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Aquaculture

Caribbean Bibliographic Links

Fishery Management Councils and Commissions

Funding Sources

Jobs

Laws, Regulations, Treaties

Marine Laboratories

Marine Protected Areas

Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizations

Programs

Reports and Publications

Universities

Miscellaneous

Aquaculture

• Aquaculture Magazine On-Line
• WAS Stock Enhancement Working Group
• World Aquaculture Society

Caribbean Bibiographic Links

• Coastal Zone References - from Island Resources Foundation

Fisheries Management Councils and Commissions

• Caribbean Fisheries Management Council (NOAA)
• Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council (NOAA)
• Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

Funding Sources

• Marine Conservation Biology Institute funding sources directory

Jobs

• Marine Science Careers
• Marine-Ecology Jobs

Laws, Regulations, Treaties

• Cartegena Convention
• Protocols for Oil Spills and Special Protected Areas and Wildlife(SPAW)
• Lacey Act (USA)
• Law of the Sea (UN)
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (USA)

Marine Laboratories in the Region

• Gerace Research Center (Fomerly Bahamian F.S. - San Salvador)
• Bermuda Biological Station
• Bellairs Research Institute(Barbados)
• Caribbean Marine Research Center(Bahamas)
• Centro de Investigacions Marinas (Cuba)
• Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory (Jamaica)
• Hofstra University Marine Laboratory(Jamaica)
• Keys Marine Laboratory (Florida Keys)
• Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (Columbia)
• Mote Marine Laboratory(Sarasota, Florida)
• Southeast Fisheries Science Center(NOAA, Miami, Florida)
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Center (Panama)
• William MacLean Marine Science Center (St. Thomas, USVI)

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

• Executive Order  13158 of May 26, 2000 - Marine Protected Areas(USA)
• List of Caribbean Marine Parks - Island Resources Foundation
• MPA News
• Marine Protected Areas of the United States(NOAA website includes reference library, inventory of MPAs)
• Marine Protected Areas: Status of NOAA's Activities under Executive Order 13158
• Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen(a good page for a variety of MPA links)

Meteorology and Oceanography

• Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
• Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
• National Data Buoy Center(real-time buoy data)
• RSMAS Marine and Atmospheric Observations

Organizations

• Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)
• Association of Reef Keepers(BVI, USVI)
• Caribbean Conservation Association
• The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
• EnvironmentalDefense
• Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
• Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI)
• FAO Fisheries
• Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
• ICLARM (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management)
• Institut francais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer(IFREMER)
• International Ecotourism Society
• Island Resources Foundation
• IOCARIBE
• Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Natural Resources ManagementUnit (OECS NRMU)
• REEF Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
• seaturtle.org
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

PROGRAMS

• American Fisheries Society (AFS) Committee on the Human Dimensions of Recreational Fisheries
• Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP)
• NOAA Office of Intergovernmental and Recreational Fisheries
• NOAA Special Projects Office
• Texas A & M Human Dimensions Lab
• Tortugas 2000

REPORTS and PUBLICATIONS

Environmental Impact Statements

• Tortugas 2000 Draft Environmental Impact Statement(NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary)

Socioeconomic and Recreational Fishery Studies

• Human Dimensions Reports - Many Reports on all Aspects of Recreational Fishing from Texas A&M
• Linking the Economy and Environment of the Florida Keys(NOAA Special Projects Office)
Tourism in the Caribbean Coastal Zone
• Guidance for Best Management Practices for Caribbean Coastal Tourism (Island Resources Foundation)
• Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation in the Wider Caribbean (Island Resources Foundation)

Miscellaneous Publication Lists

• Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Publications

UNIVERSITIES

• Florida Sea Grant College Program
• Coastal Fisheries Institute - Louisiana State University
• University of the Virgin Islands
• University of the West Indies - Cave Hill Campus(Barbados)
• Université des Antilles et de la Guyane [Fr][Eng][Esp]

Marine Science Programs

• Louisiana State University - Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences DOCS)
• University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Atmospheric Science(RSMAS)
• University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
• University of South Florida College of Marine Science

MISCELLANEOUS

• Caribbean Sustainable Development Page
• Conch Heritage Network
• Billfish Tournament Network
• Fishbase(great general source on over 25,000 fish species)
• FAOSTAT (FAO Statistics from Fisheries around the World) 
• INFOPESCA
• International Coral Reef Initiative
• International Coral Reef Initiative Forum
• National Marine Fisheries Service Sustainable Fisheries Act Home Page
• Oportunidades de Inversiones en la Industria Pesquera - Cuba
• Strombid bibliography - Oak Hammock Books 
• Strombus gigas website
• Tourism Agencies in the Caribbean

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