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Currency and Metric Conversion
Metric conversions:www.worldwidemetric.com
Convert your currency:www.xe.com or www.oanda.com
World Clock and Time Zones
World Clock and Time Zones: http://www.timeanddate.com
Weather and Maps
Google Maps: maps.google.com
Weather Pacific Canada: www.theweathernetwork.com
Marine Forecast Pacific Canada: www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
Getting from A to B
Airport Codes: www.airportcitycodes.com
See the World Google Earth: www.earth.google.com
Track Your Shipments
Air Canada: www.aircanada.com
Delta Airlines: www.delta.com
Continental Airlines: www.cargo.cocargo.com
Korean Airlines: www.cargo.koreanair.com
Harmony Airways: www.harmonyairways.com
Cargo Jet: www.cargojet.com
Fedex: www.fedex.com
Canadian Postal Codes Look Up: www.canadapost.ca
USA Zip Code Look Up: www.zip4.usps.com
How to Farm Shellfish
Aquaculture Principles and Practices:www.books.google.com
FAO Hatchery culture of bivalves a practical manual: www.fao.org
British Columbia Shellfish Aquaculture Practices: www.agf.gov.bc.ca
The Scandinavian Perspective: www.fishfarming.no
Vancouver Island University Centre for Shellfish Research: www.mala.ca
Chef on Demand – Recipes and Culinary Information
Recipes: www.epicurious.com
Tips on handling and shucking oysters: www.macsoysters.com
Regulations
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Export Regulations: www.inspection.gc.ca
FDA and Bioterrorism
Prior Notice for Food Importation to USA: www.cfsan.fda.gov
Registration for Food Facilities: www.cfsan.fda.gov
Industry Reports, Associations and Background Information
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance home page and web resource centre: www.aquaculture.ca
Fisheries and Aquaculture Reports, Studies and Documents: www.agf.gov.bc.ca
Fish Information and Services: fis.com
Government Support
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Shellfish Page: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Sea Grant Extension Program USA: seafood.ucdavis.edu
The Mighty Oyster
Types of Oysters: www.wsg.washington.edu
Shuck Oysters Like a Pro Video: www.taunton.com
The Koreans seem to have it dialed: www.lib.noaa.gov
Canada
Fishery Management Areas West Coast: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Fishery Management Atlantic Coast: www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tide Chart Canada
Tides, Currents and Water levels: www.lau.chs-shc.gc.ca
How to make a pearl
Pearls:www.madehow.com
FAO Pearl Oyster Farming and Culture: www.inspection.gc.ca
Something to do while watching the Oysters Grow
Recommended Reads: www.skypoint.com
Play Chess: www.game-remakes.com
The European Seafood Show in Brussels May 2010
Apartment and house rentals in Belgium: www.vrbo.com
