 Canada
- Canadian Association
of Fish Exporters
1770 Woodward Dr., Suite 212
Ottawa, ON
Canada K2C 0P8
Tel: (613) 228-9220; Fax: (613) 228-9223
- New Brunswick
Dept. of Fisheries and Aquaculture
P.O. Box 6000
Frederickton, NB
Canada E3B 5H1
- Newfoundland Dept.
of Fisheries
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NF
Canada A1B 4J6
Tel: (709) 729-3749; Fax: (709) 729-6082
- Nova Scotia Dept.
of Fisheries
P.O. Box 2223
Halifax, NS
Canada B3J 3C4
Tel: (902) 424-4560; Fax: (902) 424-4671
- Pacific Coast
Shrimpers Cooperative Association
c/o 4829 Maplegrouve St.
Victoria, BC
Canada V8Y 3B9
Tel: 250-658-0179 / Fax: 250-658-4709
E-mail: claytonisg@pacificcoast.net
- Prince Edward
Island Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PEI
Canada C1A 7N8
Tel: (902) 368-5240; Fax: (902) 368-5542
- The Salmon Preservation
Association for the Waters of Newfoundland (SPAWN)
P.O. Box 924
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Canada A2H 6J2
Tel: (709) 634-3012 Fax: (709) 634-0734
E-mail: spawn@nf.sympatico.ca
Fax: (709) 634-0734
SPAWN was developed by Anglers for Anglers. It is dedicated to the
sport of Salmonid angling, and advocates fairplay and conservation.
The work is all voluntary and any proceeds go to Salmonid conservation.
- Women's Fishnet
Group
OXFAM Office
382 Duckworth St.
St John's, Newfoundland
A1C 1H8, Canada
E-mail oxnfld@web.apc.org
International
- ALCOM
PO Box 3730, Harare, Zimbabwe
Fisheries Unit, National Parks Complex
Sandringham Drive, Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: 263-4-734797, 724985
Fax: 263-4-736846
E-mail: ALCOM@Harare.iafrica.com
- The
Shad Foundation
P.O. Box 21748
Seattle, WA 98111-3748
Richard Hinrichsen, President
E-mail: hinrich@cqs.washington.edu
Voice: (206) 616-7449
An international
non-profit organization for the study, protection, and celebration
of shad around the world.
- International
Co-operative Fisheries Organisation
15, route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (+41) 022 929 88 88
Fax: (+41) 022 798 41 22
E-mail: ica@coop.org
The Fisheries
Committee has 27 member organisations from 23 countries. It considers
its main goals to be the following: the creation of new co-operative
fisheries organisations; co-operative training and education by
the co-operative movements of advanced countries, including the
production of educational material; the exchange of technical information
movements on a global basis; and the promotion of trade.
- Asociacion
Empresarial Pesquera de America Latina (En español)
Latin American Fishing
Business Association (in english)
Vito Alessio Robles 240, Col. Florida
Mexico DF. 01030
Tel. (525) 6618476
Fax. (525) 6618905
E-mail: alep@data.net.mx
ALEP's main objective
is to represent and to promote the highest interests of the production,
trade and conservation of fisheries resources in the Region. ALEP
also promotes and distributes information relevant to the regional
fishing and aquaculture sector
- WorldBank's
FishNet
FishNet's goals are to support the World Bank's work in the fisheries
and aquaculture sector, and global fisheries and aquaculture activities.
Australia
- Australia
New Guinea Fishes Association
PO Box 240
Strathpine Queensland 4500 Australia
"Promoting the
conservation, study, keeping and propagation of the native fish
species of Australia and New Guinea"
- Australian
Fisheries, NSW
Locked Bag 9
Pyrmont NSW 2009, Sydney, Australia.
Telephone +61 (2) 95667800
Fax +61 (2) 95526627
E-mail: information-advisory@fisheries.nsw.gov.au
NSW Fisheries
is the agency responsible for managing the fisheries resources of
New South Wales. The agency provides management, scientific research,
advisory and compliance services.
- Australian Fisheries
Management Authority (Home Office)
Japan
Malaysia
- Malaysian
Fisheries Society
Faculty of Medical & Health Science
(former building of Faculty of Fisheries & Marine Science)
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malyasia
Phone/Fax: +603 9485967
The objectives
of MFS are to advance knowledge on all aspects of fisheries and
related activities with particular reference to Malaysia and the
neighboring region so as to foster rational development and management
of aquaculture, capture fisheries and related activities for food,
recreation and conservation.
- Malaysia Fish Organization
New Zealand
- New Zealand Fishing
Industry Board
Private Bag, 24901
74 Cambridge Terrace
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel: 64-4-3854005; Fax: 64-4-3852727
Somalia
-
Somali Fisheries Society
Abdullah Isse Adow
SFS Secretariat
PO Box 2941 Jeddah 21461
Saudi Arabia.
