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RESOURCES
SUBJECTS
Science Information By:
NAFO
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
ISDM contributes to the knowledge of the environmental conditions of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) by acting as the specialized oceanographic data center for oceanographic data collected by its 17 member countries.
ISDM, as the Regional Environmental Data Center for NAFO, is required to provide an inventory of environmental data collected in the NAFO area annually to the NAFO subcommittee for the environment (STACFEN). The report includes physical oceanographic inventories of profiles, drifting buoys, waves, tides and water levels.
NAFO acts as a forum for its members regarding international cooperation in science, conservation and management in the Northwest Atlantic. NAFO was founded in 1978, following extension of Canada's jurisdiction to 200 miles, as the successor to the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF), which had been in place prior to the establishment of 200-mile limits.
