The Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts service (ASFA) is the premier abstracting & indexing database in aquatic science. ASFA is a component of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS), formed by four United Nations agency sponsors of ASFA and a network of international and national partners, all of whom supply information.
UN agencies include:
- FAO: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- IOC: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
- UNEP: The United Nations Environment Programme
- UNDOALOS: The United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
The International Partners are:
- The Scientific Cooperation to Support Responsible Fishing in the Adriatic Sea
- International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
- The World Conservation Union
- Pacific Islands Marine Resources Information System
Our subscription to ASFA also includes the Community of Scholars (COS) Database. This database is a comprehensive, richly linked, guide to scholars reflecting the community behind the content searched, and it adds access to a key information set – qualified people working on a topic related to the search strategy that you executed.
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