Glossar
Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (IAEA)
International Atomic Energy Agency
The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
International Arctic Seas Assessment Project (IAEA)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
The IATTC, established by international convention in 1950, is responsible for the conservation and management of fisheries for tunas and other species taken by tuna-fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Each member country of the IATTC is represented by up to four Commissioners, appointed by the respective government.
http://www.iattc.org/HomeENG.htm
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
The duty of the Commission is to co-ordinate the management of the living resources in the Convention area and to prepare and submit recommendations based on results of scientific research for consideration of the Contracting Parties.
Institut für Biochemie und Technologie
International Bottom Trawl Survey
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. The organization was established in 1969, at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries, which prepared and adopted the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, which was signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1966. The official languages of ICCAT are English, French and Spanish. http://www.iccat.es/main.htm
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Internationaler Rat für Meeresforschung)
www.ices.dk
International Commission für the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries
Institut für Fischereitechnik und Fischereiökonomie der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Hamburg
Das Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften an der Universität Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR) entstand im Januar 2004 aus der Fusion des Forschungszentrums für marine Geowissenschaften (GEOMAR) und des Instituts für Meereskunde (IfM).
Ziel des Instituts ist es, in interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit alle wichtigen Bereiche der modernen Meeresforschung von der Geologie des Meeresbodens bis zur maritimen Meteorologie zu bearbeiten.
Institut für Fischereiökologie der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Hamburg
International Herring Larvae Survey
The International Herring Larvae Surveys (IHLS) are one of the 3 important survey series aiming at a fishery-independent stock size and/or recruitment estimate for North Sea herring. The abundance of the freshly hatched larvae allows back-calculation of the biomass of parental fish having produced the offspring. The abundance index calculated from herring larvae abundance proved to be a very good and reliable estimator for the spawning stock size which is totally independent of the data provided from the fishery.
The IHLS has begun already in 1967 and was co-ordinated by ICES from the beginning. However, in 1972 the IHLS was newly defined and further standardised (Anon., 1985, 1990). German research institutions participated in the survey from the beginning; it is now only conducted by The Netherlands and Germany, twice yearly. The German contribution is co-ordinated by the Institute for Sea Fisheries in close co-operation with the Institute for Marine Research at Kiel University (www.ifm.uni-kiel.de). More information is available from www.clupea.de/research/. Member of the Agency involved: Dr. C. Hammer
International Marine Organization
Institute of Marine Research
Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fish Products in the Asia/Parcific Region
INFOFISH was originally launched in 1981 as a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Since 1987, it is an Intergovernmental Organization providing marketing information and technical advisory services to the fishery industry of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond from its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eleven countries are currently members of INFOFISH which are Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, DPR Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Thailand. INFOFISH is the leading source of marketing support for fish producers and exporters in the Asia-Pacific - a region which includes some of the largest fishing nations in the world. Its activities include bringing buyers and sellers together, publication of current and long-term marketing information and operation of technical advisory and specialized services. In addition to organizing exhibitions, conferences, workshops, seminars and training programs, INFOFISH undertakes consultancies on all aspects of fisheries - pre-harvest, harvest and post-harvest. http://www.infofish.org/.
INFOSAMAK is an intergovernmental organization of trade in fishery and aquaculture products and for the encouragement and promotion of investments in the sector. INFOSAMAK is an independent information centre. It is an integral part of the FISH INFO network set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and benefits from the technical support of this organization. http://www.infosamak.org/english/
International North Pacific Fisheries Commission
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO was founded in 1960 on basis of the recognition that "the oceans, covering some seventy percent of the earth's surface, exert a profound influence on mankind and even on all forms of life on Earth... In order to properly interpret the full value of the oceans to mankind, they must be studied from many points of view. While pioneering research and new ideas usually come from individuals and small groups, many aspects of oceanic investigations present far too formidable a task to be undertaken by any one nation or even a few nations. The IOC is composed of its Member States, an Assembly, an Executive Council and a Secretariat. The Secretariat is based in Paris, France. Additionally the IOC has a number of Subsidiary Bodies. Members of the Federal Research Centre for Fisheries (Institute for Sea Fisheries) involved: M. Stein (IOC Regional Committee for the Southern Ocean). More information: http://ioc.unesco.org
Indian Ocean Fishery Commission
Main functions: To promote programmes for fishery development and conservation; to promote research and development activities; to examine management problems with particular reference to offshore resources. http://www.fao.org/fi/body/body.asp#iofc
Institut für Ostseefischerei der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Rostock
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to manage tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. Its objective is to promote cooperation among its Members with a view to ensuring, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of stocks and encouraging sustainable development of fisheries based on such stocks. http://www.iotc.org/English/index.php.
Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde
Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission
International Pacific Halibut Commission
The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), originally called the International Fisheries Commission, was established in 1923 by a Convention between the governments of Canada and the United States of America. Its mandate is research on and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) within the Convention waters of both nations. The IPHC consists of three government-appointed commissioners for each country who serve their terms at the pleasure of the President of the United States and the Canadian government respectively. http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm
Integrated Service Digital Network
Institut für Seefischerei der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Hamburg
International Standardization Organization
ISO standards on environmental management systems
ISO standards on quality systems
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) or World Conservation Union,international organization founded in 1948 to encourage the preservation of wildlife, natural environments, and living resources. Its members include private individuals, nongovernmental organizations and governments. The IUCN promotes research in the preservation of threatened species, ecology, sustainable development, and environmental law, education, and training.
Illegale, Nichtdeklarierte und Nichtreglementierte Fischerei (Illegal, Unreportet and Unregulated Fishing)
International Whaling Commission
The International Whaling Commission was founded in1946 in the USA just after the Second World War brought a 5 year halt in commercial whaling operations in the Southern Ocean. Inadequate management procedures, such as the blue whale units (BWU) or the New Management Procedure (NMP), prevented the IWC from stopping the decline of whale stocks. In 1982 the IWC embarked on a moratorium on commercial whaling which came into force after 1986. Japan is still conducting a limited amount of whaling under special scientific permits in the Southern Ocean (400 minke whales per year, usually caught in whaling areas IV or V with some takes in III E and VI W) and the North Pacific (100 minke whales) where stock separation is particularly difficult. Recently Japan has increased its effort in the North Pacific by adding 50 Bryde's whales and 10 sperm whales to the list of species taken. Norway which has not agreed to the moratorium on commercial whaling is taking 500-800 minke whales per year in the Northeast Atlantic.
Germany had been active in whaling in the 17th-19th century and in the Southern Ocean between 1936-39. Germany was not allowed to start whaling again after the Second World War. Germany became a member of the International Whaling Commission in1982. The country plays an active role both in the Commission and the Scientific Committee and its sub committees. Active whale research spans over a wide range of topics from historical records of whaling to harbour porpoise in the Baltic and the North Sea. It is, however, still limited compared to other countries given the small number of whale species present in front of the German coast lines. Member of the institute involved: Dr. K.-H. Kock. Visit the IWC's website for further information: http://www.iwcoffice.org
