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What are the sources of information of FishSource?

General sources of the information on FishSource include:

1. Stock assessment reports from organizations officially engaged on assessing stocks, such as ICES (European fisheries), NOAA/NMFS (US fisheries), DFO (Canadian fisheries), New Zealand ministry of Fisheries, South American Institutes of Marine Research;
2. Scientific publications on fish and fisheries dynamics, fish population biology, environmental aspects of fishing;
3. Sustainability analyses, ratings and references from Environmental NGO’s / Aquaria, including publicly available Marine Stewardship Council assessment reports;
4. Official online databases on fisheries statistics and legislation (e.g., European Commission fisheries legislation; Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries – STECF).