Stemming the Tide: Controlling Introductions of Nonindigenous Species by Ships' Ballast Water

Technology Task Group Meeting, August 22–24, 1995, Washington, D.C.

Ballast Water Treatment Technologies Workshop, Part 2

The following presentations were made to the committee:

Acoustic Solutions to Environmental Problems.

Mark Kenna, Sonalysts, Inc.

Multi-media Filtration Systems.

Thomas Waite, University of Miami

Immediate Research Priorities for Improvement of Ballast Water Control.

Eric Reeves, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Port and Environmental Safety Branch, Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio

Fourth Committee Meeting, October 2–4, 1995, Washington, D.C.

The following presentation was made to the committee:

Application of Information-Limited Risk Analysis to the Aquatic

Nonindigenous Species Question.

James Englehardt, University of Miami

Fifth Committee Meeting, January 18–20, 1996, Irvine, California

Selected members of the committee attended the following meetings and symposia:

International Maritime Organization, Ballast Water Working Group, September 1995 and July 1996, London, England

First International Scientific Conference on Ballast Water, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), 83rd Statutory Meeting, September 1995, Aalborg, Denmark

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R16

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-10

1 BALLAST WATER AND NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES 11-21

2 BALLAST WATER AND SHIPS 22-31

3 MANAGING BALLAST WATER 32-51

4 SHIPBOARD TREATMENT OPTIONS 52-73

5 MONITORING 74-85

6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 86-92

A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS 93-98

B COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES 99-101

C EXPLANATION OF BASIC STABILITY 102-105

D ALTERNATIVE SHIP DESIGNS 106-108

E GREAT LAKES MARITIME INDUSTRY VOLUNTARY BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CONTROL OF RUFFE IN LAKE SUPERIOR PORTS, 1993 109-110

F CANDIDATE SHIPBOARD TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 111-118

G TREATMENT OPTIONS QUERY 119-121

H EMERGING MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES 122-126

GLOSSARY AND CONVERSIONS 127-136

INDEX 137-141