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  • The United Nations Atlas of the Oceans is an information system designed for use by policy makers, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to ocean issues and sustainability.

  • The D-8 Directory of Aquaculture provides information on experts, firms and institutions linked to aquaculture in Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malysia, Pakistan and Turkey.
  • FishBase is an online fish encyclopedia.

  • GLOBEFISH is the unit of the FAO Fisheries Department responsible for information on international fish trade.

  • Illegal Fishing.Info is maintained by Chatham House and provides background information on the key issues in the debate around illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, together with news stories, information on events, key documents and links to other relevant websites.

  • The Ocean Law's Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law contains an extensive searchable database with internaitonal fisheries treaties, international fisheries organisations, relevant case law and documents.

  • The Ocean Portal is a directory of Ocean Data and Information related web sites hosted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. Its objective is to help scientists and other ocean experts in locating such data & information.

  • The OneFish Community Directory is a fishery projects portal and participatory resource gateway for the fisheries and aquatic research and development sector.

  • The PD/A CRSP Aquaculture Database is a centralised data and information resource for pond-based aquaculture research.

  • The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation provides news updates on issues related to ACP-EU's fisheries.

  • The World Ocean Observatory provides a range of analytical and news-related resources, including the monthly W2O Observer and Breaking Waves, an online posting of ocean news.

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  • The APEC Fisheries Working Group aims to promote the conservation and sustainable use of fisheries resources; promote sustainable development of aquaculture and habitat preservation; seek solutions to common fisheries resource management problems and aquaculture disease control; enhance food safety and quality of fish and fisheries products; and promote sector-specific work relating to trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation.


  • The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) promotes sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture resources in and among Member States, by development, management and conservation of these resources in collaboration with stakeholders to benefit the people of the Caribbean region. CRFM also helps to promote and facilitate the responsible utilisation of the region's fisheries and other aquatic resources for the economic and social benefits of the current and future population of the region.


  • The OECD Committee for Fisheries was established by the Council of the OECD in September 1961. It provides a forum for discussion on economic and policy aspects of fisheries issues. Debate, discussion and work focuses on policy reforms and improvements needed to achieve responsible and sustainable fisheries.


  • The OECD Fisheries Department under the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries provides a forum among OECD Member countries to deal with the challenges that policy makers and the fishing industry face dealing with fisheries as a unique natural renewable resource. It addresses critical topics such as effective and sustainable management of fisheries resources which is a priority for international action and fisheries.


  • The High Seas Task Force was established by the Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD in 2003. Its aim is to combat illeagal, unregulated and unreported fishing on the high seas.

  • The Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)'s mission is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilisation of the world's fisheries and aquaculture while keeping fisheries responsibly managed by preventing over fishing, co-ordination and delivery of effective research and extension and the empowerment of people.


  • COFI - The FAO Committee on Fisheries is a global inter-governmental forum established in 1965. Its two main functions are to review the programmes of work of FAO in the field of fisheries and aquaculture and their implementation, and to conduct periodic general reviews of fishery and aquaculture problems of an international character.COFI has sub-committees on specific topics such as on Fish Trade and Aquaculture.

  • The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC) is an autonomous intergovernmental body established as a regional treaty organisation in 1967 to promote fisheries development in Southeast Asia through training, research and information services to improve the food supply by rational utilisation and development of the fisheries resources.

  • The Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) under the Division of Trade, Industry and Economics (DTIE) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to enhance the capacities of countries, especially of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, to integrate environmental considerations into development planning and macroeconomic policies, including trade policies

  • The Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) has evolved from the Bay of Bengal Programme of the FAO. The BOBP-IGO Agreement has been signed by the Governments of Bangladesh, India Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Its mission is to promote, facilitate and secure the long-term development and utilisation of coastal fisheries resources of the Bay of Bengal.

  • IUCN-The World Conservation Union is a union of states, government agencies and NGO's. Its mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The Global Marine Programme coordinates IUCN activities related to marine issues.

  • The European Commission's Directorate-General for Fisheries is responsible for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) at the European Commission. The aim of the CFP is to manage fisheries for the benefit of both fishing communities and consumers. The web site provides information about the fishing sector in the European Union, the CFP, conservation measures and responsible fishing, as well as information about fisheries agreements between the EU and third parties and state aid to fisheries and aquaculture.

