oceans campaign, links


	web resources

NEWS LINKS

Guardian newspaper: Feature on global overfishing

OFFICIALDOM

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FISHERY/FISHERY.HTM

(Fisheries Department of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization)

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

(U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service)

http://www.nmfs.gov/

(U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service)

MARINE CONSERVATION AND OCEANS ISSUES

http://www.cousteau.org/

(The Cousteau Society)

http://www.americanoceans.org/

(American Oceans Campaign - Focusing on marine pollution, fisheries and coastal habitats issues in the United States)

http://www.mcbi.org/

(Marine Conservation Biology Institute)

http://www.seaweb.org

(Seaweb -- a multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it)

http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/links.html

(IUCN World Conservation Society Marine And Coastal Program)

MARINE AND COASTAL HABITAT ISSUES

http://www.earthisland.org/map/map.html

(Mangrove Action Project -- MAP working with NGOs worldwide to respond to the threats to mangrove forests, with a particular concern about shrimp farming. )

http://www.wetlands.agro.nl/

(Wetlands International)

http://www.iucn.org/themes/icri/index.html

(International Coral Reefs Initiative -- focuses on the plight of reefs and the actions necessary to reverse the trends toward their degradation)

http://www.coral.org/CORAL.html

(The Coral Reef Initiative -- works to address the worldwide problem of coral reef destruction. We focus on educating divers and the general public about the problems facing coral reefs.)

http://www.reef.org/

(Reef Environmental Education Foundation)

http://www.reefkeeper.org/

(Reefkeeper International)

http://www.reefrelief.org/

(Reef Relief)

http://planet-hawaii.com/sos/

(Save our Seas)

MARINE SPECIES PROTECTION

http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/seabirds/

(Birdlife International Seabird Conservation Program)

http://www.pond.net/~fish1ifr/bycatch1.htm

(Seabird Bycatch Project)

http://www.imma.org/index.html

(International Marine Mammal Association)

http://iwc.org/

(International Wildlife Coalition)

http://www.greenchannel.com/tec/seals.htm

(Seal Conservation Society)

SHRIMP AQUACULTURE

http://www.earthsummitwatch.org/shrimp/home.html

(Shrimp Sentinel Online)

http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/aquaculture/

Environmental Defence Fund -- EDF's "Murky Waters: Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the United States" by Becky Goldberg and Tracy Triplett)

http://www.pcsadvt.com/prepare/

(PREPARE India Homepage with link to its campaign against shrimp aquaculture)

http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/TED/THAISHMP.HTM

(An in-depth case study on the shrimp industry of Thailand-one of the largest shrimp export industries in the world -- presented in this annex to the Trade and the Environment Database home page at American University's School of International Services)

http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/shrimp/shrimp.html

(Sierra Club of Canada Shrimp Aquaculture Website)

ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN

http://www.asoc.org/

(Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition -- ASOC)

http://www.ccamlr.org

(Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources -- CCAMLR)

http://www.iucn.org/themes/antarctica.html

(IUCN Antarctica)

http://www.icair.iac.org.nz

(International Center for Antarctic Information and Research)

http://www.isofish.org.au

(International Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Clearing House ISOFISH) -- collects and analyzes fishing vessel and company information, established to expose the activities of the pirate fishing fleets in the region).

FISHERFOLK ORGANIZATIONS

http://WWW.SOUTH-ASIAN-INITIATIVE.ORG/wff/

(World Forum of Fish Workers and Fish Harvesters)

http://www.gfwa.org/~gfwa/index.html

(The Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association)

http://www.gmt2000.co.uk/apoints/icsf/index.htm

(International Collective in Support of Fishworkers' FishNet -- a communications network set up by ICSF to facilitate networking among NGOs, fishworker groups and activists. The site is located at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.)

http://www.pcsadvt.com/prepare/

PREPARE India homepage, with link to Prepare's Fisherfolk Empowerment Programmes) India.

