Exotic Species

• Congressional testimony: Statement in Support of The Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act (H.R. 6311): Legislation to Protect Against Invasive Species
• Congressional testimony: The Threat Posed to The Great Lakes Basin by Asian Carp
• Congressional testimony: Protecting and Restoring The Great Lakes Fishery
• Preventing a Hostile Takeover
• Letters to delegates of the International Maritime Organization (regarding ballast water)
• Canada Delegation
• US Delegation
   
• Letters in support of listing Asian carp as injurious species
• GLFC
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
• Council of Lake Committees
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
• Law Enforcement Committee
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
     
• Research and Management Priorities for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
• Environmental Assessment Tool for Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Basin
• Reference on Ballast Water Management
• GLFC-IJC letter on ballast management
• GLFC-IJC news release on ballast management
• White Paper on Trophic Disruption(Ballast Invaders)
• CLC Consultation Guidelines on Introductions in the Great Lakes Basin
• GLFHC's Model Program
• United States Coast Guard Environmental Standards
• An IJC White Paper On Policies for the Prevention of the Invasion of the Great Lakes by Exotic Organisms, July 15, 1999 
• Exotics and Public Policy in the Great Lakes: The Results of a Workshop at the Biennial Great Lakes Water Quality Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 23 and 26 September 1999
• Analysis of Law and Policies Concerning Exotic Invasions of the Great Lakes
• Exotic Species on GLIN
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS), information resource for the United States Geological Survey
• "Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: A History of Biotic Crises and Anthropogenic Introductions" (tables only).  Mills,E.L. et al 1993. J. Great Lakes Res. 19(1):1-54
  • Ricciardi, A. 2001. Facilitative interactions among aquatic invaders among aquatic invaders: is an “invasional meltdown” occurring in the Great Lakes? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci58:2513-2525 [See Appendix A for continuation of Mills et al's list of Great Lakes invaders]
• "Maintaining Biological Integrity of the Great Lakes: Preventing Harmful Invasions," proceedings of concurrent session of the IJC 1995 Biennial Meeting
• What's Next? The prediction and management of exotic species in the Great Lakes, GLFC Workshop, 1991
• Ruffe in the Great Lakes: A threat to North American fisheries by GLFC Ruffe Task Force, 1992
• Exotic species and the shipping industry: The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Ecosystem at risk, 1990