WWW site has contact information for the Department, publications list, directory of databases and statistical products (see separate entry on fishery statistics). Includes full-text of selected publications, including the annual State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report and major international conventions
Products/projects include:
(a) Fishbase: data on biology of important fish (see separate entry)
(b) Globefish: WWW service on fish marketing (see separate entry)
(c) ALCOM: aquatic resource development programme for Southern Africa /SADC. Products include a bibliographical database, database of surface water bodies in SADC, watershed model for monitoring of downstream impacts
(d) Small Island Developing States (SIDS) programme
(e) Fisheries Accounting programme
(f) Asian Fish Technology Programme: providing information to encourage networking among the research institutes and university departments involved in the field of post-harvest fish technology in the region
(g) Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP): fisheries management programme for the Region (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand).