Research Guides: Marine and Fisheries Sciences: Useful Weblinks

Marine and Fisheries Sciences News Feeds

News feed is continuous transmission of data, record, information, consisting of news updates, to web sites through a syndicated news service provider. Subscribers receive the news feed, also known as a web feed, as summaries or links that refer the user back to the original (news) source.

Institutes, Societies and Research Organisations

Marine Careers
This website will introduce you to a wide range of marine career fields and to people working in those fields. In addition, it will give those men and women a chance to tell you what they like and dislike about their careers, what they see for the future in their fields, and much more.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, of Water Research Institute (W.R.I.) - C.S.I.R., Ghana.
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The mandate of the Fishery Division of the C.S.I.R., Ghana is to generate scientific information, the application of which would enhance sustainable management and development of Ghana’s fish, fisheries and aquaculture resources. The Division’s goal is to increase local fish production to support livelihoods through increasing yield from existing fisheries and development of sustainable aquaculture and culture-based fisheries practices.

Currently, the Division’s major research and development programmes are aquaculture development, environmental impact assessment and monitoring of fish populations in relation to socio-economic development activities, fisheries enhancement and culture-based fisheries.
Open Course Ware Consortium
The Open Education Consortium (OEC) is a non-profit, global, members-based network of open education institutions and organizations. OEC represents its members and provides advocacy and leadership around advancement of open education globally. OEC works with its members to build capacity to find, reuse, create and share Open Educational Resources (OER), develop open policy, create sustainable open education models, and enable international collaboration and innovation. OEC annually coordinates and hosts Open Education Week, the Open Education Global conference, and Open Education Awards for Excellence. Collectively these efforts aim to bring high quality, inclusive education to all learners around the world.