Links

Note: This list is not intended to be exhaustive; please check listed web sites for additional relevant links. Should you wish your web-site to be included as a link please contact the GloBallast PCU – jmatheic@imo.org.

Shipping/Port Industry

• International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) - http://www.intertanko.com
• International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) - http://www.ichcainternational.co.uk/
• Det Norse Veritas (DNV) - http://www.dnv.com
• Lloyd's Register of Shipping - http://www.lr.org

International 

• IUCN Species Survival Commission: Invasive Species Specialist Group - http://www.issg.org
• Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) - http://www.gisp.org/
• Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) (FAO) -  http://www.fao.org/fishery/dias
• Ballast Water articles - http://www.google.com/search?q=Ballast+water&btnG=Google+Search
• UNEP Marine Invaders - http://www.unep.ch/regionalseas/main/hinvade.html
• Convention Biological Diversity - http://www.cbd.int/
• Ballast Water treatment bookshop - http://www.watertreatmentbooks.com

North America

• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force - http://www.anstaskforce.gov
• Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (US Geological Service) - http://nas.er.usgs.gov
• National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse (Seagrant Program) - http://www.aquaticinvaders.org/nan_ld.cfm
• Seagrant Nonindigenous Species - http://www.sgnis.org
• US Fish and Wildlife Service: Invasive Species Program - http://invasives.fws.gov
• Smithsonian Institute: Marine Invasions Research Lab - http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/marine_invasions/
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exotic Species  - http://massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII): Invasive Species - http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
• US West Coast Ballast Outreach Project - http://ballast-outreach-ucsgep.ucdavis.edu/ 
• Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/enviro/ais-eae/index-eng.htm
• US Coast Guard Ballast Water Management - http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg522/cg5224/bwm.asp
• Sea Grant Invasive Species Team - http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/
• International Joint Commission - http://www.ijc.org/en/home/main_accueil.htm
• North East Midwest Institute - http://www.nemw.org/biopollute.htm
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - http://www.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Research/techreports/TRtamburri_1.html
• Providence College: Ballast Water & Exotic Species - http://www.providence.edu/polisci/students/megaport/ballast.htm
• Sea Grant Great Lakes Network - Zebra Mussels & and other Non-Indigenous Species - http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/greatlakes/GLnetwork/exotics.html
• 100th Meridian Initiative - http://100thmeridian.org/
• Protect Your Waters - http://protectyourwaters.net/

Europe

• Baltic Research Network on Invasions and Introductions (NEMO) - http://www.corpi.ku.lt/nemo/mainnemo.html
• CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species (Mediterranean) - http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/index.html
• ICES Code of Practice on the Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms 1994 - www.ices.dk/pubs/itmo.pdf
• EU and the Environment - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/invasivealien/index_en.htm
• Directory of Non-native Species in UK waters - http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2597
• UK Marine SAC project - http://www.ukmarinesac.org.uk/activities/ports/ph6_3_4.htm
• DNV; Det Norske Veritas - http://www.dnv.com
• On Board Treatment of Ballast Water and Application of Low-sulphur Marine Fuel (MARTOB) - http://martob.ncl.ac.uk/Home.htm
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - Ukraine http://www.globallast.od.ua/
• INTERREG North Sea Ballast Water project - www.NorthSeaBallast.eu

Asia/Pacific

• Australian Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP) - http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp//
• Australia Quarantine & Inspection Service - http://www.aqis.gov.au/shipping/
• Cawthron Institute, New Zealand - www.cawthron.org.nz
• New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries - www.fish.govt.nz
• New Zealand - National Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity Research - http://www.niwa.co.nz/ncabb/
  
• The Royal Society of New Zealand - http://www.rsnz.govt.nz
  
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme - India http://www.globallastwaterindia.com
• The Australian Marine Environmental Protection Association (AUSMEPA) - http://www.ausmepa.org.au

South America

• Prevention and Control of Invasive Bivalves - http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/invasores/sitesinternacionais.htm
• Água de Lastro Brasil - www.aguadelastrobrasil.org.br
• Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuáticos, Venezuela - http://www.inea.gob.ve/