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GloBallast – The Global Ballast Water Management
program is sponsored by IMO and provides excellent information for developing
countries. This is the premiere site for international ballast water information.
Make sure to go to the Newsletter. |
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Marine
Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) – All of the work at IMO on Ballast Water
Management is carried out by the Ballast Water Working Group of the MEPC. In this
section, reports
of meetings of the working group, products
of the Working Group, and other papers developed for MEPC on ballast water will be provided. |
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Australia –
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry service of Australia recently announced that mandatory
ballast water requirements will become effective July 1, 2001. There are a series of
documents and forms that have been provided by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, including:
· Ballast Water
Management Options
· Ballast
Water Regulation Impact Statement
· Guide for
Uptake/Discharge Log
· Guide
for Ballast Water Treatment/Exchange Log
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Canada
– Guidelines were recently published by Transport Canada that dealt with
ballast water discharge in Canadian waters. This section will update all Canadian
activities in ballast water management. |
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Norway
– The Norwegian Research Council has published a Ballast Water Transfer Atlas based on approaches using biogeography
and risk assessment in order to prevent the transfer of harmful aquatic species.
Future efforts in Norway will be highlighted in this section. |
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