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18th Apr 13
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Links - Research / consulting bodies
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies undertakes integrated research for sustainable use and management of coral reefs. It is funded under the Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence programme, and is based at James Cook University in Townsville. The Centre is a partnership of James Cook University (JCU), the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), The Australian National University (ANU), the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and The University of Queensland (UQ).
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Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)
The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) is a centre of excellence in oceans governance and maritime security knowledge services in Australia, based in the University of Wollongong. ANCORS provides multi-disciplinary university based research, education and high level advice on national and international oceans governance and law, maritime security and co-operation and ocean resource management to countries, agencies and clients in the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean region and beyond, in order to help them achieve sustainable benefits from marine jurisdictions.
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CEFAS - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Cefas is an internationally renowned aquatic scientific research and consultancy centre, which aims to be the prime source of high quality science used to conserve and enhance the aquatic environment, promote sustainable management of its natural resources, and protect the public from aquatic contaminants.
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Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE), University of Portsmouth
CEMARE is a centre for research, consultancy, training and advanced studies in fisheries economics and management, aquaculture, recreational and freshwater fisheries management and coastal zone management. It provides economic, institutional and legal specialisations within the broad area of the management of aquatic resources.
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Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE), University of Portsmouth, UK
Since its establishment in the early 1960s to promote multi-disciplinary research into marine resources, CEMARE has developed into a substantial centre for research, consultancy, training and advanced studies in fisheries economics and management, aquaculture, recreational and freshwater fisheries management and coastal zone management. The Centre provides economic, institutional and legal specialisations within the broad area of the management of aquatic resources. It also has access to other disciplines throughout the University under the auspices of ICAMS, the Institute of Coastal and Marine Studies, an instrument for the networking of researchers within the University. CEMARE is also a major partner in the inter-disciplinary Centre for Coastal Zone Management.
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Chatham House
Chatham House (full name Royal Institute of International Affairs) is an independent policy research institute founded in 1920 to stimulate debate and research on key issues in the international arena. Chatham House‘s Energy, Environment and Development Programme focuses on a range of international energy, environment and business issues, including international environmental crime. Chatham House hosts and maintains this website.
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CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR)
CMAR‘s work includes research to integrate coastal management and ensure marine resources and industries are sustainable.
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Earth Institute
The Earth Institute supports pioneering projects in the biological, engineering, social, and health sciences, while actively encouraging interdisciplinary projects — often combining natural and social sciences — in pursuit of solutions to real world problems. The Earth Institute is a member of the High Seas Task Force.
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ECOST Project
The main aim of the ECOST project is to develop a new approach to assess the societal cost of fishing activities and fishing policies. Work is spread over three continents that are characterised by ecosystems of coastal upwelling (West Africa), delta (Southeast Asia) and coral reef (Caribbean). The project is coordinated by the University of Portsmouth, Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (UOP), UK.
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FishPopTrace
FishPopTrace is a collaborative project involving 15 research groups (from the EU, Norway and Russia), specialized in fish population genetics, molecular biology, proteomics, microchemistry and biochemistry, experts in wildlife forensics, stakeholders of the fisheries industry and, as a scientific consultant, a senior staff member of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). FishPopTrace was launched in March 2008 under the umbrella of the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The key to FishPopTrace's approach, which focuses on cod, herring, sole and hake, as initial sentinel species, is to develop a high throughput set of tools for species and population-specific identity of fish and fish products throughout the food supply chain.
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Institute for Security Studies (ISS), South Africa
The ISS is a regional research institute operating across sub-Saharan Africa, focussing on issues affecting human security and development. The ISS has published a number of documents relating to fisheries.
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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
ICES is the organisation that coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. ICES works with an international community of over 1600 marine scientists from 19 member countries in Europe and North America. Scientists working through ICES gather information about the marine ecosystem. As well as filling gaps in existing knowledge, this information is also developed into unbiased, non-political advice.
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Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) is a US-based non-profit science organisation dedicated to advancing the science of marine conservation biology and promoting cooperation essential to protecting, restoring and sustainably using the living sea. In an effort to bring the deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems to the forefront of the decision makers' minds, MCBI collected signatures from over a thousand of the world's foremost biologists from 69 countries. The historic statement signifies unprecedented concern by experts in marine sciences and conservation biology, and calls on governments and the United Nations to protect imperiled deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems. MCBI is a member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
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Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI)
MERI is a non-profit charitable organisation dedicated to scientific research and education on the impacts of pollution on marine life, and to protecting the health and biodiversity of the marine environment. MERI accomplishes its goals through multidisciplinary ecotoxicological research, research dissemination, environmental education, and international programmes.
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Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG)
MRAG is a consulting firm specialising in promoting sustainable use of natural resources through sound integrated management policies and practices. MRAG designs and implements integrated resource management systems in marine, estuarine, riverine and floodplain environments, working with governments, international bodies, NGOs and the private sector.
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Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich
NRI is a specialized Institute and School of the University of Greenwich, providing research, consultancy and education services worldwide, especially through the long-established international activities of NRI in the developing world on the sustainable management of natural and human resources.
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Ocean Law
OceanLaw is an independent initiative focusing on international law of the sea and international fisheries law research, resource development and consultancy.
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The Pew Environment Group
The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts. It works to advance environmental policy by supporting top-level scientific research; building, assisting and coordinating broad coalitions of organizations representing diverse constituencies concerned about environmental protection in the United States and abroad; and making strategic investments in strengthening the capacity of environmental groups to achieve shared policy goals. The staff is composed of scientists, attorneys, public policy experts and campaign professionals.
Click here for Pew's Port State Performance Research, which consolidates five years of movement data on IUU-listed vessels, tracking their port visits globally to evaluate port State performance in combating illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.
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Pew Institute for Ocean Science
The principal mission of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science is to undertake, sponsor and promote world-class scientific activity aimed at protecting the world‘s oceans and the species that inhabit them. The institute seeks to increase public understanding of the causes and consequences of problems affecting the marine environment, and to promote solutions to these problems.
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South African Marine Predator Lab (SAMPLA)
The South African Marine Predator Lab is a multidisciplinary institute, dedicated to exploring, discovering, understanding and conserving Africas marine predators. SAMPLA aims to produce world class research discoveries that will create awareness of the need to understand and conserve the marine predators and ecosystems of the world.
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SPC Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Programme Digital Library
SPC (the Secretariat of the Pacific Community) has collated a digital library comprising 6,532 fisheries and aquaculture-related documents, in French and in English. It includes newsletters, information bulletins, meeting papers, technical reports, field reports, posters, technical manuals and handbooks, and bibliographies.
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Sustainable Fishing Solutions
Sustainable Fishing Solutions is a specialised consultancy that combines socio-economic and environmental discplines to provide innovative but pragmatic solutions to problems in fisheries management and oceans governance.
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University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre
The Fisheries Centre promotes multidisciplinary study of aquatic ecosystems and broad-based collaboration with maritime communities, government, NGOs and other partners.
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WorldFish Center
The WorldFish Center is an autonomous, non-profit organisation. It is one of 16 research centres of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), which is co-sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The research centres' mission is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support, so promoting sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management of natural resources. The WorldFish Center specialises in living aquatic resources.
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