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List of Open Access Journals on Marine Biology, Fish and Fisheries and Oceanography List of Open Access Journals on Marine biology, Fish and Fisheries and Oceanography Sl.N o. Journal Name 1 A Marine Mammal Assessment Survey of the S.E. US Continental Shelf 04/2002 2 AARM (Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management) Newsletter 3 Acta Adriatica 4 Acta Botanica Croatica 5 Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 6 Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 7 Acta Zoologica Sinica 8 African Journal of Biomedical Research 9 African Journal of Biotechnology 10 African Journal of Food and Nutritional Security 11 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 12 African Journal of Reproductive Health 13 Aging Cell 14 Agriculture and Forestry 15 Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 16 American Fisheries Society Magazine 17 Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 18 Annual Report of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 19 Annual Symposia on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Proceedings 20 ANSTI(African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions) 21 Aquaculture Asia 22 Aquaculture Authority News 23 Aquaculture Outlook (USDA) 24 Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation 25 Aquafeeds Formulation & Beyond 26 Aquanews : pond dynamics / aquaculture CRSP newsletter 27 Aquatic Biosystems 28 Aquatic Invasions 29 Aquatic Living Resources 30 Archives of Polish Fisheries 31 Arkansas Aquaculture 32 Arthropods 33 Asian Journal of Conservation Biology 34 Austasia Aquaculture Magazine 35 Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings 36 Beche-de-Mer Information Bulletin 37 Biodiversity : Research and Conservation 38 Biodiversity Journal 39 Bioline International : access to quality research journals published in developing countries 40 Biolog� Aquatica 41 Biotechnology 42 Boreal Environment Research 43 Brazilian Journal of Aquatic Science and Technology 44 Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 45 Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute 46 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. Reports 47 California Explores the Ocean 48 Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Status reports 49 Catfish Processing (USDA) 50 Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture. Regional Notes 51 CERMES MarGov Project Document 6 : Report of the Fishers Forum: “Fisher folk and fisheries scientists linking and learning together” at the 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 5-9, November 2007 52 CFP Briefings (Common Fisheries Policy) 53 Check List 54 Coastal Communities News 55 Conservation Ecology 56 Ecological Applications 57 Ecological Monographs 58 Ecology 59 Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences : Toxicology and Pest Control 60 Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 61 eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics 62 El Anzuelo : European Newsletter on Fisheries and the Environment 63 Electronic Green Journal 64 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 65 Electronic Journal of Icthyology 66 Emerging Infectious Diseases 67 Estuaries and Coasts V.1 (1960)-V. 25 (2002) 68 Eukaryotic Cell 69 Eurofish News 70 FAO ASFIS Reference Series 71 FAO CIFA Occasional Papers Series 72 FAO CIFA Technical Papers 73 FAO COPESCAL Technical Papers 74 FAO EIFAC Occasional Papers 75 FAO EIFAC Technical Papers 76 FAO Fisheries Circulars 77 FAO Fisheries Reports 78 FAO Fisheries Synopses FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402/2, 2001. Asia Diagnostic Guide to Aquatic Animal 79 Diseases 80 FAO Fisheries Technical Papers 81 FAO GESAMP Reports and Studies 82 FAO GFCM Report 83 FAO GFCM Studies and Reviews 84 FAO Handbook of Fisheries Statistics 85 FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 86 FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes 87 FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 88 FAO Statistcal Year Book 89 FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries 90 FAO Training Series 91 Fish Aggregating Device Information Bulletin 92 Fish Bulletin. California Department of Fish and Game 93 Fish Disease Leaflets 94 Fish for the People 95 Fish Inspector (Infofish) 96 Fish Veterinary Journal 97 FishBase 98 Fishbytes : The Newsletter of the UBC Fisheries Centre 99 Fisheries (American Fisheries Society) 100 Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal 101 Fisheries and Aquaculture Update 102 Fisheries Assessment Publications 103 Fisheries Co-management News 104 Fisheries Education and Training Information Bulletin 105 Fisheries Newsletter / SPC 106 Fisheries Research Contract Reports 107 Fisheries Research Reports (Australia) 108 Fishery Bulletin 109 Fishery Technology 110 Fishing Future 111 Fishing in Europe 112 Fishing Technology Digest (Infofish) 113 Fjölrit Hafrannsóknastofnunarinnar (Reports of the Marine Research Institute) 114 Forum Fisheries Association Reports 115 FreeFullText.com (direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals) 