These guidelines are designed to help national administrations walk through the process of evaluating and increasing their preparedness for implementation of ballast water management measures in accordance with the International Maritime Organization Ballast Water Convention of 2004.
The aim of this guideline is to aid maritime administrators, or other lead agencies working with ballast water management, to assess and quantify (as appropriate and possible) the potential economic consequences of unintended marine species introductions.
This manual is the product of countries requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships ballast water and sediments. It is directed at national level practitioners as a hands-on guide to the development of national ballast water management strategies.
The aim of this guideline is to aid maritime administrators, or other lead agencies working with ballast water management, to assess and quantify (as appropriate and possible) the potential economic consequences of unintended marine species introductions.
Le but de cette directive est dassister les administrateurs maritimes ou dautres agences de direction travaillant sur la gestion des eaux de ballast à évaluer et quantifier autant que possible les conséquences économiques potentielles dintroductions involontaires despèces marines.
This manual is the product of countries requests for assistance in strengthening and developing national regulatory frameworks related to marine Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in particular with respect to the transfer of potentially harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships ballast water and sediments. It is directed at national level practitioners as a hands-on guide to the development of national ballast water management strategies.
Ce manuel répond à des demandes émanant de pays daide au renforcement et au développement de structures cadres de régulation liée aux Espèces Exotiques Envahissantes (EEE), en particulier en lien avec le transfert dorganismes aquatiques nuisibles et dagents pathogènes par le biais des eaux de ballast et des sédiments des navires.
Este manual es la respuesta a las peticiones de los países para una estrecha colaboración y desarrollo nacional del marco regulatorio relacionado con las Especies Exótica Invasoras (EEIs) en particular en lo que se refiere a la posible transferencia de organismos potencialmente nocivos y patógenos en el agua de lastre y sedimentos de los buques.
This publication presents a legal and institutional gap analysis of the project area, covering five seamount regions, two of which are inside proposed Benthic Protected Areas (BPAs), Atlantis Bank and Coral Seamount, and three outside BPAs. It proposes improvements to the legal and institutional framework.
The individual and cumulative threats to and effects of the full range of human activities on marine ecosystems and biodiversity in general, and seamounts in particular, in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are still largely unknown. These threats and their effects must be taken into account in order to be able to develop a robust, holistic ecosystem-based management scheme.
