International Associations/Groups/Government

Network of Aquaculture Centres Asia-Pacific (NACA)
Asian aquaculture, shrimps (prawns) and fish (freshwater and marine, there is a separate grouper network within NACA), intensive commercial and extensive subsistence aquaculture
http://www.enaca.org/index.htm

Global Aquaculture Alliance, (GAA) setup to counter the claims about unsustainable aquaculture, particularly Asian shrimp farming, good articles about environmentally sustainable practices
http://www.gaalliance.org/

World Aquaculture Society (WAS), the peak aquaculture body, US based.
Good magazine and other info, annual international conference, regional and species sub-groups or ‘chapters’
http://www.was.org/main/FrameMain.asp

InfoFish, Malaysian based fisheries and aquaculture site, good statistics and reports, upto date news, good marketing and processing information

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, Fisheries and Aquaculture website.  Lots of statistics, reports etc, but site is very slow
http://www.fao.org/fi/default.asp

 

ABC Landline Rural Links page
Click on the category Fishing and Aquaculture and there is a useful list of Australian aquaculture sites including the Australian Aquaculture Centre, CSIRO, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
Agrigate:An Agriculture Information Gateway for Australian Researchers
Click on Search AGRIGATE Resources and using the term aquaculture one can browse through 90 plus high quality records.
Alternative Farming Systems Information Centre
This site has an extensive list of resources on Aquaculture.
AmeriCulture, Inc.
This site is still useful even though it has not been updated recently. It has an excellent range of links including Information centres, Organizations, Aquaculture research, Aquaculture publications, Government sources, Water quality and Aquaponics etc.  

Aquaculture Network Information Centre
This American site is highly recommended as a gateway to a wide range of links, multimedia, publications American and international. It also incorporates a search engine for finding topics about aquaculture.

Aqua KE Government Documents
This is a searchable database of hundreds of government and other documents on aquaculture from around the world with a significant content from Australia.
Fish Link
This British site provides many links to European sites and gives information about fish farming equipment and services. The site also has a discussion forum.

Fishing for information
This site is a hypertext guide to internet resources in aquatic science. It is recommended for its wide range of information sources including email discussion groups, publishers, commercial services, usenet newsgroups, fish farming and toxicology topics.

Fishweb
Queensland Fisheries Service is part of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries. This is a useful site for obtaining fact sheets, publications etc.

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