116 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 117 Frontiers in Marine Science 118 Genes to Cells 119 Harmful Algae News 120 Health Information & Libraries Journal 121 Hidrobiologica 122 http://www.esajournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html 123 Ichthos 124 Ichthyological Bulletin 125 ICRAN Newsletter 126 ICSF Occasional Papers (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) 127 ICSF Reports (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers) 128 IIFET Newsletter 129 Ilmu Kelautan : Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences 130 Immunology 131 IMO News 132 Indian Journal of Fisheries 133 Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 134 Indian Ocean Maps 135 Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Documents 136 Information on Fishery Research 137 International Aquatic Research 138 International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade Newsletter 139 International Journal of Aquatic Biology 140 International Journal of Bioinformatics Research 141 International Journal of Biological Sciences 142 International Journal of Environmental Research 143 International Journal of Marine Science 144 International Rivers and Lakes 145 Iranian Journal of Environmental Health, Science and Engineering 146 Iranian Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics 147 Issues in Ecology 148 JMBA Global Marine Environment 149 Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 150 Journal of Applied Microbiology 151 Journal of Aquariculture & Aquatic Sciences 152 Journal of Biodiversity and Ecological Sciences 153 Journal of Biological Chemistry 154 Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity 155 Journal of Evolutionary Biology 156 Journal of Experimental Biology 157 Journal of FisheriesSciences.com 158 Journal of Great Lakes Research 159 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 160 Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 161 Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 162 Journal of Limnology (Italy) 163 Journal of Marine Biology 164 Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research 165 Journal of Microscopy 166 Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 167 Journal of Physiology 168 Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 169 Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment 170 Journal of Tropical Life Science 171 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 172 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 173 Law of the Sea Bulletin 174 Letters in Applied Microbiology 175 Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 176 Mangrove - Fish Research 177 Marine and Coastal Fisheries : Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science 178 Marine Drugs 179 Marine Finfish Aquaculture Newsletter 180 Marine Fisheries Review 181 Marine Mammal Society Newsletter 182 Marine Models Electronic Record 183 Marine Turtle Newsletter 184 Maritimes 185 Mediterranean Marine Science 186 Microbes and Health 187 Molecular and Cellular Biology 188 Molecular Microbiology 189 NACA Newsletter 190 NACA Publications 191 Naga : the ICLARM Quarterly 192 National Ocean Service Publications Data Base 193 New Zealand Fishing Industry Economic Review 194 NOAA South East Fisheries Science Center Publications 195 NOAA Technical Memorandum Series for SWFSC & SWR 196 NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 197 North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization 198 Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 199 Northern Territory Government : Publications on Fisheries 200 Ocean Science 201 Ocean Science Journal 202 Oceanography: Magazine of the Oceanography Society 203 Oceanus 204 Open Fish Science Journal 205 Open Marine Biology Journal 206 Out of the Shell 207 Palaeontology 208 Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 209 Parasite Immunology 210 Pasifika: Newsletter of the Marine Studies Programme and IOI, Univ. South Pacific 211 Pearl Oyster Information Bulletin 212 Pelagic Fisheries Research Program Newsletter 213 Plant Pathology 214 Plant, Cell and Environment 215 PLOS Biology Pond Dynamics / Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program. Annual 216 Administrative Report 217 Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 218 Reef Base : A Global Information System For Coral Reefs 219 Reef Research 220 Reef Team Online Publications 221 Revista Científica UDO Agrícola 222 Ribarstvo : Croatian Journal of Fisheries SAMUDRA Report Online - Triannual Report of the International Collective in Support of 223 Fishworkers 224 Science Review (Bedford Institute of Oceanography) 225 Scientia Marina Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural 226 Development 227 Sea Around Us Project Newsletter 228 Sea Grant Abstracts 229 Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal 230 Sea Turtle Publications 231 Seafood Business 232 SEFSC Article from NOAA Magazine 233 Sexuality and Early Development in Aquatic Organisms 234 Shark News: IUCN Shark Specialist Group 235 Shrimp
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