FRS 116: Fragile Oceans
Fall Semester, 2007
Selected Web Sites
 Blue Ocean Institute--"fresh
inspiration for ocean conservation" using science, art, and literature with writings by Carl Safina, sustainable seafood information, and more.
Defending
Our Oceans--Greenpeace International environmental protection issue.
Encyclopedia of Earth--"a pile of great content out of the
Web's great piles of content."
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Water: Consumption Advisories--on fish.
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Department--from UN (FAO) Food and Agricultural Organization.
FISHONLINE--sustainability ratings for consumers and buyers.
FishWise--program of the Sustainable Fishery Advocates for healthy choices.
Marine Conservation Society (MCS)--British organization working to protect all marine life.
National Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
Oceans--environmental action issue.
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration)--federal agency provides sustainable seafood information from National Marine Fisheries Service on FishWatch.
Oceans Alive--seafood choices, web resources, and more from Environmental Defense.
The Ocean
Conservancy--mission is "to protect wild, healthy oceans".
The Ocean Project--focus on
public awareness to promote marine conservation.
Oceana: Protecting the World's
Oceans--using "accurate science and smart advocacy."
Sea Turtle Online Bibliography--from the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle
Research.
Seafood
Watch--good choices for you and the oceans from the Monterey Bay
Aquarium.
SeaWeb Aquaculture
Center--includes such programs as Seafood Choices Alliance.
Surfrider Foundation USA--grassroots
environmental organization started by surfers in 1984.
UN Atlas of the
Oceans--ocean issues information system from the United Nations.
WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute)--world's largest private, nonprofit ocean research institution.
WorldFish Center--"to reduce povery and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture;" contains FishBase and ReefBase, global information system databases.
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