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Topics: Fish thru Glossaries

Note: These links lead to resources not on the NOAA Library website.

Fish

Academic Programs

Oregon State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
http://fw.oregonstate.edu/

Pelagic Fisheries Research Program of the University of Hawaii
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/PFRP/pfrp1.html

Sea Grant College Programs
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/colleges/index.html

Texas A&M University Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/

University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre
http://www.fisheries.ubc.ca/

University of Rhode Island Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Science
http://www.uri.edu/cels/favs/index.html

University of Washington College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
http://www.cofs.washington.edu/

Virginia Institute of Marine Science Department of Fisheries Science
http://www.fisheries.vims.edu/

Associations and Societies

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
http://www.asih.org/

Bibliographies

Shark bibliography - general references
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/references/references.htm

Whale shark bibliography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/lib/bibliography/9/

Commercial Fish Information

Halibut - International Pacific Halibut Commission
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm

The Lobster Institute of the University of Maine at Orono
http://www.lobsterinstitute.org/

Regional Fishery Councils - mission is to develop management plans for commercial species of marine life in implementation of United States fisheries laws
http://www.nefmc.org/ (New England Fishery Management Council)
http://www.mafmc.org/mid-atlantic/mafmc.htm  (Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council)
http://www.safmc.net  (South Atlantic Fishery Management Council)
http://www.gulfcouncil.org/  (Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council)
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ (North Pacific Fishery Management Council)
http://www.pcouncil.org/ (Pacific Fishery Management Council)
http://www.wpcouncil.org/  (Western Pacific Fishery Management Council)
http://www.caribbeanfmc.com  (Caribbean Fishery Management Council)

Seafood.com provides news, buying and selling services, expert advice, consulting resources, etc.
http://www.seafood.com/
 

Facts and Frequently Asked Questions

FishWatch: U.S. Seafood Facts
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/

NOAA Fisheries Service Fish FAQ - a bouillabaisse of fascinating facts about fish
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/index.html
 

Government Fisheries Organizations

Australia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
http://www.daff.gov.au/

Belize Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
http://www.agriculture.gov.bz/

Brazil Special Secretary for Aquaculture and Fisheries
http://www.presidencia.gov.br/estrutura_presidencia/seap/

Canada Fisheries and Oceans
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm

China Fisheries Home Page - developed in cooperation with the NOAA Central Library and a fisheries representative of the Peoples' Republic of China
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/china/index.htm

Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture
http://www.infoagro.go.cr/incopesca/

Ecuador Subsecretary of Fisheries Resources
http://www.subpesca.gov.ec/

El Salvador Center for Fisheries Development (CENDEPESCA)
http://www.mag.gob.sv/pesca_acuicultura.php

European Union Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/fisheries/index_en.htm

Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=topic&fid=16000

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Seafood Information and Resources
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood1.html
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/oicphone.html (Outreach and Information Center)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0.html (Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia)
http:/vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/seaintro.html (search the seafood list)

Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries
http://www.fisheries.is/

Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (English version)
http://www.maff.go.jp/e/index.html

Korea Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (English version)
http://www.momaf.go.kr/english/main/main.asp

Mexico National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA)
http://www.conapesca.sagarpa.gob.mx/wb/

New South Wales Fishing and Aquaculture
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries

New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries
http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/default.htm

NOAA Fisheries Service/National Marine Fisheries Service
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
http://www.ffa.int/

Peru Vice Ministry of Fisheries
http://www.produce.gob.pe/mipe/

Peru National Foundation of Fishing Development (FONDEPES)
http://www.fondepes.gob.pe/

Taiwan Fisheries Agency
http://www.fa.gov.tw/eng/guide/guide.php

Venezuela Development Foundation for Farming, Fishing and Compatible Forestry (FONDAFA)
http://www.fondafa.gob.ve/

Venezuela National Institute of Fishes and Aquaculture (INAPESCA)
http://www.inapesca.gob.ve

Western Australia Department of Fisheries
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/
 

Habitat

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary habitat page
http://www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov/profile.html

Gulf of Maine Coastal Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - includes links to information about habitat protection and identification projects, technical reports, habitat maps, etc.
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/gulfofmaine/