Telephone: 966 2 6477179* Fax 966 2 6484914
E-mail: aiadow@hotmail.com
Somali Fisheries
Society (SFS) is a professional non-governmental organisation representing
both Somalia's marine and fisheries scientists. SFS has not lineage
with any political party or factions and it is committed to remain
so. It hopes to offer important platforms for fisheries and marine
scientists in useful mechanism for people to collaborate on issues
of fundamental importance.
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
- Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
P.O. Box 25526
Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526
(907) 465-4100
The Alaska Department
of Fish and Game's mission is to manage, protect, maintain, and
improve the fish, game and aquatic plant resources of Alaska. The
primary goals are to ensure that Alaska's renewable fish and wildlife
resources and their habitats are conserved and managed on the sustained
yield principle, and the use and development of these resources
are in the best interest of the economy and well-being of the people
of the state.
- American Elasmobranch
Society
Attn: Dr. Franklin Snelson
Department of Biology
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-2368
The American
Elasmobranch Society was founded in 1983 as a "...non-profit organization...to
advance the science of the study of living and fossil sharks, skates,
rays and chimeras, and the promotion of education, conservation,
and wise utilization of natural resources."
- American Fisheries
Society
AFS Headquarters
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Ste. 110
Bethesda, MD 20814-2199
Tel: 301/897-8616
Fax: 301/897-8096
E-mail: main@fisheries.org
- American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists
Maureen Donnelly, Secretary
Dept of Biological Sciences, College Of Arts & Science
Florida International University
North Miami, FL 33181 USA
E-mail: donnelly@fiu.edu
Phone: (305) 919-5651 Fax: (305) 919-5964
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is dedicated
to the scientific study of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. The primary
emphases of the Society are to increase knowledge about these organisms,
to disseminate that knowledge through publications, conferences, symposia,
and other means, and to encourage and support young scientists who
will make future advances in these fields. The programs of the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists are part of a global
effort to interpret, understand, and conserve the Earth's natural
diversity and to contribute to the wise use of natural resources for
the long-term benefit of humankind.
- American Sportfishing
Association
1033 North Fairfax St., Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703-519-9691 / Fax: 703-519-1872
- Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission
1444 Eye Street NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 289-6400
Fax: (202) 289-6051
E-mail: comments@asmfc.org
The Commission was formed by the fifteen Atlantic coast states more
than fifty years ago to assist in managing and conserving their shared
coastal fishery resources.
- Center for Fisheries
Engineering Research
MIT Sea Grant College Program
Bldg. E38-372
Cambridge, MA 02139
Contact: Cliff Goudey, project director
Phone: 617-253-7079; Fax: 617-258-5730
Email: cgoudey@mit.edu
- Chippewa-Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority
Executive Director: Faith McGruther
186 Three Mile Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
(906) 632-0043
- Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
729 N.E. Oregon
Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97232
Tel: (503) 238-0667
- Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Marine Resources
Office of Fisheries Management and Assistance Services
The Office of
Fisheries Management and Assistance Services is responsible for
provision of public information on various fisheries issues; angler
outreach services; liaison services to the Florida Marine Fisheries
Commission and participation in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission committees;
facilitating statewide artificial reef development; fishery quotas
monitoring; technical coordination of sportfish restoration efforts;
and directing of the issuance of wholesale and retail seafood dealer's
licenses, saltwater products fishing licenses, and recreational
fishing licenses.
- Gloucester
Fishermen's Wives Association
11-15 Parket St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
Contact: David Bergeron
Phone: (508) 283-7304; Fax: (508) 282-1401
Email: davidb@gfwa.org
- Great Lakes Fishery
Commission
2100 Commonweath Blvd, Ste 209
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Tel: (313) 662-3209
The Great Lakes
Fishery Commission's mission is:
(1) To develop coordinated programs of research on the Great Lakes,
and, on the basis of the findings, to recommend measures which will
permit the maximum sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common
concern; and
(2) To formulate and implement a program to eradicate or minimize
sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes.
- Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission
Public Information Office
P.O. Box 9
Odanah, WI 54861
(715) 682-6619
- Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
The Commons at Rivergate
3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida 33619-2266
Phone 813-228-2815
888-833-1844 (toll-free)
Fax 813-225-7015
e-mail gulfcouncil@gulfcouncil.org
Managing fishery resources in the U.S. federal waters of the Gulf
of Mexico.
- Heads Up!
Women's Coalition
for Pacific Fisheries and Oregon State Sea Grant Program have teamed
up to address the need for better communication channels for all
those associated with the commercial fishing industry. They have
created a web site called "Heads up!"
- Institute for
Fisheries Resources
PO Box 11170
Eugene, OR 97440-3370
Phone:(541)689-2000 FAX:(541)689-2500
E-mail: fish1ifr@aol.com
The Institute
is the conservation arm of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's
Associations.
