PD/A CRSP home site (http://pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu/). The Aquaculture Database of the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP
provides access to applied research datasets for pond-based aquaculture production. The Database mainly
covers tilapia culture in fertilized and/or fed solar algae ponds. Some data on pond culture of marine
penaid shrimp is also available. Data can be downloaded from the Database web site.
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) (http://www.ciesin.org/).
Provides gateway software for accessing a wide range of global climate and environmental
databases and gives a comprehensive listing of available datasets on the Internet.
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) (http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/)
Provides information about ICLARM personnel, research activities, publications, and software tools.
The Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA) (http://www.enaca.org/).
NACA is an intergovernmental organization that promotes rural development through sustainable
aquaculture. NACA seeks to improve rural income, increase food
production and foreign exchange earnings and to diversify farm
production. The ultimate beneficiaries of NACA activities are
farmers and rural communities.
United Nations International Computing Centre (ICC) (http://www.unicc.org/)
Resource Guide to Aquaculture Information. Contains an extensive
listing of electronic and on-line resources for aquaculture,
including literature data bases, bulletin board systems, FTP/Gopher
sites, and email list servers. Guide available through
Aquaculture Information Center, National Agricultural Library, US
Dept. of Agriculture, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, Maryland
20705-2351, USA. Phone: 301-504-5479.
Regis. A regional information system for African Aquaculture. Integrates hypertext,
hypergraphics, expert systems, database searching, and CD-ROM data
bases. Required software: runtime version of KnowledgePro and access
to Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) through CD_ROM or
Dialog via modem.
Economic Research Service. The Economic Research
Service ia a partner in the USDA Economics and Statistics System.
The web site contains material on agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development,
including comprehensive commodity and trade data and detailed resources in more than 70 specialty
areas. Of particular interest to users of the USDA Economics and Statistics system, the
new search functions will locate specific information and data
within the thousands of ERS spreadsheet and report files in the
system. This powerful new feature puts information relevant to your
needs only a click or two away from displaying on your browser.
Web site (www.ers.usda.gov):
www.ers.usda.gov.
