This is a page of links of interest to conservation aquarists or useful to people doing research into captive breeding programs, genetics, conservation, or similar topics. This is not the world's greatest collection of links, nor is it supposed to be.
Links are divided into categories:
If you don't find what you are looking for, there is a page of unsorted links. These are links which I have not yet looked at, so I don't know how good they are or where to put them.
The AZA is running a program to breed Lake Victoria (area) Cichlids, but their page has gone away, so no link.
Here is a conservation plan from down under.
Cornell's list of endargered fishes. This is an "official list" which a lot of aquarists consider hopelessly out of date, but it is a good starting point. They've also got some more general info in their Vertebrate collections
US F&W's page about laws covering endangered fishes.
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre has a web page. It has the IUCN "red list", and lots of other useful data and links, including the full text for CITES.
American Zoo and Aquarium Association has a list of Zoos and Aquariums, links to their www pages, and information about their conservation programs. There is also a list of Zoo and Aquarium workers.
If you are interested in legal stuff, there is a list of international treaties and coventions.
If you are willing to pay US$ 25 / year, you can find lots of breaking wire service type news on the environment at Environmental News Network.
No links but check the ACN home page for a list of Affiliate Clubs.
The Desert Fishes Council which works mostly with fishes from Australia, Southwest USA, and Northern Mexico.
Coral forest works mostly with salt water reef fishes, as you would expect.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Dept. has a page.
The National Biological Service has info on exotic introduced species, and some southeastern (US) habitat areas. It also has lots of info on nonnative fishes, for example Zebra Mussels.
The Smithsonion's Division of Fishes - Ichthyology has a web page.
The Environmental Protection Agency: EPA has a very slow link.
And their Canadian equivalent: Environment Canada's Green Lane. Another Canadian government site is the ICOIN Home Page. And also Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
ERIN seems to have a huge amount of information on line. Laws, endangered species (animals and plants!), threats, it is all here. If you can not get info from the page listed above, try accessing the raw directory.
Links to other lists of similar organizations exist on FishWEB
Terry Polk's Zoological E-mail Directory This is a list of zoo and aquarium professionals who have email access. There is also the Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos, which has a directory and conservation information on line.
The University of Texas at Austin has the Center For Water Resources, which has a list of their publications on-line. It mostly deals with effects of pollution.
Here's an academic site Environmental Sciences.
Always check yahoo first. The have entries on fish as pets, and also on conservation in general, and on conservation of aquadic environments, endangered species, and lots more.
There are lots of web pages which cover fish. My two favorites are FINS and FishWeb. There is also Atlanta Area Aquarium Association, and the Krib.
If you are interested in specific kinds of fish, then check out these links: Chiclid page. American Killifish Association (AKA), American Livebearer Association (ALA), or Diskus.
For general aquarium issues: rec.aquaria.
(or sci.aquaria or alt.aquaria)
For conservation genetics and biology: sci.bio.conservation.
For ACN discussion: acn-l.
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