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Critical review of the IMO international convention on the management of ships' ballast water and sediments
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Gollasch, S and David, M and Voigt, M and Dragsund, E and Hewitt, CL and Fukuyo, Y, Critical review of the IMO international convention on the management of ships' ballast water and sediments, Harmful Algae, 6, (4) pp. 585-600. ISSN 1568-9883 (2007) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.hal.2006.12.009
Abstract
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations body which administers the international regulatory regime for shipping, noted the negative impact of non-indigenous organisms transported in the ballast water of ships already in the early 1970s. Consequently, measures were taken with the aim to minimize ballast water mediated species invasions through IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) Resolutions. As a result of long-term IMO efforts, it was determined that an international convention would best meet the needs of the global community, hence the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments was adopted in a Diplomatic Conference in 2004 and is now open for signature by IMO Member States. This very complex (and by no means "simple") Convention aims to reduce the transfer and subsequent impact of aquatic organisms in the ballast water and sediment of ships by acting to reduce the load of these organisms in discharged ballast water. A set of 15 guidelines provides technical guidance for the implementation of the Convention principles. This review considers critical aspects of this Convention and selected guidelines seen from perspectives of biological, shipping and regulatory concerns. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Aquaculture |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - aquaculture |
Objective Field: | Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Hewitt, CL (Professor Chad Hewitt) |
ID Code: | 50052 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 117 |
Deposited By: | NC Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2008-04-05 |
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