Resources

Links

Sustainable Seafood

Blue Ocean Institute
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – SeaChoice Action Centre
David Suzuki Foundation – Sustainable Fisheries
Ecology Action Centre – Sustainable Seafood
Living Ocean’s – Sustainable Fisheries
Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Environmental Trust (Black Market for White Gold report)
Seafood Choices Alliance – homepage
Seafood Choices Alliance – Extensive glossary of fisheries related terms
Sierra Club of Canada – Engaging the marketplace
Vancouver Aquarium- Ocean Wise

Seafood and Health

American Cancer Society
Health Canada – Mercury advisory
Oceana – Mercury
Public Broadcasting Service “The Mercury Story”
US Food and Drug Administration/ Environmental Protection Agency – Mercury advisory”
US Food and Drug Administration – Seafood Information and Resources”
US Environmental Protection Agency – Fish Advisories”
Turtle Island Resotration Network – Mercury calculator”

Searchable Databases

FishBase
LarvalBase
ReefBase
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
Fisheries Global Information System (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

For Industry

Caviar Emptor
Chef’s Collaborative
Endangered Fish Alliance, Toronto
FishWise
Suppliers of sustainable seafood (Seafood Choices Alliance sourcing catalogue)

Marine Stewardship Council

Marine Stewardship Council
Marine Stewardship Coucil Certification process
Where to buy Marine Stewardship Council certified products

Organizations and Government

Antarctic Krill Conservation Project
CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Conservation International, Marine regions
Environment Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
National Coalition for Marine Conservation (USA)
National Marine Fisheries Service)
Pew Ocean’s Commission
The Ocean Conservancy
University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre
World Conservation Union
World Resources Institute
Worldfish Centre
Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association