Mangrove Replenishment Initiative - a private site detailing the problems of regenerating the mangrove swamp habitat
http://mangrove.org/video/mri.html

NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Habitat Conservation - links to publications, information about essential fish habitat, wetlands, anadromous fish, marine protected areas, National Wetlands Mitigation Action Plan, etc.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/index.html
 

Ichthyology

Early Women Ichthyologists paper by Patricia Stocking Brown in a 1994 issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/uploadedFiles/Education/Women%20in%20Ichthyology.pdf

Guide to the Animal Kingdom for students and educators from Thomson Reuters
http://www.biologybrowser.org/animalguide.html

Ichthyology Department of Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology
http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Fish/

Ichthyology from the University of Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Links/Links.htm (Ichthyology links)

Ichthyology resources from the Ichthyology Dept. at the California Academy of Sciences
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/
 

Links

Congressional Research Service "Marine" Reports
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Marine/

Fish Advisories from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish

Fisheries Library, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&xml=FBL_prog.xml

Fisheries Reference Resources from Humboldt State University Library
http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/resfish.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology, Shark, and Sawfish links
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/links/links.htm

OneFish
http://www.onefish.org/global/index.jsp
 

Marketing

GLOBEFISH - the unit of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Department responsible for information on international fish markets and fish trade
http://www.globefish.org/

Seafood.com - seafood marketing information
http://www.seafood.com/

Urner Barry - links to seafood marketing news, fish posters/wall charts, single species lithographs (under Products & Services), etc.
http://www.urnerbarry.com
 

NOAA Fisheries Service/National Marine Fisheries Service

Aquaculture - links to aquaculture policies of the Department of Commerce and NOAA, DOC/NOAA Aquaculture Information Center site, National Aquaculture Act of 1980, etc.
http://aquaculture.noaa.gov/

Browse NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/browser/browse3.html#FISH

Bycatch
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/bycatch.htm

Congressional Research Service - Summaries of Major Fisheries Laws implemented by NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/legislative/leg-11.cfm

Education
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education

Fish Facts - a website that summarizes NOAA Fisheries management actions for a number of important national and regional fisheries issues
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishfacts/index.htm

Fisheries glossary
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st4/documents/FishGlossary.pdf

FishWatch - U.S. Seafood Facts
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/index.htm

Grants
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/grants/

Historical information - photos, historical articles, etc.
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/index.html
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/timeline/1870.html (timeline)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/stories/legacy/legacy2.html (Baird's Legacy)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/stories/whistory.html (Woods Hole: The Early Years)

Home page - links to headquarters offices, field offices, field laboratories, publications, full-text version of Sustainable Fisheries Act, etc.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

International interests
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/international.htm

Legislation - links to some resource laws that guide NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/legislation.htm

Living Marine Stewardship
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/sfweb/ (sustaining fisheries: highly migratory species, domestic fisheries, regulatory services, partnerships and communications, seafood inspection)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/  (protecting marine species: species information, permits & authorizations, laws & policies, U.S. & international programs, education, publications)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/  (conserving marine habitat: habitat protection, habitat restoration, ecosystem assessment, etc.)
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/  (science and technology: fisheries statistics, assessment & monitoring, economics & social analysis, science information, marine ecosystems)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ (law enforcement: Northeast Division, Southeast Division, Alaska Division, Northwest Division, Southwest Division, Pacific Islands Division)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ia/ (international affairs: bilateral arrangements, international agreements, international bycatch, current challenges, links to foreign government fisheries sites)

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/magact/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/ (reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act)

Permits and authorizations
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/regulationspermits.htm (NOAA Fisheries Service Permit Portal)

Recreational Fishing Services
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/PartnershipsCommunications/recfish/
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/PartnershipsCommunications/recfish/strategy.htm (Recreational Fisheries Strategic Plan)

Regional offices
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/regional.htm
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ (Alaska Regional Office)
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ (Northwest Regional Office)
http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/ (Pacific Islands Regional Office)
http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Southwest Regional Office)
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Southeast Regional Office)
http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/ (Northeast Regional Office)

Regulations
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/regulations.htm

Science centers - links to websites of the Alaska, Northwest, Pacific Islands, Southwest, Southeast, and Northeast Science Centers as well as the individual labs and field stations
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/science.htm

