The 2008 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Management report was compiled by the Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG), comprised of representatives of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), Transport Canada - Marine Safety (TCMS), and the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). The groups mandate is to develop, enhance, and coordinate binational enforcement and compliance efforts to reduce the introduction of aquatic invasive species via ballast water. The BWWG is actively engaged and providing an energetic response to calls for tougher ballast water regulation of ocean-going ships transiting the Seaway.
2008 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group. March 2009
2009
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Water Pollution & Control , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Ecology , Water treatment , Ballast , Great Lakes , Ships , Ballast tank systems , Water management , Aquatic ecosystems , Invasive species , Marine biology , Shipping , Water pollution control , Regulations , Environmental impacts , Compliance , Ballast water exchange