace
University School of Law Virtual Environmental Law Library
Collection of links to various international texts and summaries,
provided by the Pace University Law
School. Includes a separate section on Seas,
Fish and Fisheries.
Globelaw
Home Page
Contains an extensive list of links to international agreements
relating to the environment, as well as other relevant information.
Replaces the Greenpeace International Environmental Conventions site.
US
Oceans Policy and Law of the Sea Convention
A collection of various international law instruments and documents
relating to the law of the sea and the marine environment and documents
and information on the US responses or policies relating to these
instruments. Maintained by the US Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
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OneFish
The "OneFish
Community Directory" is an online database and directory of fisheries
research and development information, supported by major donor agencies and
managed by a community of leading researchers and fisheries experts around
the globe. It is organized into a wide range of topics.
Gadus Associates' List of Web Links
This is an enormous collection of links,
provided by Gadus Associates,
a Nova Scotian fisheries science consultancy firm. The ever-expanding list is organized
into 16 pages (some are listed below) and contains links to more than 2,500 sites relating
to commercial fishing. Not all of these are relevant to international fisheries law, but
this site should be the first place to search if you cannot find what you are looking for
here. Among the topics covered are:
Sea Grant Law Center Coastal Links
An extensive collection of useful links from
the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Law Center.
American Fisheries Society Hot Links
This site contains a very large collection of fisheries and wildlife conservation and
management links, although most of them are not of direct relevance to fisheries law.
Those which are should be included on this site.
European
Commission DG Fish: Related sites
Emphasis on European
links.
International Institute of
Fisheries Economics and Trade
A list of links generally relating to economics and management, although all of those
sites most directly related to fisheries law are also contained on this site.
MacMeekin.com
A good collection of links to legal documents relating to the
South Pacific Islands, maintained by Dan MacMeekin, a US attorney.
The FishyBiz List
List of links under a number of subject headings from an Irish fisheries consultant.
IOC OceanPortal
Large collection of links and website reviews relating to ocean use
generally. Most information relating to fisheries can be found in the section on
environmental and legal aspects.
UN Oceans Atlas
New resource from the UN providing various links and information on ocean
issues, including fisheries.
Oregon
Sea Grant: Ocean and coastal resources on line
Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium: Coastal links
Ocean
and Coastal Law Center (University of Oregon): Related Sites
Gallagher
Law Library (U. Washington): Research Guide for US Ocean and Coastal Law
Good collection of federal and international links.
Seerecht
Links
Law of the Sea links,
provided by Florian Wegelein, a German lawyer.
DFO
(Canada): Comprehensive Ocean Links
Collection of links on ocean issues, although not an enormous amount on
fisheries.
Irish Marine
A commercial site that includes a collection of links to sites dealing with
various marine matters, including some relevant international sites. The links pages are searchable,
but cannot be browsed.
SeaWeb:
Links and resources
This is a preliminary random sample of existing
ocean-related sites. They are organized into organizations and issues.
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Listed below are a number
of sites which have further links on specific species. As above, most of those of a legal
nature should be included on this site. These links were also listed earlier in the
relevant pages of the Pathfinder.
Squid
links
Page from the University of Aberdeen Eurosquid page.
CERES: Salmon
A page of salmon related links, although there is not much international material.NMFS: Salmon on the Internet
Another page of salmon links. This one is better from an international perspective.
There are also some general fisheries sites included.
Shrimps on the
Net
A comprehensive list of links provided by the Shrimp Tribunal Online.
NMFS: Marine Mammal Related Links
A lengthy list of links, arranged alphabetically, to marine mammal sites, provided by
the United States National Marine Fisheries Service.
Whales on the Net
A list of links to whale-related sites, although not many are legally
minded.
WhaleNet
More links to whale matters.
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Environmental
law
General international law
International
Environmental Law and Policy
This site - published by the Washington College of Law
- describes itself as a comprehensive reference sources for international environmental law
and contains a large number of links, organized into a number of chapters. Among the more
relevant are the following:
