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Information on aquaculture |
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Information on coastal zone management |
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Information on Marine Protected Areas |
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Trade and market information |
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Alien species |
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Deep sea-bed mining |
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Maritime law |
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Information on aquaculture |
The State of World
Fisheries and Aquaculture - SOFIA
Report from the FAO
Fisheries Department.
Recent
Outlook of Global Aquaculture Production
Another brief report with statistics from the FAO Fisheries Department.
The Allure of
Aquaculture: The Blue Revolution
An article about the growth of aquaculture in Australia.
Aquaculture
Network Information Center
This site, maintained by Purdue University, serves as a national clearinghouse for
aquaculture information and provides materials to a variety of clientele. It describes
itself as a "gateway to the world's electronic resources for aquaculture."
Aquarius
Aquatic
Network Aquaculture Pages
A European network for aquaculture information.
The aquaculture section of the Aquatic Network's Web-site, which contains information and
links. Aquatic
Network Aquaculture Pages
The aquaculture section of the Aquatic Network's Web-site, which contains information and
links.
Fish-Link
Fish-Link is Scottish-based, and the considerable aquaculture section covers a variety of
topics and links to other sites.
Network
of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
Official site of the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific, set up by
international agreement in 1988. (The text of that
agreement is reproduced in the Compendium). The Network's site offers links to centres
throughout south, southeast and east Asia.
World
Aquaculture Society
Organization devoted to education and research.
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Information on coastal zone management |
Coastal
Guide Europe
An information service for professionals in coastal conservation and management in Europe
and the Mediterranean. Includes an extensive collection of links to information on coastal management
at the global, regional, European and national levels.
Integrated
Coastal Management: An International Priority
A guide to integrated coastal management globally, regionally and nationally, provided
jointly by the University of Delaware, NOAA's National Ocean Service, IOC and the World
Bank.
A Global
Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
A global review of Marine Protected Areas by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,
the World Bank and IUCN (1995).
Integrated Coastal Zone
Management in the European Union
Pages of information from the European Commission's Environment Directorate on
ICZM in the EU.
Office of
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)
Extensive site, provided by the United States NOAA,
containing lots of information on US coastal environmental programmes.
DFO's Integrated Coastal Zone
Management (ICZM) Site
Part of the Oceans Conservation site,
provided by the Canadian DFO. Contains a variety of useful information and links, but is
not a very well organized site.
Coastal
Zone Management in Canada
Overview of CZM in Canada, provided by the Canadian Department
of the Environment.
Atlantic
Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC)
Homepage of this Committee, based in Canada. Includes a searchable Directory of databases relevant to
the integrated management and sustainable development of the coastal zone of Atlantic
Canada.
Coastal
Environmental Links
A collection of links from The Mining Company's
environment Guide.
A Global
Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
A 1995 report prepared by a series of regional working groups on existing and proposed
MPAs in each of the 18 marine biogeographic regions as classified by IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA).
World
Network of Biosphere Reserves
Information from UNESCO's Man and Biosphere
program.
Marine
Protected Areas: A fisheries management perspective
A paper on the role and value of protected areas in fisheries management, by Dr Trevor
Kenchington of Gadus Associates, prepared
for Canada's Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.
Marine
Reserves are for Fishermen
A view from a coral-reef biologist - Dr. Callum Roberts of York University (UK) - dealing specifically
with reserves in the Soufrière Marine Management
Area off St. Lucia.
An Approach to the Establishment
and Management of Marine Protected Areas Under the Oceans Act
A 1996 Discussion Paper from the Canadian Department
of Fisheries and Oceans.
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The National Program |
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Marine Sanctuaries |
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Sanctuary News |
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Sustainable Seas |
DFO's Marine Protected Areas Site
A useful site provided by Canada's as part of the Oceans Conservation site. There is a
large collection of links to other sites, as well as a section of related news releases and
backgrounders and an extensive and very useful bibliography of Marine
Protected Areas Literature.
Marine Protected Areas Strategy for
the Pacific Coast of Canada
The website for DFO's MPA program on
Canada's Pacific Coast, containing several pages of information and material.
WWF Canada Marine
Protected Areas Site
Home site for the MPA campaign of the Canadian WWF.
Time for Marine Reserves in
the Gulf of Maine
A policy paper from the Coastal
Waters Project, and some links to other documentation
on MPAs.
Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Home page of the management agency for the Great Barrier Reef MPA in Australia. It
provides a reasonable volume of information relevant to protected areas in the sea.
National
Reserve System Marine Page
From the National Reserve System Program of Environment Australia. It contains links to
some additional reports and information on Australia's 300 MPAs.
