Links

Note: This list is not intended to be exhaustive; please check listed web sites for additional relevant links. Should you wish your web-site to be included as a link please contact the GloBallast PCU – sraaymak@imo.org.

Shipping/Port Industry

• International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) - http://www.intertanko.com
• International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) - http://www.ichcabulk.org
• Det Norse Veritas (DNV) - http://projects.dnv.com/embla
• Lloyd's Register of Shipping - http://www.lr.org

International 

• IUCN Species Survival Commission: Invasive Species Specialist Group - http://www.issg.org
• Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) - http://www.gisp.org/
• Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) (FAO) -  http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/fishery/statist/fisoft/dias/index.htm
• Biological Invasions - www.wkap.nl/journals/biological_invasions
• Ballast Water articles - http://www.google.com/search?q=Ballast+water&btnG=Google+Search
• UNEP Marine Invaders - http://www.unep.ch/seas/main/hinvade.html
• Convention Biological Diversity - http://www.biodiv.org
• Ballast Water treatment bookshop - http://www.watertreatmentbooks.com

North America

• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force - http://www.anstaskforce.gov
• Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (US Geological Service) - http://nas.er.usgs.gov
• National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse (Seagrant Program) - http://www.cce.cornell.edu/aquaticinvaders
• Seagrant Nonindigenous Species - http://www.sgnis.org
• US Fish and Wildlife Service: Invasive Species Program - http://invasives.fws.gov
• Smithsonian Institute: Marine Invasions Research Lab - http://invasions.si.edu/
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exotic Species  - http://massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): Invasive Species - http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
• US West Coast Ballast Outreach Project - http://ballast-outreach-ucsgep.ucdavis.edu/ 
• Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans - www.ncr.dfo.ca/index.htm
• US Coast Guard Ballast Water Management - www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mso/mso4/bwm.html
• Sea Grant Invasive Species Team - http://seagrant.orst.edu
• International Joint Commission - http://www.ijc.org/en/home/main_accueil.htm
• North East Midwest Institute - http://www.nemw.org/biopollute.htm
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - http://www.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Research/techreports/TRtamburri_1.html
• CQD Journal -http://www.cqdjournal.com/Hot_Events/hot_events.htm
• Providence College: Ballast Water & Exotic Species - http://www.providence.edu/polisci/projects/megaport/ballast.htm
• The Sun Herald - Mississippi Coast - http://www.sunherald.com/news/docs/jellyfish072000.htm
• USGS; science for changing the world - http://nas.er.usgs.gov/zebra.mussel/docs/sp_account.html
• Sea Grant Great Lakes Network - Zebra Mussels & and other Non-Indigenous Species http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/greatlakes/GLnetwork/exotics.html
• 100th Meridian Initiative - http://100thmeridian.org/

Europe

• EU Concerted Action - http://members.aol.com/sgollasch/sgollasch/index.htm
• Group on Aquatic Alien Species (GAAS) (Russia) - http://www.zin.ru/projects/invasions/
• Baltic Research Network on Invasions and Introductions (NEMO) - http://www.ku.lt/nemo/mainnemo.htm
• CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species (Mediterranean) - http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/index.html
• ICES Code of Practice on the Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms 1994 - www.ices.dk/pubs/itmo.pdf
• Baltic Sea Alien Species database - http://www.ku.lt/nemo/balt_reg.htm
• EU and the Environment - http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/whatsnew.htm
• Directory of Non-native Species in UK waters -http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/dns/default.htm
• UK Marine SAC project - http://www.ukmarinesac.org.uk/activities/ports/ph6_3_4.htm
• DNV; Det Norske Veritas - http://www.dnv.com
• Clearwater magazine - http://www.nywea.org/311080.html
• Aquatic Invasive Species Conference Oct 2001 - http://www.aquatic-invasive-species-conference.org/
• On Board Treatment of Ballast Water and Application of Low-sulphur Marine Fuel (MARTOB) - http://www.marinetech.ncl.ac.uk/research/martob/
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - Ukraine http://www.globallast.od.ua/

Asia/Pacific

• Australian Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP) - http://www.marine.csiro.au/CRIMP/
• Australia Quarantine & Inspection Service - http://www.aqis.gov.au/shipping/
• Cawthron Institute, New Zealand - www.cawthron.org.nz
• New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries - www.fish.govt.nz
• New Zealand - National Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity Research - http://www.niwa.co.nz/ncabb/
  
• Singapore Environmental Technology Institute - www.eti.org.sg/ballast.pdf
• The Royal Society of New Zealand - http://www.rsnz.govt.nz
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - China http://globallast-china.org/
  
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - India http://www.globallastwaterindia.com
• The Australian Marine Environmental Protection Association (AUSMEPA) - http://www.ausmepa.org.au

South America

• Prevention and Control of Invasive Bivalves - http://www.way.com.ar/~invasion/index.htm
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - Brazil http://www.mma.gov.br/aguadelastro/

Africa

• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - South Africa http://www.ballastwater-sa.org/