Workshop 2: Introduced species in the North Pacific

Alexander Yu. Zvyagintsev
Introduction of species into the northwestern Sea of Japan (pdf, 1.3 Mb)

Li-Jun Wang and Bin Wang
Marine introduced species in China seas and action plans (pdf, 1 Mb)

Hiroshi Kawai, Takeaki Hanyuda and Shinya Uwai
Macroalgal diversity of hull communities on trans-ocean coal carriers (n/a)

Glen Jamieson, Colin Levings, Dorothee Kieser and Sarah Dudas
Marine and estuarine non-indigenous species in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
(pdf, 0.6 Mb)

John E. Stein
Invasive species in the North Pacific – review of US research (pdf, 0.4 Mb)

Mitsunori Iwataki, Hisae Kawami, Kazumi Matsuoka, Takuo Omura and Yasuwo Fukuyo
Phylogeny and geographical distribution of Cochlodinium polykrikoides population (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) collected from Japanese and Korean coasts (pdf, 1.3 Mb)

Sergej Olenin (Invited)
Xenodiversity versus biodiversity: Invasive alien species in European coastal marine ecosystems
(pdf, 1 Mb)

Stephan Gollasch
Overview on introduced aquatic species in Europe – With focus on ICES Member Countries
(pdf, 0.7 Mb)

Dan Minchin (Invited)
Vectors and processes involved in biological invasions (n/a)

Akiko Tomaru, Yasuwo Fukuyo, Masanobu Kawachi and Hiroshi Kawai
Effect of mid-ocean exchange of ballast water on bacterial community in ballast tanks
(pdf, 0.6 pdf)

Yasuwo Fukuyo, Katsumi Yoshida and Shin-ichi Hanayama
Importance of inputs from scientists to effective implementation of ballast water management convention (pdf, 2.1 Mb)

Shinichi Hanayama and Miyuki Ishibashi
Efforts of IMO to avoid secondary toxicity risk on the marine environment by chemical treatment of Ballast Water Management System (pdf, 0.2 Mb)

Helge Botnen and Stephan Gollasch
Tests of a ballast water treatment system onboard an ocean-going vessel and hints on a new sampling device for larger volumes of water (pdf, 0.5 Mb)

Discussion on the establishment of a PICES Working Group to study on marine bioinvasion including the following two brief presentations:

John E. Stein
Advantage of organizing a PICES Working Group on marine bioinvasions for future cooperation among PICES and ICES (pdf, 0.02 Mb)

Stephen Gollasch
Recommendation from the Chairman of ICES/IOC/IMO WGBOSV for the consideration by PICES in preparing the TOR for the new PICES Working Group (pdf, 0.04 Mb)