  • The Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific is an intergovernmental organisation that promotes rural development through sustainable aquaculture.

  • The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is an autonomous intergovernmental body established to promote fisheries development in Southeast Asia.

  • The Lake Victoria Development Programme was established by the East African Community with the aim to ensure sustainable management and conservation of aquatic resources with a particuar emphasis on poverty eradication and the participation of the local communities.

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  • The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission reviews fisheries resources as well as the social and economic aspects of fishing in order to develop conservation and, management measures adapted to the needs of the Indo-Pacific area.

  • The Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) aims to promote a rational utilisation of fishery resources in the Eastern Central Atlantic between Cape Spartel and the Congo River through coordinating research and encourage training.

  • The Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) This convention is not yet formally completed.

  • The Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) assists Members in establishing scientific basis for regulatory measures and promotes and coordinates programmes devoted to enhance the rational exploitation of inland fisheries in Africa.

  • The Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America (COPESCAL) encourages education and training and promoted research in order to achieve a rational level of exploitation of inland fishery resources in Latin America. The commission also assists members in the development of scientifically based regulatory measures as well as in the development of aquaculture.

  • The European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) is a forum for collaboration, cooperation and information exchange on the issues of inland fisheries and aquaculture management in Europe. EIFAC also gives advice on the development of inland fisheries.

  • The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) aims to promote conservation and regional management of living marine resources in the Mediterranean by encouraging cooperation between Members as well as by developing and recommending conservation measures.

  • The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) works towards the conservation of tuna and tuna like species through an efficient and sustainable level of exploitation on a regional basis.

  • The Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) promotes conservation and sustainable development of marine resources and aquaculture in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

  • The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) facilitates the coordination of research and encourages education and training with in order to assist Members in establishing policies that ensure rational resource management.

  • The Coordinating Working Party on Fisheries Statistics (CWP) is a mechanism established by the FAO to coordinate statistical efforts made by regional fisheries bodies and inter-governmental organisations in order to review and identify statistical requirements for research policy making and resource management.

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    Other Regional Fisheries Organisations
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Global and trans-oceans
  • The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was estatblished as a result of the Convention for the Conservation of Antartic Marine Living Resources. CCAMLR has developed an ecosystem approach to resource management and determines catch level for harvested species based on advise from its scientific committee. The commission has also developed measures to tackle the increasing IUU fishing in the Antarctic Ocean

  • The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) is solely devoted to the conservation and management of Southern Bluefin Tuna. The commission sets and allocates the total allowable catch between its members based on the collection and interpretation of resource data.

  • The Latin American Organisation for Fisheries Development (OLDEPESCA) is an intergovernmental organization who's main objective is to meet Latin American and Caribbean food requirements through the use of the regions fishery resource potential. The organisation also promotes research and is actively involved in resource exploitation.

  • The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set up to provide proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry. It encourages, co-ordinates and funds whale research, publishes the results of scientific research and promotes studies into related matters.
The Atlantic Ocean
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  • The Regional Fisheries Committee for the Gulf of Guinea (COREP) is a regional committee that gathers information about resource stocks and coordinates the fishery policies of Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe.

  • The Comisión Técnica Mixta del Frente Marítimo (COFREMAR) adopts and coordinates plans and measures relevant to conservation, preservation and the rational exploitation of living resources and the protection of the maritime environment in the common fishing zone of Argentina and Uruguay.

  • Commission sous-régionale des Pêches (CSRP) . Established in 1985, CSRP aims to harmonise member states national policies regarding the preservation, conservation and exploitation of their maritime resources. Furthermore the organisation has developed a common fishery policy strategy in order to promote long term economic development.

  • The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) is responsible for the conservation of tuna and tuna like species in the Atlantic Ocean. It compiles fisheries statistics and stock assessments and gives its members management advice.

  • The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) ICES coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic, the information gathered forms the basis of advices provided on marine ecosystem issues.

  • Convention on Fisheries Cooperation among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Based on the Rabat declaration from 1989, representatives from African states bordering the Atlantic ocean established a regional cooperation program in order to promote sustainable fisheries and rational resource exploitation.

  • The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) was established under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean. NASCO contributes to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks through consultation and cooperation.

  • The North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) was established to create a framework for international co-operation in the area of fisheries regulation beyond national fishing limits. NEAFC's main objective is to recommend measures, based on scientific adivice, required to maintain the rational exploitation of fish stocks in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

  • The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is a regional fisheries body that incorporates scientific advice and resource management for its members that signed the NAFO Convention which applies to fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic.

  • The South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) was established under the SEAFO Convention signed in 2001 by coastal states and deepwater fishing nations with an objective to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources in the Convention Area .
The Indian Ocean
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  • The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is an intergovernmental organisation that aims to promote sustainable development among its member states; Comoros, France, Madagascar, Maurice and the Seychelles.
The Mediterranean,The Black Sea and connecting waters
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The Pacific Ocean
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  • The Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) is the Regional Maritime Organisation responsible for the coordination of the maritime policies of Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.

  • The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) was established in 1950 and is responsible for the conservation and management of fisheries for tunas and other species taken by tuna-fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

  • The North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) was established by Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States to promote the conservation of anadromous stocks in the North Pacific Ocean. (1952-1992) united Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States in the work towards conservation of anadromous stocks in the North Pacific Ocean.

  • The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) was established in 1923 by a Convention between the governments of Canada and the United States of America. Its mandate is research on - and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut..

  • The International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission (IPSFC) Unites representatives from Canada and the US since 1937 in the work to restore salmon bearing streams that have been blocked, and thereby help migrating salmon to find back to their spawning grounds.

  • The North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) is an intergovernmental scientific organization, with an aim to promote and coordinate marine research in the North Pacific and adjacent seas. Its present members are Canada, Japan, People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America. .

  • The Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) is the body formed by the governments of Canada and the United States to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty, in order to ensure a rational level of resource exploitation.

  • The South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management advice and services to its members in order to promote the highest level of economic and social benefits that is compatible with sustainable use of tuna resources.

  • The Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission : Te Ohu Kai Moana Te Ohu Kaimoana (Te Ohu) was established by the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 in order to promote the interest of Maori Tribes in the development of fisheries, fishing and fish related activities in New Zealand.

  • The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is the policy-making organisation for the management of fisheries around the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, State of Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Pacific island possessions.
Inland Fisheries
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  • The Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) was established in by the Canadian/U.S. Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries to coordinate fisheries research and develop policy measures in order to obtain sustained productivity of fish stocks in the Great Lakes.

  • The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was established by the Agreement on The Cooperation for The Substainable Development of The Mekong River Basin. The MRC promotes co-operation between its Members, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, in all fields of sustainable development related to utilisation, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin.

  • The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) is an organisation of the East Africa Community. Its objective is to foster co-operative and harmonise national policies to promote the sustainable use of the living resources in Lake Victoria. Furthermore it develops and adopts appropriate management measures.
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  • The International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission (IBSFC) was established in 1973 to co-ordinate resource management in the Baltic Sea in order to ensure an optimum resource yield. In order to achieve this objective the commission collects aggregates and analysis data relating to fishing effort, stock levels and total catch.
     
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International
  • The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) is an international non-government organisation that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just, self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector.

  • The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an independent, global, non-profit organisation founded in 1997 by Unilever and WWF to promote responsible fishing practices worldwide. In a bid to reverse the continued decline in the world's fisheries, the MSC is seeking to harness consumer purchasing power to generate change and promote environmentally responsible stewardship of the world's most important renewable food source.

  • Oceana is an international environmental organisation campaigning for the protection the world's oceans.

  • Conservation International (CI) is an international nonprofit organisation that works to conserve the world's natural heritage

  • Greenpeace is an independent non-profit campaigning organisation working on global threats to biodiversity and the environment.

  • WWF is a global conservation organisation that aims to stop and eventually reverse environmental degradation through a combination of action on the ground, national and international advocacy work, and international campaigns to highlight and demonstrate solutions to environmental problems in order to build a sustainable future.

  • The Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CUTS) is a NGO working on consumer protection, powerty and gender issues, trade and sustainable development.

  • Oxfam International is a confederation of organisations campaigning on issues such as food security, access to natural resources and fair trade in order to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.

  • The Coalition for Fair Fisheries Agreements is a Brussels- based NGO that works on fisheries agreements with particular focus on fisheries relations between the European Union and ACP countries.


