Marine Links

These links will take you off-site. The Ecology Action Centre provides these links for your interest, but cannot assume any responsibility for the information contained in these sites.

Links Categories:

Marine Conservation Organizations
Dragging Information
Resources

Marine Conservation Organizations:

• Sea Choice (Download the Sustainable Seafood Card here!)
• Living Oceans Society
• Coastal Communities Network
• Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC)
• Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Spatial Conservation Action Plan
• EAC Stitchin' Fish!
• Sable Island Green Horse Society
• Gulf of Maine Council Homepage
• The Cobscook Bay Resource Centre
• The Fishermen and Scientist Research Society
• Canadian Ocean Habitat Protection Society
• Oceana
• Marine Conservation Biology Institute
• Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee

Information on the impacts of dragging:

• How we Fish Matters: Addressing the Ecological Impacts of Canadian Fishing Gear
• Sea Choice (Download the Sustainable Seafood Card here!)
• Answers.com: Bottom Trawling
• Marine Conservation Biology Institute's "Shifting Gears"
• Marine Conservation Biology Institute's Information on the Ecological Impacts of Fishing Methods
• Deep SeaConservation Coalition's "High Seas Bottom Trawl Red Herrings"
• Living Oceans Society
• The Marine Stewardship Council
• Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• World Fish Center
• The Endangered Fish Alliance
• Seafood Choices Alliance
• The Chef's Collaborative
• Audubon's Living Oceans Seafood Guide
• Blue Ocean Institute
• http://fish.dal.ca

Resources:

• Ecology on the Web: A Guide to On-line Resources
• Shellfish Related Web Resources
• Octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus information database (CephBase)
• Sharkwater: The movie and information on shark finning
• Watershed Watch: An animation about the impacts of sea lice

 

Marine Issues Committee

Phone: (902) 446-4840
Fax: (902) 405-3716

Are you interested in mysterious sea creatures, fishing boats and gear, tasty and sustainably caught seafood dishes, or the unique and beautiful Sable Island?  Then you’ll be in good company at our monthly Marine Issues Committee (MIC) at the Ecology Action Centre on the last Tuesday of every month at 5:30.

*note:  the July MIC meeting has been cancelled.  Our next meeting will be August 31