Tour of FDA and Non-FDA Seafood and Ichthyology Resources

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FDA Seafood and Seafood Safety Resources

Name of the Site or Resoruce
The Universal Resource Locator (URL)
Description or Other Information
FDA's "Blue Book"
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/morechoices/smallbusiness/blubook.htm

Requirements of Laws and Regulations Enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Table of Contents and Seafood-Related Sections.
(see the Table of Contents)
FDA/CFSAN HACCP Information.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccpsub.html
HACCP Information at FDA/CFSAN
FDA/CFSAN Seafood Information.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood1.html
Seafood Information at FDA/CFSAN
FDA/CFSAN Searchable Seafood List.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/seaintro.html
Search the FDA Seafood List for Market Names, Common Names, Scientific Names, or Vernacular (Regional) Names
FDA's Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE).
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0.html
Fish and Marketed Product Form Images, Species Identification Tools, and Taxonomic Information
FDA Seafood Research
http://www.par.ora.fda.gov/sprc/
FDA Seafood Research at The Seafood Products Research Center, Bothell, WA.
(Access only from FDA Sites)
FDA Seafood Research
http://www.columbuscenter.org/fda/
FDA Seafood Research at The Columbus Center for Marine Research in Baltimore, MD.
USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/foodborn.htm
Extensive HACCP information and other seafood information sites. Co-sponsored by USDA, FDA, NAL, and FSIS.

Aquaculture, Seafood and Fisheries Information

Name of the Site or Resoruce
The Universal Resource Locator (URL)
Description or Other Information
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COMMERCE/asmihp.htm
This site contains several brochures providing guidance on the proper handling of seafood.
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/cfmd/cfmdhome.htm
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division
American Fisheries Society.
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/AFS
 
Aquaculture Information
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/AFS
Aquaculture Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library
Aquaculture Outlook
http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/reports/erssor/livestock/ldp-aqs/
This online version of the newsletter from the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture is published twice a year. It examines the U.S. aquaculture industry: production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, ornamental fish and new species.
Aquaculture Research Institute
http://www.uidaho.edu/ag/aquaculture/
Interdisciplinary education, outreach services, internet-connected database searching, and research activities in fish culture, genetics, nutrition, pathology, waste management and marketing.
AquaNIC
http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/
Aquaculture Information Network Center.
ASEAN Fisheries Post-Harvest Technology
Information Network

http://www.asean.fishnet.gov.sg
Fishery Information from Singapore.
Atlantic Salmon Federation
http://www.flyfishing.com/asf/

AFS-sponsored Research.
http://www.flyfishing.com/asf/resrch01.htm

 
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfas.html
(Note: Documents are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available at no cost from the Adobe Website)
FAO Fisheries Department http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/fishery/fishery.htm

FAO: Asian Fish Technologies.
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/fishery/asiafit/aft_pg1.htm

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Fish in the Electronic Zoo
http://ratdr.wustl.edu/fish.htm
An Extensive Listing of Sites on Aquaculture and Ichthyology.
Fisheries Information http://ratdr.wustl.edu/fish.htm Fisheries Information and Fish Facts from the Australian Department of Primary Industries & Energy
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM):
http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/fishbase
Home of FishBase and information on the CD-ROM version
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
http://www.hbuk.co.uk/ap/journals/ec.htm
Journal from Academic Press: Table of Contents and Abstracts available without subscription
Aquaculture Links
http://www.fishlinkcentral.com/aqua.htm

from Fish Link Central
http://www.fishlinkcentral.com/

 
Georges Bank Information (GLOBEC).
http://globec.whoi.edu/globec.html
 
Gold Seal Seafoods
http://www.netnation.com/~canfisco/index.shtml
Information on Fish, Seafood Nutrition, and Seafood Handling and Spoilage.
Gulf of Mexico Program
http://pelican.gmpo.gov/
Gulf of Mexico Program Information Network
Hawaiian Seafood Buyers Guide.
http://planet-hawaii.com/hsbg
Pictures, handling and buying tips, recipes, more.
ICES:
http://www.ices.inst.dk/
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
Journal of Marine Science.
http://www.hbuk.co.uk/ap/journals/jm.htm
Journal from Academic Press: Table of Contents and Abstracts available without subscription
Marine Fisheries Links
http://www.nafc.ac.uk/links/links.htm

North Atlantic Fisheries College
http://www.nafc.ac.uk/

Information on fisheries, fish catching, aquaculture and fish processing from an industry-managed institute
in the Shetlands, UK.
National Marine Fisheries Service.
http://kingfish.ssp.nmfs.gov/home-page.html
 
National Aquarium in Baltimore
http://www.aqua.org
 
The Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division
http://remora.ssp.nmfs.gov/
National Marine Fisheries Service.
Pacific Northwest Fish and Fisheries
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~staleyr/alaskafish.html
Information on the Web.
SEAFOODNET
http://www.multiplaza.com/seafood/sf-info.htm
 
