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Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species:

Special Report 291

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Size: 222 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2008

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Committee on the St. Lawrence Seaway: Options to Eliminate Introduction of Nonindigenous Species into the Great Lakes, Phase 2, National Research Council
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TRB Special Report 291: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species reviews existing research and efforts to date to reduce aquatic invasive species introductions into the Great Lakes and identifies ways that these efforts could be strengthened toward an ...
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Front Matter	i-xx
Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 Introduction	7-16	(skim)
2 The St. Lawrence Seaway	17-42	(skim)
3 Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes	43-62	(skim)
4 The Ballast Water Vector	63-86	(skim)
5 Identifying and Exploring Options for the Great LakesRegion: The Committee's Approach	87-121	(skim)
6 Committee's Conclusions and Recommended Optionfor the Great Lakes Region	122-171	(skim)
A Committee Meetings and Other Activities	172-176	(skim)
B Commissioned Papers and Authors	177-178	(skim)
C Public Meeting Agenda and Participants	179-185	(skim)
D Economic Benefits of Transoceanic ShippingThrough the St. Lawrence Seaway	186-192	(skim)
Study Committee Biographical Information	193-202	(skim)

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TRB Special Report 291: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species reviews existing research and efforts to date to reduce aquatic invasive species introductions into the Great Lakes and identifies ways that these efforts could be strengthened toward an effective solution. Since its opening in 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway has provided a route into the Great Lakes not only for trade, but also unfortunately for aquatic invasive species (AIS) that have had severe economic and environmental impacts on the region. Prevention measures have been introduced by the governments of Canada and the United States, but reports of newly discovered AIS continue, and only time will tell what impacts these species may have. Pressure to solve the problem has even led to proposals that the Seaway be closed. The committee that developed the report recommends that trade should continue on the St. Lawrence Seaway but with a more effective suite of prevention measures to reduce the introduction of aquatic invasive species that evolves over time in response to lessons learned and new technologies.

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