  • The Deap Sea Conservation Coalition is an alliance of international organisations that works towards a a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling and thereby protect the fragile pockets of life in the deep seas.

  • The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition unites environmental organisations that work to stop Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing in the Southern Ocean.
Africa
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  • ENDA Tiers Monde is an international non-government organization that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just,self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector.

  • The Namibia Nature Foundation aims to promote sustainable development, conservation of biological diversity and natural ecosystems.

  • The Somali Fisheries Society (SFS) is a non-governmental organisation that aims to increase knowledge on all aspects of fisheries so as to foster rational pioneering development and management of capture fisheries and related activities for food, recreation and conservation
Asia
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  • The Indian based Centre for Science and Environment is an independent, public interest organisation which aims to increase public awareness on science, technology, environment and development.

  • The Tambuyog Development Center is a NGO that promotes sutainable development through empowering coastal communities and marginalized sectors of the fishing industry by promoting Community-Based Coastal Resource Management.

  • The Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) is a coalition of NGOs working towards empowering local fishing communities by strengthening the grass roots’ organisations across Cambodia.

  • Trade Liberalization, Rural Poverty and the Environment in Vietnam is a joint undertaking between WWF and the World Bank, with support from the Dutch Government and European Community, and in collaboration with related operations and partner organizations in seven liberalizing economies – Chile, Mexico, Madagascar, South Africa, China, India, and Vietnam.
America
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  • CeDePesca Centre in Defence of National Fisheries is an Argentinian NGO that works for economically, socally and ecologically sustainable fisheries.

  • The Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) is a US based nonprofit conservation advocacy organisation that works to protect and restore marine life on the West Coast, around the United States and beyond.

  • MarVia is a non-profit organisation that works to protect marine resources along the Eastern Tropical Pacific and the Caribbean.

  • ProNaturaleza is a Peruvian conservation organisation that works to conserve marine biodiversity.

  • Conapach is the national confederation of atisanal fishermen in Chile.

  • The Ecology Action Centre is a Canadian environmental organisation.Its Marine Issues Committee focuses on deep-sea corals, species at risk and sustainable fisheries.

  • The Natural Resources Defense Council is a US non-profit organisation of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment.

  • Centro Ecoceanos for Conservation and Sustainable Development is a Chilean based independent, non-profit organisation that works to promote conservation and sustainable management of coastal and ocean ecosystems with a particular focus on artisanal fisheries and local costal communities.

  • Fundacion Proteger is an Argentinian organisation that campaigns for sustainable fisheries management.

  • The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a nonprofit organisation working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment.CIEL is working on trade and other issues related to protecting marine living resources and on the ratification by the United States of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Europe
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  • The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is an independent, not for profit organisation, that primarily focuses on European Union (EU) environmental and sustainable development policies.

  • Seas At Risk is an independent non-governmental federation of national and international environmental organisations based in the Netherlands, concerned with the protection and restoration of the marine environment in the waters of the North and Irish Seas and the wider North East Atlantic.

  • Asociación 4 Paz is a philanthropic non-profit charity organistion, based in Spain, that promotes the biodiversity and the conservation of flora and fauna within the oceans.

  • Ecologistas en Acción is a grassroots Spanish environmental federation that works on social and environmental issues related to globalisation and has the marine environment as an area of concern.

  • The Deepwave is a German initiative for the protection of the high and deep sea that aims to contribute to the development and promotion of environmental compatible structures for the ecological systems of the high and deep sea.

  • Depana is a Spanish NGO that aims to protect natural habitat. It works on marine issues especially at coastal level as part of the organisation's nature conservation programme.

  • The Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) is a coalition of environmenatal organisations that work to promote the protection and improvement of the Baltic Sea environment and natural resources.


  • The Black Sea NGO Network BSNN is an independent association of NGOs from Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, the goal of which is to contribute to the protection and rehabilitation of the Black Sea, including the Azov Sea.
Oceania
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  • The Australian Conservation Foundation is a membership-based non-profit organisation that campaigns to protect, restore and sustain the environment.

  • Australian Marine Conservation Society is a national non-profit organisation whose mission is to protect the health and vitality of Australia's coasts and seas.

