Fish & Seafood
World Fish Center
An international scientific research organization with a
mission to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. Most of their work is carried out in developing
countries. Website includes library with access to full-text peer-reviewed fish and aquaculture periodicals.
Fish Base
Searchable database on the web contains practically all fish species
known to science. Search Fish BAse by common name, scientific name, information by family, country, ecosystem and topic.
Seafood Choices Alliance
"Seafood Choices Alliance informs, connects and
mobilizes the nation’s leading voices in support of a sustainable supply of seafood choices. Search the SeaSense Database
containing information on ocean-friendly seafood choices, caught or farmed in ways that do not harm the environment nor
impact the long-term viability of the species.
Audobon Living Ocean's Seafood Guide
A printable card on the best and worst
seafood choices. The green-to-red “fish scale” rates popular fish according to the level of their environmental impact.
Monterey Bay Aquariaum Seafood Watch
Raises consumer awareness
about fishing practices. Includes a pocket guide which recommends the most sustainable choices.
Ocean's Alive Eat Smart
Information on fish and conaminants, seafood and health, buying guidelines,
recipes and more.
Ecofish
This small company sources seafood from ecologically sound fisheries. It
also reinvests 25 percent of its pretax profits into communities and organizations that promote sustainable fishing practices
Blue Oceans
"Blue Ocean uses science, art, and literature to build a
greater ethic for ocean conservation. Its staff has researched the population status, biology, and management of various
fisheries, compiling the results in a highly accessible Seafood Miniguide."
Marine Stewardship COuncil
"The MSC is an independent, global, non-profit
organization whose role is to recognize, via a certification program, well-managed fisheries and to harness consumer
preference for seafood products bearing the MSC label of approval".
Marine Stewardship COuncil
"SeaWeb is a communications-based nonprofit
organization that uses social marketing to advance ocean conservation".
Alice Statler Library, City College of San Francisco
Updated April 21, 2005