Seafood & Health
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/seafood.htm

Statistics - commercial fishery landings, foreign trade information, fishery market news, links to full text recent issues of Fisheries of the United States and other publications, etc.
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/index.html

Strandings
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/strandings.htm

Trade and commercial services
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/PartnershipsCommunications/tradecommercial/index.html
 

Photographs

NOAA Photo Library - see the Fisheries Collection, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Historic Photo Collection, National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection, National Undersea Research Program Collection, Coral Kingdom Collection, Sanctuaries Collection, etc.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
 

Posters

Fish identification charts and posters from Windsor Nature Discovery
http://nature-discovery.com/home/nd1/smartlist_34/fish_posters.html

NOAA's Life of the Ocean Posters: marine mammals of the western hemisphere, fishes of North American waters, mollusks and crustaceans of the coastal United States, and sea turtles of the world available from the U.S. Government Printing Office
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00187-4 (Marine Mammals of the Western Hemisphere)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00186-6 (Sea Turtles of the World)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00182-3 (Marine Fishes of the North Atlantic)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00181-5 (Marine Fishes of the Gulf and South Atlantic)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00185-8 (Fishes of the Great Lakes)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00183-1 (Marine Fishes of the North Pacific)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00184-0 (Marine Fishes of the California Current and Adjacent Waters)
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=003-020-00188-2 (Mollusks and Crustaceans of the Coastal United States)
 

Publications

Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/afrb/afrbhome.php

Aquaculture, Fisheries, & Fish Science - related journal and books titles available from Wiley
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-351864.html

Billfish Newsletter of Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service  - an annual newsletter that includes information on such species as marlin, sailfish, and swordfish (issues back to 1995)
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=FRD&id=1199&ParentMenuId=32

FishNews - an automated, email-based newsletter that provides electronic notification of important actions, rules, policies, and programs. FishNews is coordinated by the Office of Constituent Services, NOAA Fisheries Service.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishnews.htm

NOAA Fisheries Service publications: links to popular NMFS publications, full text articles from recent issues of NMFS journals, publications of NMFS headquarters and regional offices, etc.
http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Scientific Publications Office)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/publications/ (Office of Protected Resources)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatconservation/publications/hcpub.htm (Office of Habitat Conservation)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/publications/tech_glines.html (Restoration Center, Office of Habitat Conservation)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ead/readingroom.htm (Ecosystem Assessment Division Coral Reef Reading Room, Office of Habitat Conservation)
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/tm_search.html (NOAA Technical Memoranda, NMFS Series, Office of Science and Technology)
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/index.html (Fisheries Economics & Social Sciences Program, Office of Science and Technology)
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/stutilities/stdocumentsearch/ (search for documents - Office of Science and Technology)
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/publications.html (Fisheries Statistics Division, Office of Science and Technology)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/Linkpages/documents.htm (Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, Office of Sustainable Fisheries)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/state_federal/state_federal.htm (State/Federal Services, Office of Sustainable Fisheries)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/index.htm (Domestic Fisheries, Office of Sustainable Fisheries)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ia (International Affairs, NOAA Fisheries Service)
http://www.seafood.nmfs.noaa.gov/Publications.htm (Seafood Inspection Program)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/ (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsclibrary/back.htm (Background of Northeast Fisheries Science Center documents)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsclibrary/nmfsfnec.htm (search for NEFSC documents)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/habitat/efh/ (Essential fish habitat source documents - Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/saw/ (Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop documents - Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/ (Northeast Regional Office)
http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/outreach/index.html#pub (NERO Outreach & Communications publications)
http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/articlesandpublications.jsp (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/nccos/ccfhr/publications.aspx (Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research) - search for publications 1948-present
http://galveston.ssp.nmfs.gov/publications/index.asp (Galveston Laboratory)
http://galveston.ssp.nmfs.gov/research/fisheryecology/publications/index.asp (Galveston Fishery Ecology Branch)
http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Southwest Regional Office)
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/ (Southwest Fisheries Science Center: select Publications)
http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/PubBIN/qrypublications.asp?ParentMenuId=32 (Southwest Fisheries Science Center Technical Memorandums Search)
http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/research/globec/publications.html (U.S. Globec and Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory)
http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/ (Pacific Islands Regional Office: see Public Documents)
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/pubs.php (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/publication.php (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center staff publications)
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/library/hlpubs.html (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Library)
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/wpacfin/central_pubs.php (Central West Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/index.cfm (Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Publications/Index.cfm (Northwest Regional Office)
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/library/publish.php (National Marine Mammal Laboratory)
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/default.htm (Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/race/behavioral/pubs_auth_fbe.htm (Fisheries Behavioral Ecology - Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ (Alaska Regional Office)
 

Species Information

Biological Profiles from the Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/bioprofile.htm

California Marine Sportfish Identification from the California Dept. of Fish and Game
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/msfindx0.asp

Catalog of Fishes from the California Academy of Sciences
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatsearch.html

Census of Marine Life - a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. Site is maintained by the Office of Marine Programs at the University of Rhode Island.
http://www.coml.org/coml.htm

CephBase - taxonomic data, distribution, images, videos, predator and prey data, etc. for all living species of cephalopods from the University of Texas Medical Branch
http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/

Endangered Species Act information from NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/

Fish and invertebrate species photo gallery from NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/race/media/photo_gallery/speciesID.htm

Fish Collection of the University of Washington in Seattle
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/

Fish Finder of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries - illustrations of many fish species found in North Carolina estuaries and continental shelf and slope areas
http://www.ncfisheries.net/fishfind/fishfin2.htm

FishBase - a global information system on fishes searchable by scientific name, common name, country, ecosystem, topic, etc. Also includes a glossary.
http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Illustrated Field Guide
http://graysreef.noaa.gov/fishguide.html

Gray's Reef photographs
http://graysreef.noaa.gov/pictures.html

Grunion Fact Sheet from the California Department of Fish and Game
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/grnindx3.asp

Halibut - site of the International Pacific Halibut Commission. IPHC is responsible for research on and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut of Canada and the U.S.
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm

Integrated Taxonomic Information System - includes documented taxonomic information of flora and fauna from both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. The ITIS is the result of a partnership of federal agencies formed to satisfy their mutual needs for scientifically credible taxonomic information.
http://www.itis.gov/

NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources - species information page
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/

Ocean Biogeographic Information System - a project of the Census of Marine Life
http://www.iobis.org/

Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/sshiap/

Salmon hatchery questions & answers from NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/resources/search_faq.cfm?faqmaincatid=3

Shark research site from the Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/sharks.htm

Sharks - Mote Marine Laboratory Center for Shark Research
http://www.mote.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=SharkResearch&category=Shark%20Research

Sharks - Pelagic Shark Research Foundation
http://www.pelagic.org

Sharks of Delaware and Maryland - information provided courtesy of the Graduate College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware
http://www.beach-net.com/Shark.html

Species Identification and Data Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&xml=sidp.xml&xp_nav=1

Species Profiles: Life Histories and Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates of the U.S. - full text access to digital copies of the original publications. The series was produced by the National Wetlands Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey.
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/publications/specindex.htm

Stingrays from Mote Marine Laboratory
http://www.mote.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=Stingrays&category=Shark%20Research&submenu=INFO
 

Statistics

Fishery Statistics Programme of FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/programme/en

Guide To Sources For Fisheries Statistics from Fisheries-Oceanography Library, University of Washington
http://www.lib.washington.edu/fish/subjects/fishstat.html

NMFS Fisheries Statistics Division home page - commercial fishery landings, foreign trade information, fishery market news, links to full text recent issues of Fisheries of the United States and other publications, etc.
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/index.html
 

General Reference Information

Area codes
http://www.whitepages.com/10001/area_codes

Countries of the World from Infoplease - links to information about countries around the world
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

Dictionaries - OneLook dictionary search
http://www.onelook.com/

FedLaw - federal laws and regulations online
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

FedWorld - a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce for locating government information. The site is developed and maintained by National Technical Information Service.
http://www.fedworld.gov/

Maps - Mapquest personalized maps - street level maps, interactive atlas, driving directions, etc.
http://www.mapquest.com/

Maps - Perry-Castaneda Library online map collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Includes current interest maps, general interest maps, historical maps, etc.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Roget's Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Telephone directory - internet yellow pages, white pages, etc.
http://www.switchboard.com/