  • The Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand (ECO) is a non-profit network of organisations with a concern for conservation and the environment.


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  • The Sustainable Development Policy Institute is a Pakistan based policy-oriented research institute that works to catalyse the transition towards sustainable development, defined as the enhancement of peace, social justice and well-being, within and across generations.


  • The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is a State Corporation in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development of the Government of Kenya. It is mandated to conduct aquatic research covering all the Kenyan waters and the corresponding riparian areas.


  • The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food aims to improve water productivity, enhance food security and livelihoods by maintaining aquatic ecosystem services and optimising fisheries.

  • The Centre for Policy Dialogue is a Bangladesh based think-tank that strives to bridge the gap between empirical research and policy advocacy in order to promote sustainable development.

  • The WorldFish Center is an international scientific research organisation based in Malaysia, whose mission is to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture.

  • The International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), is an international group of economists, government managers, private industry members, and others interested in the exchange of research and information on marine resource issues.

  • The European Association of Fisheries Economists is an independent association of economists working in fisheries, including the catching, aquaculture and on-shore sectors.

  • Centre for Maritime Policy is a research group based in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong Australia

  • The ASEAN-SEAFDEC Fish and Fish Products Safety Information Network is a Japanese Trust Fund Project that unites experts and institutions working on fish and fish products issues and collate information on levels of chemical, drug and pesticide residues in fish and fish products.

  • MARE is an interdisciplinary social-science institute based in the Netherlands that works on the use and management of marine resources.

  • Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) is part of the Asian Institute of Technology. Its aim is to improve regional institutional capacity in aquaculture and aquatic resource management through innovative approaches that integrate education, research and development.

  • The Seafood Science and Technology Society of the Americas is a professional and educational association of aquatic food product technologies.

  • The George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (GIBS) is dedicated to the conservation of nature, focusing on selected marine ecosystems. GIBS is working, inter alia, to facilitate the establishment of Marine Protected Areas and to conduct original research on deep-sea coral reefs.

  • The Living Oceans Society is a non-profit research and public education organisation that promotes the need for a healthy ocean and healthy communities on Canada’s Pacific Coast.

  • The Marine Research Foundation is a non-profit research foundation based in Malaysia established to further the understanding of marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia.

  • The Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation (AERF) is a US based nonprofit corporation created to conduct and support applied research in the management of aquatic pest species, with a focus on nuisance vegetation.

  • The Cambodia Development Resource is an independent institute working to enhance local capacity in areas related to economic development. Its research and working papers deal with issues such as fisheries and trade.

  • The American Fisheries Society (AFS) aims to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.

  • The Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) is a scientific society organized in 1984 for fishery professionals in Asia to communicate, share information and cooperate with each other. Since its establishment, the Society has grown from the 14 charter members who signed the constitution to over 2,800 members from 75 countries and territories.

  • Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), an Executive Agency of Defra, is a multidisciplinary scientific research and consultancy organisation providing advice to Government Departments and other customers on marine, coastal, estuarine and freshwater organisms and environments.



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  • The Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW/CAW) represents working women and men throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, most of whom are employed in the fishing industry.


  • Aquapoland - The Polish Fisheries Association provides information concerning Polish aquaculture, freshwater fish farming, farming equipment, feed producers, fish processing plants, regulations, and statistics

  • The Association of Marine Scientists (AMS) is a non-governmental organisation which aims at providing a common platform for marine scientists in Mauritius to interact with each other.

  • Asean Fisheries Federation strives to promote and coordinate all activities relating to fish and fish based products

  • AGCI PESCA - The Italian Association of the Fisheries Cooperative Societies regroups co-opreatives engaged in the fisheries sector.


  • The At-Sea Processors Association is a trade organisation representing U.S.-flag catcher and processor vessels that operate in the Bering Sea and in the west coast Pacific whiting fishery.


  • The British Marine Finfish Association is a membership organisation for aquaculture producers in the UK.


  • The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters is an organisation th aims to train and build capacity amongst Canadian fishermen in order to ensure the industry's future.

  • The Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network aims to promote successful and environmentally sustainable aquaculture industry in the south-eastern Australia.


  • The National Fisheries Institute is a nonprofit association representing a wide spectrum of US firms in the fish and seafood industry.

     

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