Oceans Sourcebase: Marine affairs and sustainable development

A guide to selected national/regional/international organizations working in the field. Other resources we have compiled include:

• Selected Sources on Fisheries
• Suggested Reading on Marine Affairs and SD
• Related Internet Resources
• For information on international negotiations check out Linkages, which includes:
  • UN Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
  • UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin

• Back to IISD's Sourcebase on SD

Organizations

INTERNATIONAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Fisheries Department
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management
International Coastal and Ocean Organization
International Marinelife Alliance
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
International Ocean Institute
Ocean Voice International
United Nations Environment Programme - Regional Seas Programme
World Conservation Union - Marine and Coastal Areas Program
World Wide Fund for Nature - Marine Conservation Initiative

CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute

EUROPE
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NORTH AMERICA
American Fisheries Society
Canada. Biodiversity Convention Office
East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

PACIFIC ISLANDS
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

POLAR REGIONS
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources