Report of the Working Group on Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) – Updated December 2011
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ICES WGITMO REPORT 2011 ICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ICES CM 2011/ACOM:29 Report of the Working Group on Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) – Updated December 2011 16 - 18 March 2011 Nantes, France International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44–46 DK-1553 Copenhagen V Denmark Telephone (+45) 33 38 67 00 Telefax (+45) 33 93 42 15 www.ices.dk [email protected] Recommended format for purposes of citation: ICES. 2011. Report of the Working Group on Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO), 16 - 18 March 2011, Nantes, France. ICES CM 2011/ACOM:29. 180 pp. For permission to reproduce material from this publication, please apply to the Gen- eral Secretary. The document is a report of an Expert Group under the auspices of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and does not necessarily represent the views of the Council. © 2011 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES WGITMO REPORT 2011 i Contents Executive summary .................................................................................................. 1 1 Opening of the meeting ....................................................................................... 2 2 Adoption of the agenda ........................................................................................ 2 3 WGITMO Terms of Reference............................................................................ 2 4 Progress in relation to Terms of Reference ...................................................... 3 4.1 Term of Reference a) ........................................................................................... 3 4.1.1 Belgium (see also National Report in Annex 5.1) ........................................ 4 4.1.2 Canada (see also National Report in Annex 5.2) .......................................... 4 4.1.3 Croatia (by correspondence, see also National Report in Annex 5.3) ....... 4 4.1.4 Denmark (by correspondence, see also National Report in Annex 5.4) ... 5 4.1.5 Estonia (see also National Report in Annex 5.5) .......................................... 5 4.1.6 Finland (see also National Report in Annex 5.6) .......................................... 5 4.1.7 France (see also National Report in Annex 5.7) ........................................... 5 4.1.8 Germany (see also National Report in Annex 5.8) ....................................... 5 4.1.9 Italy (see also National Report in Annex 5.9) ............................................... 6 4.1.10 Lithuania (see also National Report in Annex 5.10) .................................. 6 4.1.11 The Netherlands (see also National Report in Annex 5.11) ...................... 6 4.1.12 Norway (see also National Report in Annex 5.12) ..................................... 7 4.1.13 Poland (by correspondence, see also National Report in Annex 5.13).... 7 4.1.14 Portugal (see also National Report in Annex 5.14) .................................... 7 4.1.15 Spain (see also National Report in Annex 5.15) ......................................... 7 4.1.16 Sweden (see also National Report in Annex 5.16) ..................................... 8 4.1.17 United Kingdom (see also National Report in Annex 5.17) ..................... 8 4.1.18 United States of America (by correspondence, see also National Report in Annex 5.18) ................................................................................................. 8 4.2 Term of Reference b) ........................................................................................... 9 4.3 Term of Reference c) ......................................................................................... 10 4.4 Term of Reference d) ......................................................................................... 12 4.5 Term of Reference e) ......................................................................................... 12 4.6 Term of Reference f) .......................................................................................... 14 4.7 Term of Reference g) ......................................................................................... 15 4.8 Term of Reference h) ......................................................................................... 15 4.9 Term of Reference i) .......................................................................................... 16 4.10 Additional Term of References ...................................................................... 16 4.11 Other discussion items ................................................................................... 19 4.11.1 Name and subject of the expert group ...................................................... 19 4.11.2 Network approaches to studying aquatic invasive species in Canada (presentation by Hugh MacIsaac) ......................................................................... 19 4.11.3 Early detection and identification of aquatic invasive species using molecular methods (presentation by Hugh MacIsaac and Aibin Zhan) ......... 20 ii ICES WGITMO REPORT 2011 4.11.4 “I just can’t bring myself to kill it” – How human weakness leads to the introduction and dispersal of non-native fishes (by Gordon H. Copp) .... 21 4.11.5 The impact of the invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in the North Sea (a PhD study as part of the MEMO project) (by Lies Vansteenbrugge Lies, Hostens Kris, Johan Robbens, Vincx Magda and the MEMO consortium) .............................................................................................................. 21 5 Closing of the meeting ...................................................................................... 22 Annex 1. List of participants ................................................................................ 23 Annex 2. Meeting agenda ..................................................................................... 26 Annex 3 Additional Terms of References .......................................................... 30 Annex 4 Proposed Terms of Reference for 2012 ............................................... 32 Annex 5. National reports ..................................................................................... 34 5.1 Belgium .............................................................................................................. 34 5.2 Canada ................................................................................................................ 36 5.3 Croatia ................................................................................................................ 73 5.4 Denmark ............................................................................................................ 76 5.5 Estonia ................................................................................................................ 82 5.6 Finland ............................................................................................................... 87 5.7 France .................................................................................................................. 89 5.8 Germany............................................................................................................. 98 5.9 Italy ................................................................................................................... 105 5.10 Lithuania ........................................................................................................ 110 5.11 The Netherlands ........................................................................................... 117 5.12 Norway ........................................................................................................... 119 5.13 Poland ............................................................................................................. 121 5.14 Portugal .......................................................................................................... 124 5.15 Spain ............................................................................................................... 134 5.16 Sweden ........................................................................................................... 137 5.17 United Kingdom ........................................................................................... 143 5.18 United States of America ............................................................................ 150 Annex 6 - Report on the different approaches taken by ICES coun- tries on targeted fisheries of non-indigenous species and the im- ICES WGITMO REPORT 2011 iii pact that these fisheries have had in reducing the spread and abundance of non-indigenous species ............................................................. 160 ICES WGITMO REPORT 2011 1 Executive summary The 2011 meeting of the ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Ma- rine Organisms (WGITMO) was held in IFREMER, Nantes, France, March 16-18, with Laurence Miossec as host and Henn Ojaveer as chair. The meeting was attended by 24 participants from 14 countries. Three participants contributed to the meeting by correspondence. The participants were from Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Swe- den and United Kingdom while Croatia, Denmark, Poland and the United States of America contributed by correspondence. Apologies were received from Lyndsay Brown (UK). The objectives of the meeting were to update information and discuss