OceanLaw

The OceanLaw list is a new list dealing with international fisheries law and management and related issues of the law of the sea, run by Chris Hedley (IGIFL Editor) and Professor Robin Churchill (Cardiff Law School) through the OceanLaw website. Participants in the list vary from leading academics and practitioners to students and users with only a passing interest. For subscription information, click here.

Fishfolk
Leading fisheries discussion list covering all social scientific aspects of fisheries. The 900 or so subscribers include academics and government specialists from a number of disciplines, as well as fishermen, biologists, managers, representatives of conservation organizations, etc. A reasonable amount of news and management information is available, and the list is often the forum for lively discussions although be warned - this list generates a lot of messages, many of which may not be of interest to the international lawyer.

Hawaii Oceans Policy Mailing List
The purpose of this list, which is sponsored by the Law of the Sea Institute, is to provide an open forum to discuss and exchange information about ocean policy affecting Hawaii and the Pacific region, including but not limited to the development and implementation of Hawaii's Coastal Zone Management Program (CZMP) and Hawaii's Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP).

FishList
Set up in November 1997 by The Fish Highway organization, this list was intended to cover a similar range to Fishfolk but with more of an emphasis on seafood trade. To join, send the one-line message subscribe fishroute to fishlist@fishroute.com.

Fish Technology List (FishTech-L)
FishTech-L is a discussion group on post-harvest fish technology, quality and product development with special reference to tropical fisheries. To subscribe, send an e-mail to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org, leave the subject line blank and enter in the body of the message subscribe FishTech-l.

MARMAM (alternative link)
MARMAM is an edited discussion list which focuses on marine mammal research and conservation, although the messages are mainly scientific in nature. The list was established in 1993 and currently has a massive number of subscribers (more than 3,000), although it generates less messages than Fishfolk. 

ecs-braer
Mailing list for use in communications in the Shetlands relating to the Braer disaster.

ecs-news
A list to exchange news between student members of the European Cetacean Society and other interested persons.

ecs-pathology
This list will contain information about the various dissections taking place on Whales and Dolphins around the World.

ecs-sperm-whale
This list is meant for all scientists and students, interested in and working on sperm whales.

Migration (Bonn Convention)
New discussion list (established in 1999 by the Wildlife Interest Group of the American Society of International Law) for all aspects of the Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1979). As it is a new list, it is a little early to make an assessment, although it is likely to provide a useful forum for discussion of this Convention, particularly around Meetings of the Parties. Subscribe from the Interest Group's website.

CTURTLE
Mailing list, with large membership, which discusses sea turtle conservation and biology. To subscribe, send message in the format subscribe cturtle firstname lastname to: listserv@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu.

Seabird Bycatch Listserver
SEABIRD-L
Two listserv/mailing lists dedicated to the discussion of seabirds. The first is of greater interest from a law/policy perspective. Information on how to subscribe is reproduced on the BirdLife International Seabird Conservation Programme site.

Néstor Raúl Anzola
Includes a number of Spanish-language lists.

gov.us.topic.nat-resources.marine
This is a US government news service, containing regular fisheries and aquaculture related announcements from, among others, the US National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

sci.bio.fisheries
This might be worth monitoring since it has some information on commercial fishing, but it generally tends to get cluttered up with debates on the ethics of sport fishing, and so on and rarely contains information on law or management.

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