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Government Agencies and Government Sources

EUROPE

• MARAQUA (Monitoring and Regulation of Marine Aquaculture)
• Norway
• Ministry of the Environment, Norway
• Norwegian Directorate of Nature Management
• Norwegian Environmental Legislation and Environmental Treaty Participation (Links)
• Translated Norwegian Legislation (Searchable Database)
• Scotland
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
  • SEPA’s Fish Farming Manual

NORTH AMERICA

• Canada, Federal
  • Aquaculture in Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific Regions (The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries, Interim Report)
  • Atlantic Region
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Environment Canada
  • Maritimes Region Fisheries & Oceans Canada
  • Pacific and Yukon Region
  • Pacific Region Fisheries & Oceans Canada
  • Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries
• Canada, Provincial
  • B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
  • British Columbia Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• United States, Federal
  • Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  • APHIS Aquaculture Homepage
  • Aquaculture Effluents Task Force
  • Aquaculture Outlook
  • Draft National Aquaculture Development Plan
  • Federal Government Agencies Directory
  • National Agricultural Library
  • Rural Information Center
  • Task Forces and Working Groups
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • United States Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture
  • Water Quality Information Center (USDA/NAL)
• USDA Regional Aquaculture Centers
  • USDA Regional Aquaculture Center Publications
  • Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture
  • North Central Regional Aquaculture Center
  • Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
  • Western Regional Aquaculture Center
• Other Agencies
  • Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
  • Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
  • Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
  • Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery & Maine Anadromous Fish Coordinator
  • Effluent Guidelines: Aquatic Animal Production Industry
  • FDA and Non-FDA Seafood, Seafood Safety, and Ichthyology Resources
  • FDA Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia
  • Gulf of Maine Coastal Program
  • Maine Field Office, Gulf of Maine Rivers Ecosystem
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Milford Laboratory
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • National Sea Grant College Program
  • National Sea Grant Library
  • NOAA Aquaculture Information Center
  • NOAA Library
  • Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
  • Science and Technology Fisheries Stats and Economics
  • SDIA Aquaculture and Economics
  • Southeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  • US Army Corps of Engineers
  • US Department of Commerce
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • United States Department of Interior
  • US Environmental Protection Agency
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • US Food and Drug Administration (includes search by topic)
  • USDA-NASS 1998 Census of Aquaculture
• State Agencies
  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  • Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission
  • Maine Department of Marine Resources
  • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

SOUTH AMERICA

• Chile
  • Servicio Nacional de Pesca / National Fisheries Service
  • Subsecretaría de Pesca (Ministerio de Economía, Minería y Energía)/ Subsecretariat of Fisheries (Ministry of Economics, Mining, and Energy)

AUSTRALIA

• Federal Government
  • AIMS Aquaculture Research
  • Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
  • Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
  • Australian Legal Information Service (Find the Fisheries Management Act of 1994, and the Fisheries Management (and Aquaculture) Regulation of 1995)
  • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia (AFFA) - Fisheries and Forestry Sciences Division
• New South Wales
  • New South Wales Fishing and Aquaculture
• Queensland
  • Queensland Department of Primary Industries: Fisheries and Aquaculture
• South Australia
  • South Australian Research and Development Institute Aquatic Sciences
• Tasmania
  • Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment
  • Legislation relevant to marine aquaculture in Tasmania
• Western Australia
  • Fisheries Western Australia

NEW ZEALAND

• Ministry of Fisheries
• Fisheries Act 1983
• Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA)