Vulnerability to bioinvasions: Current status, risk assessment and management of ballast water through a regional approach - the Adriatic Sea

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

卷:147

Editorial Material

David, Matej¹  Magaletti, Erika²  Kraus, Romina³  Marini, Mauro⁴ 

[1] Dr Matej David Consult, Korte 13e, Izola 6310, Slovenia

[2] ISPRA Natl Inst Environm Protect & Res, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, I-00166 Rome, Italy

[3] Rudjer Boskovic Inst, Ctr Marine Res, Giordano Paliaga 5, Rovinj 52210, Croatia

[4] CNR, Natl Res Council, IRBIM, Largo Fiera Pesca 2, I-60125 Ancona, Italy

关键词: Maritime transport;    Harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens;    Ballast water management;    Risk assessment;    Port baseline surveys;    Adriatic Sea;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.057

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The United Nations recognised the transfer of invasive species across natural barriers as one of the greatest pressures to the world's oceans and seas. The BWM Convention sets the global standards on ballast water management (BWM) requirements, while recognising that regional and local specifics have to be considered for its effective implementation. In the Adriatic Sea cross-border activities were conducted to provide for essential information/data and tools to support a regionally coordinated implementation of the BWM Convention. This special issue contains 18 publications that include results and recommendations from studying the ballast water and management issues through sampling of ballast water on vessels, risk assessment for exemptions and BWM, biological and chemical port baseline surveys and monitoring conducted in ports along the Adriatic Sea coast, oceanographic conditions, ballast water sediment issues and their management in ports, and the implementation options of the BWM Convention through the Adriatic States' environmental law and institutions cooperation. Essential data and tools to support a regional approach in the implementation of the BWM Convention were provided, and are therefore available to the administrations of the Adriatic countries to enable protection of the Adriatic Sea environment, human health property and resources from negative impacts of ballast water being discharged in the area. Data, approaches and tools provided here may be helpful in any other region to support an effective BWM Convention implementation.

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