Websites of some Marine Protected Areas:
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Channel Islands NMS (California, USA) |
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Cordell Bank NMS (California, USA) |
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Fagatele Bay NMS (American Samoa) |
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Florida Keys NMS (Florida, USA) |
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Flower Garden Banks NMS (Florida, USA) |
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Grays Reef NMS (Georgia, USA) |
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia) |
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Gulf of Farallones NMS (California, USA) |
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La riserva naturale di Miramare (Trieste, Italy) In Italian |
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Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic English version |
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Monitor NMS (Virginia, USA) |
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Monterey Bay NMS (California, USA) |
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Olympic Coast NMS (Washington, USA) |
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Soufrière Marine Management Area (St. Lucia) |
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Stellwagon Bank NMS
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Literature on-line |
A Bioeconomic Analysis of Marine Reserves
By Lee G. Anderson, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, USANutrient Enrichment and Marine Ecosystem Disturbance: A Deterministic and Stochastic Analysis of the Black Sea
By Duncan Knowler, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, CanadaAnalysis of the Impacts of Marine Reserves in the Galapagos Islands
By Micki Stewart, Dept. of Agric. & Resource Economics, Univ. of Calfornia, Davis, USA
FAO
Fisheries Department: Trade section
This is a link to the "Trade" section on the FAO site, which contains a variety
of material, including:
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Commodity Market Review A brief review of recent developments in major fishery markets, supplies from fishery production and trade in fishery commodities. |
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Globefish is the unit of the FAO Fisheries Department responsible for information on international fish trade. It is an integral part of the Network of Fish Marketing Services:
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Fishery Market News
This site is maintained by the United States NMFS's
Fisheries Statistics & Economics Division,
and provides reports on current conditions affecting the trade in fish and fishery
products. Contains various sections, including:
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Foreign Trade Information |
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Fisheries Economics |
Fishroute/The
Fish Highway
This is an international (and multi-lingual) site which contains hundreds of pages
of market information. It also contains e-mail directories of companies, classified
according to their specializations and interests.
IMO Ballast Water Management Programme
Non-indigenous
Aquatic Species
This site, which is provided by the Florida
Caribbean Science Center, is the US
government's principal web site covering
the ballast water introductions problem. It contains a wide-range of information and
documents, including a publications page, with links to a number of reports.
US CoastGuard Ballast Water Management
Program
Another US site, this one from the
US Coast Guard,
which contains a variety of information, including a list of some
IMO Documents Relating to Ballast
Water Management.
AQIS Ballast Water Information
A site provided by the Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service which includes a considerable amount of useful material:
MIT Sea Grant's Exotic Species Site
An extensive site maintained by MIT Sea Grant
dealing with all forms of marine and freshwater invading species, including ballast water
introductions. It includes:
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Ballast Water (an introduction to the issue) |
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Exotic Species |
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What are Marine Invaders? |
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Ballast Water
References Short bibliographies of hard-copy material |
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Exotic Species Web Links |
Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
Home page of the US organization, which contains a variety of information.
For further links try the IMO List of Links (Ballast Water) or Page 14 of the Gadus Associates fisheries links.
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Deep Seabed Mining |
Agreement
relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention
Text of the 1994 Agreement on the UN
Oceans and Law of the Sea Pages.
| Status of the Agreement Table of signatures and ratifications, also on the UN Oceans and Law of the Sea Pages. |
| Report of The Secretary General (A/48/950) 1994 Report of UN Secretary-General on outstanding issues relating to the deep seabed mining provisions of the LOS Convention, reproduced on the International Seabed Authority site. |
| UN Resolution 48/263 on Part XI |
| UN Resolution 52/27: Agreement concerning
the relationship between the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority Two relevant Resolutions on the UN Oceans and Law of the Sea Pages. |
International
Seabed Authority Home Page
Useful website, containing numerous official
documents from ISA meetings (see below) as well as a considerable amount of other information,
including a comprehensive selection of Press Releases.
Includes official documents from: Second Session Third Session
Fourth Session
US Commentary on the LOS Convention -- section 5 (Deep seabed mining)
Law of the Sea: the International Seabed Authority - Its Status and US Participation Therein (US Congressional Research Service Report, 1996)
Do not
endorse the Law of the Sea Treaty
Faulty Repairs: The Law of the
Sea Treaty is still unacceptable
Two US Foreign Policy briefings by Doug Bandow, criticising the deep sea bed mining
provisions of the LOS Convention and the Part XI Implementation Agreement.
The
International Sea-Bed Authority: New Tasks
Some documents from a leadership seminar for delegated to the Fifth Session of the
International Sea-Bed Authority, organized by the International Ocean Institute in 1999.
1982 Agreement Concerning Interim Arrangements Relating to Polymetallic Nodules of the Deep Sea Bed
1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities
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Maritime Law |
For information on international maritime law, the following sites provide extensive links: