Links
The following links provide additional information on marine protected resources. Please note that reference to a non-governmental organization in the list below is indicated with this icon 
and does not imply that the Office of Protected Resources endorses their products and/or policies. NOAA Fisheries follows this linking policy.
- Federal Government Links
- States and U.S. Territories Links
- Marine Fishery Commissions
- Environmental Organizations and Information
- Marine and Anadromous Fish Related Links
- Marine Mammal Related Links
- Marine Turtle Related Links
Federal Government Links
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Fishery Management Councils
- Forest Service in USDA
- GPO Access - Federal Register and other government publications online
- International Affairs in NOAA Fisheries
- Marine Mammal Commission
- NASA Global Change Master Directory
- NOAA's National Ocean Service
- NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Regional Protected Resources Divisions/Branches in NOAA Fisheries
- Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Alaska Regional Office
- Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- Northeast Regional Office
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Northwest Regional Office
- Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
- Pacific Islands Regional Office
- Southeast Fisheries Science Center
- Southeast Regional Office
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Southwest Regional Office
- Science.gov
- THOMAS - Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
States & U.S. Territories Links
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
- California Department of Fish and Game
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Fish and Wildlife
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Guam Environmental Protection Agency
- Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (Department of Natural Resources and Environment) (en español)
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Washington Department of Fish and Game
Marine Fishery Commissions
- Atlantic States Fisheries Commission
- Gulf States Fisheries Commission
- Pacific States Fisheries Commission
Environmental Organizations and Information
- Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earthwatch
- Federal Wildlife Laws
- Humane Society of the United States
- International Fund for Animal Welfare
- Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
- Mote Marine Laboratory
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Sierra Club
- Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- Watchable Wildlife, Inc.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- World Wildlife Fund International
Anadromous and Marine Fish Related Links
- Alaska Salmon Fisheries Information from Our Living Oceans Report (1999) [pdf]
- American Elasmobranch Society
- American Fisheries Society
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science
- Columbia Basin Research, University of Washington
- Conservation Biology Division in NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Elasmobranch Information
- Fish Ecology Division in NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Fish FAQs from NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission
- Pacific Salmon Fisheries Information from Our Living Oceans Report (1999) [pdf]
- Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies from NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- StreamNet - Pacific Northwest fisheries and aquatic data
Marine Mammal Related Links
- Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums
- American Cetacean Society
- American Society of Mammologists
- American Zoo and Aquarium Association
- Center for Coastal Studies
- Cetacean Society International
- CSI's "Whales Alive" newsletter
- International Marine Mammal Project
- International Marine Animal Trainers Association
- Marine Mammal Center
- Marine Mammal Commission
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory Education
- North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium
- Ocean Alliance
- Save the Manatee Club
- Seal Conservation Society
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
- WhaleNet
Marine Turtle Related Links
- Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research & Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
- Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
- Caribbean Conservation Corporation/Sea Turtle Survival League
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Marine Turtle Program
- Florida Marine Research Institute
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- HEART (Help Endangered Animals - Ridley Turtles)
- Indian Ocean - South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA)
- Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
- Memorandum of Agreement on the Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area
- Memorandum of Understanding on ASEAN Sea Turtle Conservation and Protection
- Sea Turtle Restoration Project
- Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN)
- SeaTurtle.org
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol of the Cartagena Convention
- Turtle Trax
- U.S. Department of State: Oceans, Fisheries and Marine Conservation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sea Turtle Information
- Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)
- WiLDCOAST
- The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
