Website: United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)(Fisheries & Aquaculture)
URL: http://www.fao.org/fishery/en
Description: The aims of the FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture department are: to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilisation of the world's fisheries and aquaculture; to provide technical assistance in all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture management and development; to promote policies and strategies aiming at sustainable and responsible development of fisheries and aquaculture in inland and marine waters (by providing discussion fora, information, legal and policy frameworks, codes and guidelines, options for strategies, scientific advice and training materials).


Website: European Aquaculture Society (EAS)
URL: www.easonline.org
Description: The objectives of the EAS are: to promote contacts between all those involved or interested in marine and freshwater aquaculture; to facilitate the circulation of aquaculture related information; to promote sponsorship of multi-disciplinary research concerning aquaculture; to enhance the cooperation among governmental, scientific and commercial organisations and individuals on all matters dealing with aquaculture.


Website: Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
URL: OECD (Agriculture & Fisheries)
Description: The OECD brings together governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to: support sustainable economic growth; boost employment; raise living standards; maintain financial stability; assist other countries' economic development; contribute to growth in world trade. The OECD is one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, the OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, the environment, agriculture, technology, taxation etc.


Website: United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
URL: UNESCO
Description:  UNESCO promotes international cooperation amongst its member states in the fields of education, science, culture and communication. Goals include helping countries implement a national strategy for sustainable development by 2005, to reverse current trends in the loss of environmental resources by 2015. Since its inception, UNESCO has developed several international programmes to better assess and manage the earth's resources. The organisation also helps reinforce the capacities of developing countries in the sciences, engineering and technology.


Website: International Council on the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
URL: ICES
Description: The ICES coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. It provides a meeting point for a community of more than 1600 marine scientists from 20 countries around the North Atlantic.  Scientists working through ICES gather information about the marine ecosystem, which as well as filling gaps in existing knowledge is developed into unbiased non-political advice to help manage the North Atlantic ocean and adjacent seas.


Website: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
URL: http://www.nafo.int/
Description: The NAFO is an intergovernmental fisheries science and management body. Their overal objective is to contribute through consultation and cooperation to the optimum utilisation, rational management and conservation of the fishery resources of the convention area.

Website: EUROFISH
URL: http://www.eurofish.dk/
Description: Independent international organisation whose remit is to assist the development of fisheries in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus is on trade and marketing, processing and aquaculture.

Website: World Fish Center
URL: WorldFishCenter  
Description: The mission of the World Fish Center is to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. It is an international non-profit, non-governmental organisation working in partnership with a wide range of government and non-government agencies at regional, national and local levels in the developing world and with advanced research institutes worldwide. Research-for-development is carried out to improve small-scale fisheries and aquaculture. Key competencies are in policy economics and social sciences, natural resource management, aquaculture and genetic improvement.


Website: European Bureau for Conservation & Development
URL: http://www.ebcd.org/
Description: Non-profit, non-governmental international organisation based in Brussels since 1989. Its mission is to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of natural renewable resources, including species and ecosystems, both for their intrinsic and direct value for the benefit of humanity.


Website: Agences de l'Eau
URL: http://www.lesagencesdeleau.fr/
Description: The "Agences de l'Eau" are the French public bodies in charge of diverse actions within the hydrographic catchments, such as the preservation and improvement of water resources, pollution protection, and improving knowledge concerning the aquatic environment.


Website: IUCN
URL: http://www.iucn.org/
Description: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The worlds largest and most important conservation network, aiming to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The Union has helped over 75 countries to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies.


Website: OIEau (Office International de l'Eau)
URL: http://www.oieau.fr/anglais/index.htm
Description: A non-profit making association, whose objective is to gather public and private partners involved in water resource protection and management in France, Europe and world-wide.  These partners include ministries, universities, water suppliers, professional associations and many more. There are currently approximately 150 member organisations.