ASFA : Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

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30 Nov 1999 - 19 Jan 2038
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management and conservation of marine, brackish water and and freshwater resources and environments. ASFA is produced through the co- operative efforts of the following ASFA Partners: United Nations Co-sponsoring ASFA Partners (FAO, IOC, UNDOALOS and UNEP, which is in the processes of renewing its sponsorship of ASFA). The 4 UN Co-sponsoring ASFA Partners, besides input preparation, also take responsibility for assisting developing countries to participate in the ASFA Partnership. International ASFA Partners (ICES, ICLARM, IUCN). The 3 International ASFA Partners contribute to ASFA by producing bibliographic references to the literature published within their geographic or subject area, including their own publications. National ASFA Partners (Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Estonia, France, Greece, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States). The 23 National ASFA Partners contribute to ASFA by producing bibliographic references to the literature published within their own countries. The Publishing ASFA Partner (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, CSA). The ASFA Partners submit their ASFA input (in computer readable format) to the Publishing ASFA Partner, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, located in the USA (CSA, itself, also prepares a large portion of the ASFA input). CSA processes the input received from the ASFA Partners, by computer, and merges it to create a Master File (i.e. the ASFA database). From the Master File, CSA produces the ASFA information products and services, which CSA then distributes back to the ASFA Partners for use in their respective information systems. CSA also makes the ASFA products available commercially to the public.

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