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About Our Great Lakes -Threats- NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL)
GLERL's current research program includes: assessment of NOBOB vessels, effectiveness of chemical biocides, effects of new invaders on Great Lakes food web, effects of ...
www.glerl.noaa.gov

Research and Management Priorities for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Issues and Priorities Prevention - The #1 Priority Ballast Water and International Shipping Ballast Water Exchange NOBOB Vessels Treatment Technology Development Ballast Water Treatment Standards Related Research Issues Identification and Management of Other ...
iaglr.org

February12008MWAC
March, before the new navigation season begins.  The rule would apply to NOBOB vessels, those vessels that declare no ballast on board which have previously been exempt from U.S. Coast ... sea.  These proposed regulations are an improvement over existing regulations in that they ensure all vessels entering the Great Lakes system are subject to uniform regulations.  This is an important ...
michiganwetlands.org

Untitled Document
The effort is an attempt to improve measures to prevent invasive species introduced by ocean-vessels, and to better harmonize management of the Seaway with Canadian regulations, which require saltwater ... and consistently. An effective solution to the threat of invasive species from both ballasted and NOBOB vessels is on-board treatment. In this manner, the actual water being discharged from the ...
glu.org

Issues and Priorities - Research and Management Priorities for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Issues and Priorities Prevention - The #1 Priority Ballast Water and International Shipping Ballast Water Exchange NOBOB Vessels Treatment Technology Development Ballast Water Treatment Standards Related Research Issues Identification and Management of Other ...
iaglr.org

Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species RAP
The association represents bulk carriers, tankers and cargo vessels which ply the waters of the Great Lakes and St. ... . The majority of the ships entering the Great Lakes are NOBOB – they come in loaded – discharge cargo, then load Great Lakes ... entry and spread of aquatic NIS through regulations targeting the vessels entering the Great Lakes, and new technology to rid these ...
www.on.ec.gc.ca

Brochures and Information Sheets - NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory        Publications Information Sheets Photo Gallery Technology Development GLERL Library Vessels Water Levels Web Cams Meteorological Data Brochures and Information Sheets General Great Lakes ... Them, They're a Growing Problem (June 2007) PDF NOAA's Great Lakes NOBOB (No Ballast on Board) Research Program (October 2006) PDF Managing the Impact of ...
www.glerl.noaa.gov

The Great Lakes Blueprint: Halt Aquatic Invasive Species
Ocean-going vessel ballast water and sediment discharge from “no ballast on board” (NoBOB) ships, and apply federal pressure to U.S. state and federal governments for similar ... inter-lake transport or introduction of non-native aquatic species by ocean-going or interlake vessels. Research Seaway trans-shipment and alternative freight options. References [20] Taylor, J. & J. Roach. (2005 ...
glu.org

Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Coast Guard take time to develop rules applying to NOBOBs. We know NOBOB flushing will reduce the number of species in tanks, and this exemption cannot stand. NOBOBâ ... the proper authorities to enact federal legislation requiring an annual inspection of all Great Lakes vessels to assure compliance with the treatment requirement. Resolution 21 – Funding the Management of Michiganâ ...
mucc.org

TEACH: Non-native invasive species in the Great Lakes
Even ships that have "no ballast on board" (NOBOB) may have water and sediments that could not be completely pumped out of the ballast tanks. Once NOBOB and BOB ships arrive in another port of call, the water ... multiple ports of call during a vessel's long journey. Larger vessels often carry millions of gallons of ballast water and, with more ...
www.great-lakes.net