- Island Fishermen's
Wives Association
PO Box 604
Deer Isle, ME 04627 USA
Contact: Su Oliver
(207) 348-6119
- The
Lobster Institute
Robert C Bayer, Ph.D., Executive Director
5715 Coburn Hall #22
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5715
E-mail: rbayer@maine.maine.edu
Tel: (207)-581-1443
Fax: (207)-581-1423
The Lobster Institute
is a cooperative program of research and education with the lobster
industry at the University of Maine. Information generated through
the Institute about the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is
intended to help conserve and enhance the resource, thereby ensuring
the continuance of a strong and healthy industry in the state and
the region.
- Maine Fishermen's
Wives Assn.
5 Portland Fish Pier
Portland, ME 04101 USA
Contact: Pat Percy
Tel: (207) 773-3737
Fax: (207) 389-2848
- Maine Lobstermen's
Association
P.O. Box 147
Damariscotta, ME 04543
Tel: (207) 563-5254
Fax: (207) 563-5204
- Maryland Department
of Natural Resources
Fisheries Service
Tawes Building, B-2
Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel: 410-260-8281
E-mail: eschwaab@dnr.state.md.us (Eric Schwaab, Director)
- Maryland Watermen's
Association
1805A Virginia St.
Annapolis, Md. 21401
Tel: 410-268-7722
Fax: 410-269-6635
- Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association
8 Otis Place
PO Box 600
Scituate, MA 02066
Tel: (617) 545-6984
Fax: (617) 545-7837
- Massachusetts State Lobster Hatchery and Research Station
P.O.Box 9
Vineyard Haven, Ma. 02568
Contact: Mike Syslo
lobster@vineyard.net
- National Fisheries
Institute
1525 Wilson Blvd., Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel: (703) 524-8881; Fax: (703) 524-4619
- National Fisheries
Institute
1901 N. Fort Myer Dr., Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: 703-524-8880
Fax: 703-524-4619
E-mail: office@nfi.org
- Northwest Indian
Fisheries Commission
6730 Martin Way
Olympia, Washington
Tel: (360) 438-1180; Fax: (360) 753-8659
- Oregon Trawl Commission
P.O. Box 569
Astoria, OR 97103
Tel: (503) 325-3384; Fax: (503) 325-4416
- PCFFA Northwest
Office
PO Box 11170
Eugene, OR 97440-3370
Phone: (541)689-2000 FAX:(541)689-2500
E-mail: fish1ifr@aol.com
PCFFA is the
largest organization of commercial fishermen on the west coast,
with members associations from San Diego to Alaska representing
several thousands of commercial fishing families.
- Pacific Salmon Alliance
The Pacific Salmon
Alliance is the largest and broadest alliance of stakeholders united
around a common concern for the B.C. salmon fishery. More than 40
individuals and groups representing First Nations, academic, industry,
labour, environmental and community groups founded the Pacific Salmon
Alliance on April 12, 1996.
- Pacific States Marine
Fisheries Commission (PSMFC)
45 SE 82nd Avenue, Suite 100
Gladstone, Oregon 97027-2522
Phone: (503) 650-5400
Fax: (503) 650-5426
Authorized by
Congress in 1947, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
(PSMFC) is one of three interstate commissions dedicated to resolving
fishery issues. Representing California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
and Alaska, the PSMFC's goal is to promote and support policies
and actions directed at the conservation, development and management
of fishery resources of mutual concern to member states through
a coordinated regional approach to research, monitoring and utilization.
- The Sea Urchin Harvesters
Association
California
E-mail: admin@seaurchin.org
- South Carolina
Marine Resources Center
P.O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422-2559
Tel: (803) 762-5017; Fax: (803) 762-5110
- Southeastern Fisheries
Association
312 East Georgia St.
Talahassee, FL 32301
Tel: (904) 224-0612; Fax: (904) 222-3663
- South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council
The South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council is headquartered in Charleston, S.C.,
and is responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks
within the 200-mile limit of the Atlantic off the coasts of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and east Florida to Key West.
- Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
P.O. Box 206
Bothell, WA 98041-0201
Contact: Cleve Steward
Tel./Fax: 206/670-3584
Email: csteward@wolfenet.com
The Sustainable
Fisheries Foundation is a federally registered nonprofit organization
dedicated to the protection, enhancement, and wise use of fisheries
resources in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to promote a
balanced approach to fisheries management - one based on sound ecological
and economic principles - to ensure that fish populations remain
viable, productive, and accessible to future generations.
- Trout Unlimited
1500 Wilson Boulevard; Suite 310
Arlington, VA 22209-2404
Phone: (703) 522-0200 / Fax: (703) 284-9400
- Women's
Fisheries Network
PO Box 1432 GMF
Boston, MA 02205
Tel: (617) 482-6349
Fax: (617) 482-1340
The Women's Fisheries
Network is a national nonprofit network of women and men dedicated
to educating members and non-members alike about issues confronting
the commercial fishing and seafood industry. Founded in 1983, WFN
has grown to three chapters: Northwest, Northeast and Alaska.
- Women's Maritime
Association
Box 743
1916 Pike Pl #12
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: (206) 441-5678
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