Seafood Network Information Center:
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu
This site contains information on the Seafood HACCP Alliance for Education and Training, Guidance and Regulation (including the text of several FDA documents) and the University of California seafood publications. Look here for information on subscribing to the
Seafood HACCP Mailing List (Listserv).
Seafood Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.org/sea.htm

National Food Safety Database
http://www.foodsafety.org/sea.htm

University of Florida and USDA
Sea Grant Media Center:
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/seagrantmediacenter/
News and Information on Marine Science Research.
SeaGrant Home Page
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/NSGO/
Inforamtion on the State SeaGrant Programs
Alaska SeaGrant
http://www.uaf.alaska.edu/seagrant/

Alaska SeaGrant Publications/Video Catalog
http://www.uaf.alaska.edu/seagrant/Pubs_Videos/Pubs.html

Information from the Alaska SeaGrant Program
Oregon SeaGrant.
Fisheries Sites and other Marine and Coastal Information
http://seagrant.orst.edu/otherwww.html
Information from the Oregon SeaGrant Program
The National SeaGrant Repository
http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu/
from the University of Rhode Island
SeaGrant Media Center:
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/seagrantmediacenter/
from the University of Maryland
S.P. Cramer and Associates, Fisheries Consultants
http://www.spcramer.com/index.html
Salmon and trout management, reports, and links to other fish-related sites.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home Page
http://www.fws.gov/

and Fisheries Information
http://www.fws.gov/fishery.html

 
World Conservaion Monitoring Center
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/data/database/mc_db.html
Marine and Coastal Data.

Ichthyology and Fish Taxonomy Information

Name of the Site or Resoruce
The Universal Resource Locator (URL)
Description or Other Information
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/asih/
 
The Columbus Center for Marine Research
www.columbuscenter.org
Coorperative Research Project of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the FDA
FishBase WWW:
161.76.121.2/fishbase/
a WWW version of the 1995 FishBase CD-ROM produced by ICLARM in collaboration with the FAO and funded by the EU. It contains all records of fin fish species in the FishBase CD-ROM but with only a limited set of information on each fish. The FishBase CD version should be consulted for more detailed information on distributions, ecology, population dynamics, reproduction, genetics, morphology and physiology.
The Fish Collection
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu
at the School of Fisheries, University of Washington
Division of Fishes
http://nmnhwww.si.edu/vert/fish.html

Fish Families Listing
http://nmnhwww.si.edu/vert/faminv.html

Information from the Smithsonian Institution.
Fish FAQ
http://www.wh.whoi.edu/homepage/faq.html

NOAA Home Page
http://www.wh.whoi.edu/noaa.html

Information from the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole Laboratory, NOAA.
California Academy of Sciences Ichthyology Department
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/
Ichthyology Information and Newsletter of Systematic Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences
Ichthyology Information
http://muse.bio.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/hl?fish
at Cornell University
Ichthyology Department
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/main.html

other Sources of Information on Fish
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/otherfis.html

at the Texas Natural History Center.
Marine Biology Sites from Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Marine_Biology/
 
National Marine Fisheries Service
http://www.hpcc.noaa.gov/nmfs.html
Pages from all laboratories and centers
Non-native Fish Information Resources:
http://www.nfrcg.gov/noni.fish/
Data Queries and Maps
WWW Virtual Library: Fish Information.
http://www.actwin.com/WWWVL-Fish.html
 

Guest Images of Fish and Seafood Products

This Section is not yet complete. Other images may be found in the sources described above.

Name of the Site or Resoruce
The Universal Resource Locator (URL)
Description or Other Information
Seafood Images
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COMMERCE/asmi/feast.htm
at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Seafood Image Links
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/images/images.htm
from the Seafood Network Information Center
Fish Images
http://www.forthrt.com/~kerry/creature/creature.htm
and other information on the British Columbia Creature Page
Nesfiskur hf (Peninsula Fish Ltd.):
http://www.ingvar.is/associates/Nesfiskur/nesfiskur2
Fish and Seafood Product Images from Iceland

Other FDA/CFSAN resources

Name of the Site or Resoruce
The Universal Resource Locator (URL)
Description or Other Information
Food and Consumer Information Page.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
FDA Regulations, HACCP Information, Food-borne Pathogens, Pesticides, Food Labeling, much more...
Bad Bug Book
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
Food-borne Pathogen References
Chemistry References
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/chemistry.html
Non-FDA Chemistry Web Sites
Biology and Biomedical References
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/biologic.html
Non-FDA Biology and Biomedical Web Sites
Computer, PC, and Network References
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/pclist.html
Non-FDA Computer Company Web Sites


Last updated 2000-JAN-31 by frf.