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Sea Grant News - Sewage
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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
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Marine Information
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Summary tables of marine statistics and maps showing coral reefs and mangroves from a number of countries.
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Clean Ocean Action
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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
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Pew Oceans Commission
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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.
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Save The Swilly
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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.
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Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
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Provides information on research projects, provides access to publications and lists opportunities for researchers to apply for federal funding.
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sealevelcontrol.com
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Ocean level rise - causes and possible solutions.
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NYTimes.com - Litter-Faring Seafarers
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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]
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Coalition Clean Baltic
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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.
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Environmental Photography
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Seeks to raise public awareness about pollution by showing photographs of shoreline trash.
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United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
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Extensive information resource on the world's oceans, including geography, biology, physical dynamics, human uses of marine resources, and issues and concerns.
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American Oceans Campaign
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An oceans advocacy non-profit organization which focuses on water/beach quality, fisheries and fish habitat, and marine sanctuaries.
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Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
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OCRM's mission is to make sound decisions, with their partners, to ensure diverse, healthy coastal and ocean resources and resolve conflicts among users.
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Community Based Coastal Resource Management Resource Center
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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.
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Pollution and Oceans
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Offers information ocean pollution from seafood, algae, overfishing, and oil spills.
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The Oceans of the Earth
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A simple table comparing the data of the oceans on Earth.
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Nachwuchsforschergruppe IMPULSE
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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.
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People for Puget Sound
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A non-profit 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.
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Marine Litter on Sable Island
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An observation program to monitor marine litter on Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
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Mapping European Seabed Habitats project
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Public information about the MESH (Mapping European Seabed Habitats) project; including background information, metadata database and habitat maps.
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Funding Opportunities for Coastal Managers
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Directory of NOAA Coastal Services Center and other funding sources for coastal resource management, communities, and spatial information technologies.
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Oceans and Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book
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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.
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Fundación Oceana
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Organización internacional sin ánimo de lucro, dedicada a la protección y recuperación de los océanos mediante la realización de campañas que incorporan argumentos científicos, legales y de educación ciudadana.
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American Oceans Campaign
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An oceans advocacy non-profit organization which focuses on water/beach quality, fisheries and fish habitat, and marine sanctuaries.
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People For Puget Sound
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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.
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