Area of Focus: Coastal and Marine Invasive Species

Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Aug 08, 2007

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Coastal and Marine Invasive Species

The deliberate or accidental release of alien species to the ecosystem is having major impacts on native biota. Over five hundred marine species, for instance, have moved into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. Other sources include: deliberate introduction of harvestable species, accidental escapes from aquaria and aquaculture, escape from ship ballast, and release of fouling species on the hulls of ships.

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See the Sea Charitable Foundation is a non-profit marine education and environmental awareness organization, founded in 1998, whose mission is to take part in and promote the reversal of human-caused environmental...

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Coastal Union EUCC Baltic Office is a Lithuania-based branch of EUCC Coastal Union, an association with 2700 members aimed at promoting coastal conservation by bridging the gap between scientists, environmentalists, site managers, planners and policy makers...

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Northeast-Midwest Institute: Aquatic Invasive Species This webpage from the NEMW ecosystem team is dedicated to reducing aquatic invasive species through policy analysis and experimental research.

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In 1990 the US Government passed the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act, aimed primarily at keeping invasive aquatic species out of the Great Lakes. It did so by requiring that ballast water be exchanged at sea before entering the Great Lakes. In 1996 this law was reauthorized under the National Invasive Species Act (NISA,) however, NISA expired in 2002 and is currently under reconsideration by Congress. For more information see the Wiser Earth resource UCS: The National Aquatic Invasive Species Act.

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invasives, alien species, exotic species, Lessepsian migrants, Suez Canal, ballast, aquaculture, aquarium fish, fish releases, fouling species, transport impacts, ballast, marine biodiversity, food chains, pathogens

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