NEWS LINKS
Guardian newspaper: Feature on global overfishing
OFFICIALDOM
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FISHERY/FISHERY.HTM
(Fisheries Department of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
(U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service)
http://www.nmfs.gov/
(U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service)

MARINE CONSERVATION AND OCEANS ISSUES
http://www.cousteau.org/
(The Cousteau Society)
http://www.americanoceans.org/
(American Oceans Campaign - Focusing on marine pollution, fisheries and coastal habitats issues in the United States)
http://www.mcbi.org/
(Marine Conservation Biology Institute)
http://www.seaweb.org
(Seaweb -- a multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it)
http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/links.html
(IUCN World Conservation Society Marine And Coastal Program)

MARINE AND COASTAL HABITAT ISSUES
http://www.earthisland.org/map/map.html
(Mangrove Action Project -- MAP working with NGOs worldwide to respond to the threats to mangrove forests, with a particular concern about shrimp farming. )
http://www.wetlands.agro.nl/
(Wetlands International)
http://www.iucn.org/themes/icri/index.html
(International Coral Reefs Initiative -- focuses on the plight of reefs and the actions necessary to reverse the trends toward their degradation)
http://www.coral.org/CORAL.html
(The Coral Reef Initiative -- works to address the worldwide problem of coral reef destruction. We focus on educating divers and the general public about the problems facing coral reefs.)
http://www.reef.org/
(Reef Environmental Education Foundation)
http://www.reefkeeper.org/
(Reefkeeper International)
http://www.reefrelief.org/
(Reef Relief)
http://planet-hawaii.com/sos/
(Save our Seas)

MARINE SPECIES PROTECTION
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/seabirds/
(Birdlife International Seabird Conservation Program)
http://www.pond.net/~fish1ifr/bycatch1.htm
(Seabird Bycatch Project)
http://www.imma.org/index.html
(International Marine Mammal Association)
http://iwc.org/
(International Wildlife Coalition)
http://www.greenchannel.com/tec/seals.htm
(Seal Conservation Society)

SHRIMP AQUACULTURE
http://www.earthsummitwatch.org/shrimp/home.html
(Shrimp Sentinel Online)
http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/aquaculture/
Environmental Defence Fund -- EDF's "Murky Waters: Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the United States" by Becky Goldberg and Tracy Triplett)
http://www.pcsadvt.com/prepare/
(PREPARE India Homepage with link to its campaign against shrimp aquaculture)
http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/TED/THAISHMP.HTM
(An in-depth case study on the shrimp industry of Thailand-one of the largest shrimp export industries in the world -- presented in this annex to the Trade and the Environment Database home page at American University's School of International Services)
http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/shrimp/shrimp.html
(Sierra Club of Canada Shrimp Aquaculture Website)

ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN
http://www.asoc.org/
(Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition -- ASOC)
http://www.ccamlr.org
(Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources -- CCAMLR)
http://www.iucn.org/themes/antarctica.html
(IUCN Antarctica)
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz
(International Center for Antarctic Information and Research)
http://www.isofish.org.au
(International Southern Oceans Longline Fisheries Information Clearing House ISOFISH) -- collects and analyzes fishing vessel and company information, established to expose the activities of the pirate fishing fleets in the region).

FISHERFOLK ORGANIZATIONS
http://WWW.SOUTH-ASIAN-INITIATIVE.ORG/wff/
(World Forum of Fish Workers and Fish Harvesters)
http://www.gfwa.org/~gfwa/index.html
(The Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association)
http://www.gmt2000.co.uk/apoints/icsf/index.htm
(International Collective in Support of Fishworkers' FishNet -- a communications network set up by ICSF to facilitate networking among NGOs, fishworker groups and activists. The site is located at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.)
http://www.pcsadvt.com/prepare/
PREPARE India homepage, with link to Prepare's Fisherfolk Empowerment Programmes) India.