NRC 571 - Fisheries Science & Management

Course guide for Fall 2010

Professional Societies & Organizations

American Fisheries Society
the world's oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources.

Check out how your prospective professions present themselves to the world - sites often have job listings and other information for people in the field. Many have special membership for students.

The Wildlife Society
members manage, conserve & study wildlife populations & habitats, actively manage forests, conserve wetlands, restore endangered species, conserve wildlife on private & public lands, resolve wildlife damage & disease problems, & enhance biologic diversity

Voyage to other web sites

Aquaculture information: AquaNIC

Suggestions welcome. This box lifted wholesale from Linda Matson's Coastal & Marine Sciences subject guide.

Census of Marine Life
Global news service: AAAS's Marine Science Portal
Portal for everything ocean: OceanPortal
Atlas of the Oceans
Index to websites: WINDandSEA
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Maps & Studies from U.S. Geological Survey
Global Change Master Data Set Directory
Tides, weather, fisheries, navigation from NOAA