Research and Governmental Organisations
This section lists organisations with web sites
containing information on pinnipeds or on a particular pinniped-related research program.
Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit (AWRU)
- Australia
Australian
Antarctic Division - Biology Section - Australia
Latrobe
University - Sea Mammal Ecology Group (SMEG) - Australia
Macquarie
University - Graduate School of the Environment - Marine Mammal Research Group (MMRG)
- Australia
Tasmanian Parks
and Wildlife Service - Australia
Department of
Fisheries and Ocean (DFO) - Canada
International
Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) - Denmark
Elephant
Seals Research Group (ESRG) - Italy / Falkland Islands
Swedish Museum of
Natural History - Contaminant Research Group - Sweden
British
Antarctic Survey (BAS) - U.K.
JerseySeals
- U.K.
Sea Mammal
Research Unit (SMRU) - U.K.
Shetland
Sea Mammal Group - U.K.
Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) - U.S.
Allied
Whale (The Marine Mammal Laboratory at College of the Atlantic) - U.S.
Coastal Research
and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) - U.S.
Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories - Ornithology and Mammalogy Laboratory - U.S.
National
Marine Sanctuary Program - U.S.
NOAA Fisheries
(National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) - U.S.
NOAA
Fisheries, National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) - U.S
NOAA
Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) - Protected Species Branch -
U.S.
NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected
Resources (F/PR) - U.S.
NOAA
Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) - Marine Mammal Research - U.S.
Society
for Marine Mammalogy - U.S.
Texas
A&M University - Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry and Biotechnology - U.S.
University
of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) - Pinniped Research in Cognition and Sensory Systems
- U.S.
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) - U.S.
USFWS
Marine Mammals Management Field Office, Anchorage - U.S.
Whale Center of New England -
U.S.
WhaleNet - U.S.
Regulations and Conventions
Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural
Habitats
Bonn
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Canadian Marine Mammal Regulations
Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
European
Community (EC) Legislation on Conservation of Wild Fauna and Flora
HELCOM Recommendation 9/1
IUCN Red List
U.K. Conservation of Seals
Act
U.S.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
Sources of News and Other
Information
Some of the organisations listed in other
sections also have news pages e.g SeaWeb's 'Ocean Update'.
Animal
Concerns
Conservation
Online
Environmental News
Network
Lycos Environment
News (ENS)
MARMAM
Discussion List
Marmamnews
NOAA
News Releases
Planet Ark
U.S. Federal Register
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Marine Conservation
Coastal
Guide Europe
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (IOC/UNESCO)
Marine and
Coastal Community Network (MCCN)
Marine Conservation
Biology Institute (MCBI)
Marine
Conservation Society (MCS)
OCEAN98
Oceans
and Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book
General Environment and
Animal Welfare
American
Society of International Law (ASIL) - Wildlife Interest Group
Animal
Contacts Directory
El
Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 1997-98
EnviroLink
NetVet - Marine Mammals
United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP)
World
Animal Network (WAN)
Aquaculture and Fisheries
B.C. Salmon Aquaculture Report
FishLink
Marine Stewardship
Council (MSC)
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Fisheries Department
Cetaceans
American
Cetacean Society (ACS)
Breach Marine
Protection
Cetacean
Society International (CSI)
European Cetacean Society (ECS)
Finns
for the Whales Association
Hebridean
Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT)
International
Whaling Commission (IWC)
Whale and Dolphin
Conservation Society (WDCS)
Whale
Center of New England
Whale-Watching Web
Organisations Promoting Sealing
Canadian
Sealers Association
High North
Alliance
North
Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
Educational, Personal and Other
Pages
Ecovolunteer
Foça Project
Jaap's
Marine Mammal Pages
Online Zoologists - Pinnipeds
Pinniped's
Place
Rodrigo's
Marine Mammal Home Page
WhaleTimes
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