Scientific Facts on
Fisheries
Fisheries Links
- Factual links
Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Fisheries :
See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest
1. Factual links
1.1 Institutions addressing fisheries
- The Fisheries Department of FAO (FAO Fisheries) aims to promote sustainable development of responsible fisheries and contribute to food security:
www.fao.org/fi/
- The United Nations Atlas of the Oceans addresses fisheries and aquaculture and proposes links to fishery-related topics at: www.oceansatlas.org

- The UN International Labour Organization addresses the issues of safety and health in the fishing industry: www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors/mariti/fishing.htm

- The National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries Service) addresses fisheries and proposes a link to its Office of Sustainable Fisheries at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov

1.2 Environmental organizations
- The MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) is an independent non-profit organisation that promotes responsible fishing practices: www.msc.org

- The MSC (Marine Conservation Society) is the UK charity dedicated to protecting the marine environment and its wildlife: www.mcsuk.org

- The WorldFish Center proposes publications and news about fisheries worldwide at: www.worldfishcenter.org

- The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation proposes links to ocean-related resources, information, and ocean conservation organizations:
www.e-guana.net/organizations.php3
1.3 More information for the consumers
- The FISHONLINE website of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) can help identify which fish are from well managed sources and/or caught using methods that minimise damage to marine wildlife and habitats: www.fishonline.org

- The Fish List proposes to consumers a list of fish that are better for the environment and another list of fish that should be avoided at:
www.thefishlist.org/thelist.shtml
1.4 Some other sites
- OceanLaw proposes links to the entire text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at: www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm

- FishBase proposes thorough information and data on all fishes at:
www.fishbase.org
- The ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) proposes the latest news on fisheries and the life, livelihood and living conditions of fishworkers around the world at: www.icsf.net

- The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition proposes fishery-related news at:
www.savethehighseas.org
- The (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) is the Regional Fishery Body that coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. It proposes news on fisheries at: www.ices.dk

- oneFish is an Internet portal for fisheries and aquatic research which provides access to hierarchically organised groups of information: www.onefish.org

- Ocean Portal is a high-level directory of Ocean Data and Information related web sites:
http://ioc.unesco.org/oceanportal/
1.5 Further reading: issues, studies, and outlook
The full FAO report "The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture"![]()
Part 2 Selected Issues
- Capture-based aquaculture

- Labour standards in the fishing sector

- Fisheries management and CITES

- Trade implications of fish species and fish product identification

- Depleted stocks recovery: a challenging necessity

- Governance and management of deep-water fisheries

Part 3 Highlights of special FAO Studies
- Scope of the seaweed industry

- Global aquaculture outlook: an analysis of production forecasts to 2030

- Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats and communities

- Measurements of fishing capacity

- Re-estimating discards in the world's marine capture fisheries

- Fisheries subsidies

- African freshwaters: are small scale-fisheries a problem?

Part 4 Outlook
- Introduction

- The coming decade: constraints and opportunities

- 2015 and beyond: future scenarios for world fisheries and aquaculture

The FAO also publishes a periodical


