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Additional information on specific topics can be found at the following websites:

Federal Government

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/
National Marine Fisheries Service http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
National Ocean Service http://www.nos.noaa.gov/
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research http://shrimp.bea.nmfs.gov/labpage.html
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy http://oceancommission.gov/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation http://fisheries.fws.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems Program http://biology.usgs.gov/ecosystems/index.htm
Environmental Protection Agency   http://www.epa.gov/
Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/

State Government

North Carolina General Assembly http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/homePage.pl
Department of Environment & Natural Resources http://www.enr.state.nc.us/index.htm
Division of Coastal Management http://dcm2.enr.state.nc.us/
Division of Water Quality http://h2o.ehnr.state.nc.us/
Division of Environmental Health    http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/index.asp
Division of Water Resources http://www.ncwater.org/
Division of Soil & Water Conservation http://www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC/
Division of Land Resources http://www.dlr.enr.state.nc.us/
Division of Forest Resources http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/
Natural Heritage Program http://www.ncnhp.org/
Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program http://www.apnep.org/
One North Carolina Naturally              http://www.enr.state.nc.us/officeofconservation/index.html
Clean Water Management Trust Fund http://www.cwmtf.net/
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program http://www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC/pages/crep.html
Ecosystem Enhancement Program http://www.nceep.net/
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/
NC One Map http://www.nconemap.com/
Marine Fisheries Commission http://www.ncfisheries.net/mfc/index.html
Environmental Management Commission http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/admin/emc/
Coastal Resources Commission http://dcm2.enr.state.nc.us/CRC/crc.htm
Wildlife Resources Commission http://www.ncwildlife.org/
Sedimentation Control Commission http://www.dlr.enr.state.nc.us/pages/ncsedcontrolcommission.html
Soil & Water Conservation Commission http://www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC/pages/commission.html

Non-profit Organizations

The Nature Conservancy http://nature.org/
Environmental Defense http://www.environmentaldefense.org/
Southern Environmental Law Center http://southernenvironment.org/
North Carolina Coastal Federation http://www.nccoast.org/
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust http://www.coastallandtrust.org/index.jsp
Conservation Trust for North Carolina http://www.ctnc.org/main.asp?template=local_land_trust
Tar River Land Conservancy http://www.tarriver.org
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation http://www.ptrf.org/index.htm
Neuse River Foundation http://www.neuseriver.org/
Cape Fear River Assembly http://www.cfra-nc.org/
North Carolina Big Sweep   http://www.ncbigsweep.org/  
Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cbf_homepage
Chesapeake Bay Program  http://www.chesapeakebay.net/
Ocean Conservancy                                     http://www.oceanconservancy.org/dynamic/home/home.htm
Oceana http://www.oceana.org/
Marine Fish Conservation Network http://www.conservefish.org/site/

Regional Fisheries Management

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission http://www.asmfc.org/
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council http://www.safmc.net/
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council http://www.mafmc.org/mid-atlantic/mafmc.htm

Academia

NCSU Dept of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/
NCSU Center for Marine Science and Technology http://www.cmast.ncsu.edu/
Water Resources Research Institute http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/WRRI/index.html
UNC-CH Marine Sciences Program http://www.marine.unc.edu/
UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences http://www.marine.unc.edu/organization/IMS.html
FerryMon http://www.marine.unc.edu/Paerllab/ferrymon.html
UNC-W Center for Marine Science http://www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/index.htm
Duke University Marine Laboratory http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/
Virginia Institute of Marine Science http://www.vims.edu/

Miscellaneous

North Carolina Sea Grant    http://www.ncseagrant.org/
North Carolina Administrative Rules http://ncrules.state.nc.us/ncadministrativ_/default.htm
FishBase http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Pew Oceans Commission   http://www.pewoceans.org/
InvasiveSpecies.gov http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay   http://www.bayjournal.com/

Seafood Network Information Center http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/