Home. GloBallast learning portal: Log in to the site. Beware! Pests on the high seas. March 19, 2015 by madeleine kaufmann Contributed by Roger Day, CABI If you put all the shipping containers in the world end to end, the line would go round the world 5 times. So a problem with a very small proportion of them is still a pretty big problem. One such problem is that when a container is being packed with cargo, pests can get in and hitch a free ride to another country. When a sea container is being packed with cargo, pests can get in and hitch a free ride to another country, creating considerable problems. CPM 5 (2010) directed that work on the topic was urgent, and a draft standard was produced, but at CPM7, after lengthy discussions late into the evening, it became “clear that this complex topic needed further consideration”.
Meanwhile, the expert working group was talking to the International Maritime Organisation and others who agreed to include phytosanitary requirements in their new Code of Practice for packing containers. Like this: Like Loading... Study: Clams in Lake George transported by boat anchor sediment. LAKE GEORGE -- Researchers have pried open some information on how Asian clams move around Lake George.
At the December Lake George Park Commission meeting, the Darrin Fresh Water Institute’s Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer and Jeremy Farrell reported findings from their research on the aquatic invasive species first spotted by Farrell in August 2010 off Lake Avenue Beach in the village. “I thought it was interesting, and good, to rule out certain methods of transport,” said Lake George Association Executive Director Walt Lender.
The study sought to examine possible human and natural means of clam mobility and also determine the settling velocity of juvenile clams. As far as human transport, the clams are likely to be moved by boat anchor sediment. “The idea was that the wash from a propeller could blow Asian clams to a new area,” Farrell said, which testing determined did not cause long-range transportation. “It gave us an understanding of how Asian clams move around the lake. “It’s strange. Federal Regulatory Framework for Controlling the Movement of Invasive Species (Workshop 16 May 2013) BOR: Equipment Inspection & Cleaning Manual. Invasive mussels attach to hard surfaces and are known to clog intakes and engines, pipes, and water transport structures.
They are also known to be found in any water that is in the bilge or ballast tank. All boaters and other water craft recreational users should take simple, precautionary steps - every time they go to a lake, river, or stream. Before leaving a lake or waterway, boaters should: Drain the water from the boat, live well and the lower unit of the engine.
Clean the hull of your boat. Equipment Cleaning Manual Procedures have been developed in this manual to address the transport of invasive species and pests through equipment movement. Rubber-tired land vehicles Tracked land vehicles Personal use equipment Construction and facility equipment Watercraft Download the Manual. EC Inland Waterway Transport Guidelines.
Biofouling. Recreational. Invasion risk caused by global shipping. Marine Aquarium Council. CALOST 2012 AIS 6 Vector Risk Assessments. Aquatic invasive species may be introduced into the environment in seemingly unexpected ways. Trade in aquarium fish (above), for example, may be an important vector, but we need to know more. Every year, a wide variety of marine aquatic invasive species (AIS) enters California’s coastal waters. Some of these species, when introduced to a new ecosystem, can interfere with commercial and recreational uses of California’s coastal waters, and cause economic damage. It is extremely difficult to predict precisely which non-indigenous species (NIS) among the many that enter our state will become invasive and cause harm.
About the Project Managers and researchers have recognized that one cost-effective means of preventing new introductions of potentially damaging NIS is to focus on the vectors which bring them into California. Commercial fishing recreational boating live bait live imported seafood aquariums and aquascaping aquaculture AIS Vector Assessment Reports: [ top ]