Thomas - Legislative information on the internet - a service of the Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The World Factbook  of the Central Intelligence Agency - information about countries, oceans, locations, etc.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Zip codes - United States Postal Service Zip+4 code lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
 

Geoscience

American Geological Institute - links to sites of member societies and other earth science related sites
http://www.agiweb.org/

American Geophysical Union
http://www.agu.org/

Association of American State Geologists - links to sites of all 50 state geologists
http://www.stategeologists.org/

Earth science resource links in various categories including academic, government, and commercial. Developed and maintained by the Illinois State Geological Survey
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/education/earthsci/tofc.shtml

Earth sciences (and map library) resources from University of California Berkeley Library - submit questions to staff via this site
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/EarthLinks.html

Geodetic resources from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey - links to sites of government, academic, and private organizations from  around the world
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/geodetic_links.shtml

Geomagnetism - surface, ocean, airborne, and satellite data available from NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center. Link to general information and FAQ pages. Contact staff with questions about the earth's main field, space weather, and marine magnetics.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/

Geoscience Departments WWW Directory for U. S. and Canada from the University of South Dakota
http://www.usd.edu/esci/geodepts.html

Global Volcanism Program of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
http://www.volcano.si.edu/

Natural hazards of NASA's Earth Observatory - images of recent geological hazards and disasters, with a link to archived images
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/

Natural hazards - earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, etc., U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/

Natural hazards data and imagery - earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tropical cyclones, etc., NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/

University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences - many NOAA related projects
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/

Visible Earth - NASA's catalog of images and animations of our planet
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Volcano World from Oregon State University
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
 

Glossaries

Atmospheric-Related Sciences Glossaries

Atmospheric Chemistry Glossary developed by Sam Houston State University
http://www.shsu.edu/~chemistry/Glossary/glos.html

Carbon Dioxide and Climate Glossary developed by Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CDIAC program
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/glossary.html

Climate Change Terms Glossary from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/glossary.html

Climate Glossary of National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/glossary.shtml

Climate Glossary of NOAA's Climate Program Office
http://www.climate.noaa.gov/index.jsp?pg=page_glossary.jsp?alpha=all

Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (Surface Weather Observations and Reports) Glossary
http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/M-APNDXA.pdf

Fire Weather Forecast Terminology of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Pendleton, Oregon
http://newweb.wrh.noaa.gov/pdt/forecast/fireWeatherGlossary.php

Floodplain glossary of terms from Nebraska's Lancaster County
http://lancaster.ne.gov/city/pworks/watrshed/mfptf/meetings/2002/031902/pdf/fpgloss.pdf

Floodplain Management Glossary from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/hydro/floodplain/definitions.html

Global Change Master Directory List of Earth Science Acronyms, Glossaries, and Gazetteers from NASA
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/FAQs/acronyms.html

Glossary of ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation) Terms from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/enso.glossary.html

Glossary of Meteorological Terms from the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/glossary/

Glossary of Meteorology from the American Meteorological Society
http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary

Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/index.htm

Hurricane Terms from Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/hu_terms.shtm

Hurricane Terms - National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center Glossary of Terms
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml

Hydrologic Terms Glossary from National Weather Service
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/resources/glossary/default.html

National Weather Service Glossary
http://www.weather.gov/glossary/

Ozone Depletion Glossary developed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/defns.html

Radar and Synthetic Aperture Radar Glossary developed by the European Space Agency
http://envisat.esa.int/dataproducts/asar/CNTR5-2.htm

Snow Glossary of the National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/cgi-bin/words/topic.pl?snow

Solar-Terrestrial Terms Glossary developed by NOAA's Space Environment Laboratory
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/GLOSSARY/glossary.html

Weather Forecast Glossary compiled by San Francisco Weather Service Forecast Office - many terms northern California specific
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/afd-guide.php

Weather Terms for Storm Spotters - a comprehensive glossary of weather terms for storm spotters from the National Weather Service Forecast Office, Norman, Oklahoma
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php

Weather Terms Glossary compiled by New York Weather Service Forecast Office - many season specific terms
http://www.weca.org/nws-terms.html
 

