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In simple terms, Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) are aquatic and terrestrial organisms, introduced into new habitats throughout the United States and other areas of the world, that produce harmful impacts on aquatic natural resources in these ecosystems and on the human use of these resources.
The Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to preventing and controlling aquatic nuisance species, and implementing the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act (NANPCA) of 1990. The various NANPCA mandates were expanded later with the passage of the National Invasive Species Act (NISA) in 1996. The Task Force consists of 10 Federal agency representatives and 12 Ex-officio members, and is co-chaired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Task force coordinates governmental efforts dealing with ANS in the U.S. with those of the private sector and other North American interests via regional panels and issue specific committees and work groups.
An Aquatic Nuisance Species Hotline sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey is available to Report ANS Sightings.
Upcoming ANSTF-related meetings...
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are hosting the 16th International
Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) that will be held in Montréal,
Canada from April 19 to 23, 2009.
Click
here to vist the Conference Website.