Fisheries

See also:

• Recreation: Outdoors: Fishing: Saltwater  (140)
• Science: Biology: Ecology: Aquatic Ecology: Marine  (78)
• Science: Earth Sciences: Oceanography  (812)

• Auburn University: Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures - Outline of research programs on marine fisheries management and aquaculture, particularly in Alabama's coastal region.
• The Billfish Foundation - Research, education, and advocacy to return billfish populations worldwide to healthy levels of abundance.
• Fishing Singapore - Ken's Fishing Haven - About fishing and the declining condition of the fisheries in Singapore and the East Coast of Malaysia.
• Hong Kong Government Artificial Reef Projects - Information about efforts aimed at enhancing fisheries and other marine resources in the region.
• International Pacific Halibut Commission - Publications - Scientific and technical reports about halibut, including its management and harvesting.
• The International Standard for the Trade in Live Reef Food Fish - Information on the draft standard that is intended to regulate the taking of live reef fish for consumption and the prevention of overfishing and depletion of resources.
• Lobster Conservation Reference Site - Provides information about the U.S. Atlantic lobster fishery and lobster conservation, and now also includes general fishery conservation information. Provides a glossary, tables, pictures, links, and other material.
• Lobsters and Crabs - Information from the Fisheries Research Services on these crustaceans, their biology, the fisheries round Scotland, monitoring and assessment of stocks and regulations. [PDF]
• MariFish - European project which aims to identify research needs in marine fisheries, exchange information, enhance co-ordination and develop and commission shared research programmes.
• The Marine Fish Conservation Network - Coalition of U.S. organizations dedicated to conserving marine fish and promoting their long-term sustainability. Information on fish species in peril, criticisms of current management, and recommendations for new measures.
• Menhaden Fishery - Information on this fishery for this non-food species of tiny, protein-rich fish, used for fish oil and fish meal products and abundantly available in the Gulf of Mexico and along the mid-Atlantic Coast. [PDF]
• The North Sea Fisheries Crisis Hot Spot - Greenpeace site about this ecosystem, its decline, and the stressors affecting it, including overfishing, oil and gas operations, reclamation of parts of the sea for farming, and overfertilization by nutrients.
• Pacific Fishery Management Council - Has developed fishery management plans for salmon, groundfish and coastal pelagic species in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off Washington, Oregon and California, and recommends Pacific halibut harvest regulations to the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
• Pearl Oyster Fishery - Report produced in 2003 on the ecologically sustainable development of the pearl oyster fishery off Western Australia. [PDF]
• Red Snapper Conservation Association - Organization working to replenish the population of this fish in the Gulf of Mexico, through habitat restoration as well as cultivation and release.
• South China Sea Fishery Research Institute (SCSFRI) - Research areas include marine fishery resources, marine aquaculture, marine fishery environment protection, fish nutrition and diets, marine biological metabolic product utilization, marine fishing technologies, and aquatic product processing.
• Sustaining Marine Fisheries - 1999 report from a U.S. National Academy of Sciences study conducted to evaluate whether marine-capture fisheries are sustainable and assess whether new approaches to ocean fishery management can help achieve sustainability.

• In Mexico, Greed Kills Fish by the Seaful - New York Times article discusses the worldwide decline in marine fisheries, with focus on the Gulf of California. [Free registration required.] (April 10, 2002)