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Dauphin Island Sea Lab & Estuarium
Marine research facility which offers educational programs, coastal planning, a location map, news, and current events. The Estuarium provides visual displays and interactive exhibits for the public.
http://www.disl.org/
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
Extensive information resource on the world's oceans, including geography, biology, physical dynamics, human uses of marine resources, and issues and concerns.
http://www.oceansatlas.org/
The Oceans of the Earth
A simple table comparing the data of the oceans on Earth.
http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Oceans.html
sealevelcontrol.com
Ocean level rise - causes and possible solutions.
http://www.sealevelcontrol.com/
Coalition Clean Baltic
The main goal of CCB is the protection and improvement of the Baltic Sea environment and natural resources. CCB is gathering, producing and distributing information about environmental problems in the Baltic Sea Area.
http://www.ccb.se/
Oceana
An oceans advocacy non-profit organization which focuses on water/beach quality, fisheries and fish habitat, and marine sanctuaries.
http://www.oceana.org/
People For Puget Sound
A non-profit citizens' group working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. Offers news, book resources, and links.
http://www.pugetsound.org/
Mapping European Seabed Habitats project
Public information about the MESH (Mapping European Seabed Habitats) project; including background information, metadata database and habitat maps.
http://www.searchmesh.net/
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
OCRM's mission is to make sound decisions, with their partners, to ensure diverse, healthy coastal and ocean resources and resolve conflicts among users.
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/programs/ocrm...
Pollution and Oceans
Offers information ocean pollution from seafood, algae, overfishing, and oil spills.
http://www.pollutionandoceans.com/
Pew Oceans Commission
Chartered to assess the condition of America's oceans and living marine resources, and set national priorities to restore and protect them against unintended fishing impacts, coastal development, pollution, climate change, aquaculture, and invasive species.
http://www.pewoceans.org/
Oceans and Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book
Resources compiled by Congressional Research Service (U.S.). Web site maintained by Center for the National Institute for the Environment. Topics include marine fisheries, the Law of the Sea, coastal wetlands and estuaries, seabed mineral resources, and dolphin protection.
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/B...
Sea Grant News - Sewage
Sewage is a threat to the marine environment because it often contains harmful chemicals, disease-causing bacteria and viruses, and dissolved material and solid matter
http://www.seagrantnews.org/news/sewage.ht...
Marine Litter on Sable Island
An observation program to monitor marine litter on Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/Ocean%20L...
World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Marine Information
Summary tables of marine statistics and maps showing coral reefs and mangroves from a number of countries.
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/data/
Save The Swilly
Information about the potential adverse impacts of aquaculture, the legal situation of aquaculture in Ireland, and about Lough Swilly, County Donegal, and concerns about aquaculture licenses there.
http://www.loughswilly.com/
Funding Opportunities for Coastal Managers
Directory of NOAA Coastal Services Center and other funding sources for coastal resource management, communities, and spatial information technologies.
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/funding/
NYTimes.com - Litter-Faring Seafarers
Man-made junk, largely of plastic, accounts for up to four-fifths of the debris in the oceans. All that litter is providing more opportunities for marine organisms to spread. [Required free registration at NYTimes.com to view]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/30/science/...
National Ocean Service
NOAA agency that develops the national foundation for coastal and ocean science, management, response, restoration, and navigation.
http://www.nos.noaa.gov/
Clean Ocean Action
Clean Ocean Action's goal is to improve the degraded water quality of the marine waters off the New Jersey/New York coast. Clean Ocean Action will identify the sources of pollution and mount an attack on each source by using research, public education, and citizen action to convince our public officials to enact and enforce measures which will clean up and protect our ocean
http://www.CleanOceanAction.org/
Nachwuchsforschergruppe IMPULSE
In relation to the Integrated Coastal Zone Management the JRG IMPULSE focus on management questions in the coastal range and their coordination by means of modern information technology and mathematic modelling methods.
http://www.icbm.de/impulse/
Community Based Coastal Resource Management Resource Center
An organization that advocates and practices CBCRM, particularly in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It has a network of various CBCRM practioners, such as government organizations, academic and research institutions.
http://www.geocities.com/cbcrm_rc/
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
Provides information on research projects, provides access to publications and lists opportunities for researchers to apply for federal funding.
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/
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