Websites

This list of marine affairs related websites has been compiled for Marine Affairs Program students and individuals interested in marine affairs issues. Websites have been grouped into the 16 categories listed below. Click on a category to view the related websites or scroll down the page to view links in all categories. This list is regularly reviewed and updated.

• Marine Information Metasites
• Aquaculture
• Coastal Zone Management
• Conservation and Biodiversity
• Fish & Fisheries Management
• Marine Law & Policy
• Maritime Transport
• Oceans
• Offshore Oil & Gas
• Sustainable Development
• Government - Regional
• Government - Federal
• Government - International
• Intergovernmental Organizations
• Coastal Community Organizations
• General

   Marine Information Metasites  

• Census of Marine Life
• EurekAlert: Marine Science Portal
• EurOcean
• OceanPortal
• WINDandSEA: The Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Guide, NOAA Central Library

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   Aquaculture 

• AFSIC (Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre): Aquatic Resources
• AFSIC: Organic Aquaculture
• Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia
• Aquaculture Network Information Center (AquaNIC)
• Aquatic Network
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK: Fish Farming and Health
• DFO: Aquaculture
• Directory of Aquaculture Associations
• European Aquaculture Society
• FAO Library: Directory of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Related Internet Sites
• FIGIS Aquaculture Gateway
• Geo Yearbook 2006: Fish and Shellfish Farming in Marine Ecosystems
• Global Aquaculture Alliance
• Harbour Branch Oceanographic: Aquaculture Division
• Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, UK
• Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• World Aquaculture Society

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   Coastal Zone Management

• ACZISC: Coastal Information in Atlantic Canada
• Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University
• Coastal America
• Coastal Management - Environmental Protection Agency/Queensland
• Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia
• Coastal Zone Management Pty Ltd., Australia
• Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Initiative
• Estuarine Research Federation (ERF)
• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN): Coastal Zone in the Great Lakes Region
• IOC Coastal Area Management
• Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
• NOAA Coastal Services Centre, US
• NOAA National Sea Grant Program, US
• NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), US
• Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), US
• Parks Canada: National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada
• PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia)
• UNEP Regional Seas
• World Commission on Protected Areas
• World Database on Protected Areas

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   Conservation and Biodiversity 

• ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC), Malaysia
• Australian Marine Conservation Society
• Centre for Marine Biodiversity
• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
• Census of Marine Life
• Great Lakes Information Network - Environment
• IOC Marine Environmental Protection
• IUCN (The World Conservation Union) – Global Marine Programme
• IUCN (The World Conservation Union) Red List of Threatened Species
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK
• Mangroves of India
• Marine Conservation Biology Institute
• Marine Conservation Society, UK
• Marine Protected Areas of the United States
• National Coalition for Marine Conservation
• National Parks Conservation Association: Marine Parks, US
• NOAA Fisheries: Office of Protected Resources, US
• Nunavut Wildlife Management Board
• Ocean Mammal Institute
• ReefBase
• The Ocean Conservancy
• The Ocean Project
• UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• WWF Canada

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   Fish & Fisheries Management 

• American Fisheries Society
• AVC Lobster Science Centre
• Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis, US 
• Canadian Commercial Fishery Online Resource Centre
• College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, US
• Crustacean Society
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK: Fisheries
• European Commission: Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
• FAO Fisheries Department
• Fisheries and Scientists Research Society
• Fisheries Research Services, Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD), Scotland
• Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
• Institute for Fisheries Management & Coastal Community Development
• IOC Fisheries and Ecosystems
• Large Marine Ecosystems
• Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries
• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, US
• NOAA Fisheries Service - US
• NOAA Fisheries: Office of Science and Technology, US
• North Atlantic Fisheries College Marine Centre, UK
• Northeast Fisheries Science Centre, US
• Ocean Tracking Network
• oneFish Community Directory 
• Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
• Sea Around us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Colombia
• Seafish, UK
• SPC (Secretariat of the Pacific Community) Marine Resources Division
• West Coast Vancouver Aquatic Management Board
• World Fish Centre

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   Marine Law & Policy 

• AdmiraltyLaw.com
• American Society of International Law’s Wildlife Interest Group
• Canada’s Oceans Strategy
• Consolidated Statutes and Regulations – Department of Justice Canada
• Ecolex: A gateway to environmental law
• International Seabed Authority (IOC)
• Marine and Coastal Multilateral Treaties - Edwin Ginn Library, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
• Oceans and Law of the Sea – UN
• United States Commission on Ocean Policy
• Science and Policy Integration for Coastal System Assessment

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   Maritime Transport 

• Aquatic Nuisance Species  (ANS) Task Force, US
• Baltic Sea Alien Species Database
• Canadian Marine Advisory Council (CMAC)
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme
• International Maritime Organization
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)
• Global Invasive Species Database
• Marine Bioinvasions, MIT Sea Grant Center for Coastal Resources
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species, US Geological Survey
• Sea Grant Non-indigenous Species (SGNIS)

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   Oceans 

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Bedford Institute of Oceanography – Ocean Sciences Division
• Consortium for Oceanic Research Leadership
• Global Oceans Conference 2008 (GOC 2008)
• GOC 2008 YouTube Channel
  
• International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG)
• International Ocean Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
• International Polar Year 
• IOC Ocean Observation and Monitoring
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
• NOAA National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC), US
• Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

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   Offshore Oil & Gas 

• British Columbia Offshore Oil and Gas Team – BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
• Offshore Minerals Management, US Department of the Interior
• Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada (PRAC)
• UNEP Offshore Oil and Gas Environment Forum

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   Sustainable Development

• Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
• FAO Sustainable Development Department
• ICSF – International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
• IDRC Books Online and In Print: International Development Research Centre - Canada
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)

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   Goverment - Regional  

• New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
• Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 
• Prince Edward Island Division of Fisheries and Aquaculture

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   Government - Federal 

• Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN) Coastal Zone Sector
• Canadian Coast Guard
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS)
• Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada
• Department of Justice
• Environment Canada
• Fisheries and Oceans
• Indian and Northern Affairs

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   Government - International

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US
• NOAA Coastal Services Centre, US
• NOAA Fisheries Service, US
• NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), US
• NOAA National Sea Grant Program, US
• NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), US
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• United States Geological Survey: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

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   Intergovernmental Organizations 

• CIESM – The Mediterranean Research Network
• The Convention on Biological Diversity
• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
• North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
• International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• International Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
• International Whaling Commission (IWC)
• IUCN: The World Conservation Union
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP MAP)
• UNEP Regional Seas Program
• UNESCO

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   Coastal Community Organizations 

• Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
• Coastal Communities Network
• Coastal CURA - Communities Managing Coasts Together 
• Living Oceans Society
• Quebec-Labrador Foundation / Atlantic Centre for the Environment

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   General 

• CIA World Factbook
• Free Full Text Journals, FAO Fisheries Library
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• The Atlas of Canada
• UN Atlas of the Oceans
• UNEP: Geo Yearbook 2006

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