Informational Links

Government

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Statistics - This website was established in 1998 to provide a convenient, up-to-date source of information on the status of fishery resources off the northeast coast of the U.S	UN Aquaculture Report - This site is a report on the aquaculture progress throughout the world It is a detailed report with lots of broad and specific reviews of individual country operations and productivity.
Tuna Regional Fisheries Organizations - This Web site serves as an informal framework for sharing information from tuna Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs). Tuna RFMOs are intergovernmental organizations that carry out data collection, scientific monitoring and management of tuna and tuna-like resources.	United Nations Code of Conduct - United Nations Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing sets standards for the fishing fleets of the world to promote long term sustainable fisheries. This is an interesting website for those interested in how fisherman are dealing with the realities of international issues related to the sustainability, etiquette and proper management of fisheries.
United Nations Fish Statistics - United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) website providing data and statistics on wild capture fisheries and worldwide trade. This page also includes specific subject information and profiles supported by graphics (GIS maps and images, etc.). The Fact Sheets contain a synthesis of information tailored to illustrate the various characteristics of each broad capture fisheries subject.	United Nations Oceans and Laws of the Sea - The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides, for the first time, a universal legal framework for the rational management of marine resources and their conservation for future generations. Details world wide treaties and agreements involving member countries.While many institutions, some created by the Convention and others part of the United Nations system are responsible for governing areas on specific aspects of the ocean under their jurisdiction, the Convention itself remains the central instrument for promoting stability and peaceful uses of the seas and oceans. It is not, however, a static instrument, but rather a dynamic and evolving body of law that must be vigorously safeguarded and its implementation aggressively advanced.
Magnuson Stevens Fishery and Conservation Management Act - The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) is the primary law governing marine fisheries management in United States federal waters. The Act was first enacted in 1976 and amended in 1996. Most notably, the Magnuson-Stevens Act aided in the development of the domestic fishing industry by phasing out foreign fishing. To manage the fisheries and promote conservation, the Act created eight regional fishery management councils. The 1996 amendments focused rebuilding over fished fisheries, protecting essential fish habitat, and reducing by catch.	Gulf Marine Fisheries Commission - The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) is an organization of the five states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida), whose coastal waters are the Gulf of Mexico. It has as its principal objective the conservation, development, and full utilization of the fishery resources of the Gulf of Mexico, to provide food, employment, income, and recreation to the people of these United States. It is a good source of infornmation about seafood products harvetsed from the Gulf of Mexico and their management.
Highly Migratory Fish Managment plan - Currently, tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks are managed under this act which the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is implementing management measures via rulemaking that would reduce fishing mortality and fishing effort to rebuild overfished Atlantic shark species while ensuring that a limited shark fishery can be maintained.

Sustainability

Environmental Defense Fund Seafood Sustainable Eating Guide - Environmental Defense Fund direct link to their recommended fish based on sustainability.	Monterrey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Eating Guide - Monterrey Bay Aquarium Recommendations for Sustainable Species and where they come from
Amereco Bio-diesel - A Profish partner and a great source for Bio-diesel where restaurants can put their used oil and grease trap collections to good use! Check it out. Profish is an investor in this company, primary because of their contract with Port of Los Angeles to provide clean fuel to help keep the Oceans free of the damaging polutants found in marine diesel.	NOAA Fish Watch - FishWatch can help you make informed decisions about the seafood you eat by providing you with the most accurate and timely information available on the sustainability of U.S. seafood fisheries. FishWatch is brought to you by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. authority on marine fisheries science, conservation, and management.
Monterrey Bay Sushi Guide - This website details which species of Sushi are sourced in and from sustainable fisheries throughout the world.	ICCAT - The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is an inter-governmental fishery organization responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas

Nutrition/DNA

Nutrition Pyramid - this is the USDA website about nutritional requirements and planning menus at your home to meet these requirements	Fish Base - this is a unique site where scientists from all over the world update a database of names of fish. The purpose is to help with species identification and relationships of species throughout the world. Seven languages available
US FDA Food Safety and Nutrition Page - it is a good source for a number of important information – Species Name and Common Names to help with identification of product you receive and specific facts about the species including if desired, the DNA scale for the fish!	What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - Government website detailing mercury and its effects on fish - which fish you should and should not eat because of it!
EPA Local Fish Advisories - EPA Website where you can look at mercury effects and local species by state that might have consumption advisories.

Fishing Methods

UN Fact Sheets - Fishing Method - This link leads to a page where every known method of fishing is described in great detail. great site to understand how specific species of fish are harvested and the equipment required to accomplish.	UN Fishing Vehicle Fact Sheets - This link's to UN page that describes all fishing vessels and their class descriptions, with specifics on how their harvests work.

Market Related

NFI - National Fisheries Institute website. NFI represents the industry. Good place for seafood news and opinions plus recipes, preparation methods, storage and much, much more.	Fish Records - This is a great web site where you can look up the state or national record for any sporting fish caught - also has great physical descriptions of 177 different fish.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture - A good website to give detail on a particular species from around the world. Type fish name into search and a whole lot of information is available.	RAMW - Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington Website. This is a great site for all the sisues and assiastance restaurants face and need in the Greater Washington DC area.
JP Shellfish - Oyster Specialists - A good site with great descriptons of many, if not all New England cultivated varieties of Oysters - you order these through profish any time before 10 AM for next day delivery.