Links to State, County and Port Pages - by Region

While federal databases provide a broad spectrum of useful data on communities, often state, county and local web pages provide additional detail or information not available from federal sources. In an effort to assist those searching for information on specific fishing-dependent communities we are building a list of links to these types of pages. Some regions are well documented. Others are still being researched. We welcome suggestions for additional useful links.

General

National Center for Small Communities

Web pages for all U.S. county governments

ClickCity.   The International Chamber of Commerce & City-State-Province Directory Search for Chambers of Commerce or Cities-States-Provinces around the world. Includes hotlinks to their Websites and Email addresses.

NMFS Northeast Region Permit Data

Pacific Coast Fisheries Information Network Data

Fish and Wildlife Management Offices (State, Territorial, and Tribal)

State Fish and Wildlife Agencies' License Information and Regulations

Local Newspapers across the U.S.

Yahoo Neighborhood Profiles

TownsUSA.org

Directory of all US Chambers of Commerce

New England

Maine:

General community information
- http://www.state.me.us/spo/

Portland
- http://www.ci.portland.me.us/
- http://www.gpcog.org/

Cumberland County information
- http://www.cumberlandcounty.org/

Massachusetts:

General community information
- http://www.state.ma.us/cc/index.html

Economic data on the Massachusetts economy from the Mass. Dept. of Economic Development
- http://www.state.ma.us/econ/data.htm
- Employment Labor Statistics

Rhode Island:

General community information
- http://riedc.shazamm.net/riedc/ri_databank/31/
- http://www.ohwy.com/ri/r/ricity.htm

South County Chambers of Commerce
- http://www.cshell.com/

Newport
- http://www.CityofNewport.com/

Newport County
- http://www.newportchamber.com/

Connecticut:

General community information
- http://www.state.ct.us/munic.htm
- http://www.munic.state.ct.us/
- http://www.ct.gov/ecd/site/default.asp
- http://www.cpec.org/

New London
- http://www.ci.new-london.ct.us/

Stonington
- http://www.munic.state.ct.us/STONINGTON/stonington.htm

Mid-Atlantic

New York:

General community information
- http://www.nysmallcities.com/

New York City
- http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/

Nassau community information
- http://www.nassau.ny.us/

Nassau County information
- http://www.co.nassau.ny.us/

Suffolk County information
- http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/

New Jersey:

General community information
- http://www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm

General county information
- http://www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm

Ocean County community information
- http://www.southernocean.com/community/towninfo/
- http://www.southernocean.com/community/

Ocean County information
- http://www.southernocean.com/community/
- http://www.oceancountyclerk.com/

Barnegat Light/Long Beach
- http://www.barnlight.com/index.html
- http://lbidirectory.com/
- http://longbeachtownship.com/

Virginia:

General community information
- http://www.yesvirginia.org/
Hampton Roads
- http://www.hreda.com/

Newport News
- http://www.asite4u.org/

Norfolk
- http://www.norfolk.gov/

General eastern shore information
- http://www.esva.net/
- http://www.easternshore.org/

North Carolina:

General county information
- http://sog.unc.edu/library/guide/oldnorth.htm

State, regional, county and industry (though not fishing) economic info for North Carolina
- http://cmedis.commerce.state.nc.us/
- Labor statistics

South Atlantic

Florida

General information
- http://www.myflorida.com/

Georgia

General information
- http://www.georgia.gov/

Louisiana

General information
- http://www.state.la.us/

Mississippi

General information
- http://www.ms.gov/

Puerto Rico

General information
- http://welcome.topuertorico.org/

South Carolina

General information
- http://www.myscgov.com/SCSGPortal/static/home_tem4.html

Texas

General information
- http://www.state.tx.us/

Southwest

California

General city information
- cities
General County information
- counties  
General Labor Markets information
- labor markets

 

Western Pacific

Guam

General information
- http://ns.gov.gu/
- http://ns.gov.gu/government.html

Hawaii

General information
- http://www.ehawaiigov.org/abouthi/html/index.htm

Northwest

Oregon

General county and city information -- check for 'Local Governments' and 'Economic Development' links on right hand side box at Oregon site

- http://www.oregon.gov/

Washington State

General county and city information
- http://www.ofm.wa.gov/localdata/index.htm

 

Alaska

Alaska Communities (and boroughs) – State of Alaska

- http://www.state.ak.us/local/communit.html

Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups

- http://www.cdqdb.org/groups/groups.htm

Alaska Native Corporations links

- http://fairbanks-alaska.com/alaska-native-corporations.htm

Alaska Native organizations - Justice Center Web Site, University of Alaska Anchorage (includes: Alaska Native organizations, Alaska Native regional corporations, Alaska regional nonprofits)

- http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/rlinks/natives/ak_organizations.html#ancsanonprofits

Alaska State websites, Borough websites, City & Regional websites – Wowworks City Guide

- http://www.wowworks.com/wowcity/ak.htm

Alaska Boroughs

- http://proagency.tripod.com/akcounties.html

Alaska Public School Districts

- http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/alaskaschooldistricts/

Alaska Community Database Community Information Summaries (Alaska DCED)

- http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_CIS.htm

Community Database Online (Alaska DCED) – more in depth community info.

- http://www.dced.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.htm

Alaska communities – BeringSea.com (community data from DCED community database)

- http://www.beringsea.com/communities/

Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development - Alaska U.S. Census Data for year 2000 by community/borough

- http://www.labor.state.ak.us/research/cgin/cenmaps/cas/aw.htm

Mapstats – statistics by Alaska borough (mostly 2000 Census info.)

- http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/maps/alaska_map.html

This page last updated June 1, 2007