Earth Sciences Glossaries

Biology/Paleontology Glossary developed by the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Subjects covered are phylogenetics, geology, biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, life history, zoology, botany, and paleogeography.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html

Dictionary of Geologic Terms from Geotech
http://www.geotech.org/survey/geotech/dictiona.html

Geologic Glossary from Houghton Mifflin's GeologyLink
http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/glossary.html

Geology Glossary from Indiana Geological Survey
http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/glossary/listEntireGlossary.cfm

Glacial Geology Glossary from Montana State University
http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/~geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm

Glossary of Dinosaurs/Paleontology/Geology from a Disney site - enchantedlearning.com. Scroll to the bottom for links to information about astronomy, the Earth, geology, oceans, volcanoes, etc.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexg.shtml

(Visual) Glossary of Earthquake Terms from the Earthquake Hazards Program, USGS
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php

Gravity/Magnetic Glossary from Integrated Geophysics Corporation
http://www.igcworld.com/gm_glos.html

Photo Glossary of Volcanic Terms of the Volcano Hazards Program, USGS
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/index.php

Seismology/Geology Glossary from the Southern California Earthquake Data Center
http://www.data.scec.org/glossary.html

Volcanic and Geologic Terms Glossary from Oregon State University
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/glossary.html
 

Ecological-Related Sciences Glossaries

Aquaculture Glossary of the Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fi/glossary/aquaculture/default.asp

Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plant Glossary of the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/glossary

Biogeography Glossary of Radford University
http://www.runet.edu/%7Eswoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/glossary.html

Biology/Paleontology Glossary developed by the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Subjects covered are phylogenetics, geology, biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, life history, zoology, botany, and paleogeography.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary.html

Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Glossary of NOAA's National Ocean Service
http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/glossary/index.html

Fish Terms Glossary from StreamNet, a consortium of Northwest wildlife agencies and tribal governments
http://www.streamnet.org/pub-ed/ff/Glossary/glossaryfish.html

Fisheries Glossary of FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fi/glossary/default.asp

Fisheries Glossary of NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st4/documents/FishGlossary.pdf

Fisheries Technical Terms of Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/techniques/tech_terms.html

National Resources Inventory Glossary developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html
 

Oceanic-Related Sciences Glossaries

Glossary of Chemical (Oceanography) Terms from Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Split, Croatia
http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/abc/a.html

Glossary of Coastal Terminology prepared by Washington State's Department of Ecology
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.html

Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines from Texas A&M University
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/paleo/ocean/ocean.html

Glossary of (Physical Oceanography) Scientific Terms from University of Alberta, Canada
http://taylor.math.ualberta.ca/%7Ebruce/glossary.html

Marine Biology Glossary from State University of New York at Stony Brook
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.html

Marine Ecology Glossary from Rice University - excerpted from The State of the Bay: A Characterization of the Galveston Bay Ecosystem. This publication was produced by the Galveston Bay National Estuary Program. 
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Galveston/Glossary/glossary.html

Oceanographic Terms Glossary developed by Texas A&M University
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/glossary.htm

Ocean Surface Currents Glossary from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/glossary.html

Optical Oceanography Glossary from the University of Washington Mechanical Engineering Department
http://faculty.washington.edu/mccor/glossary.htm

Tide and Current Glossary developed by the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services of NOAA's National Ocean Service
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/glossary2.pdf
 

Satellite and Remote Sensing Glossaries

Glossary of Terms for Sensors & Data Systems
http://www.sensorland.com/GlossaryPage001.html

Looking at Earth From Space (Satellite, Space, Earth Science, and Meteorology Glossary) developed by NASA for grades 7-12
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/glossary.htm

Radar Glossary from Argos Press
http://www.argospress.com/Resources/radar/

Remote Sensing Glossary developed by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/glossary/index_e.php

Remote Sensing Glossary from the University of Nebraska
http://www.casde.unl.edu/glossary/index.php
 

Water Resource Glossaries

Water-Related Terms Glossary from the Australian Water Association
http://www.awa.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Glossary&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5185

Water Resource Terms Glossary from the Edwards Aquifer Home Page
http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/glossary.html

Water Science Glossary of Terms from USGS
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html

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