ICES WGITMO Report 2006 ICES Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment ICES CM 2006/ACME:05 Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO) 16–17 March 2006 Oostende, Belgium 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. 2006. Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO), 16–17 March 2006, Oostende, Belgium. ICES CM 2006/ACME:05. 334 pp. For permission to reproduce material from this publication, please apply to the General 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. © 2006 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. ICES WGITMO Report 2006 | i Contents 1 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1 2 Opening of the meeting and introduction.................................................................................... 5 3 Terms of reference, adoption of agenda, selection of rapporteur.............................................. 5 3.1 Terms of Reference ............................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Adoption of agenda ............................................................................................................... 5 3.3 Selection of rapporteur .......................................................................................................... 5 4 Progress with terms of reference at the 2006 meeting of WGITMO......................................... 5 5 ICES alien species alert reports (ToR d) ..................................................................................... 6 5.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 7 5.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................................7 6 Report for rapid response and control options (Tor e) .............................................................. 7 6.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 7 6.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................................8 7 Summary of national reports 1992–2002 (TOR c)...................................................................... 8 7.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 8 7.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................................8 8 Regional Ecosystem Study Group for the North Sea (REGNS) (Tor b)................................... 8 8.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 9 8.2 Recommendations .................................................................................................................9 9 Information from national reports (ToR a)................................................................................. 9 9.1 Summary and highlights of 2005 National Reports (ICES member countries, countries with observer and guest status) ............................................................................ 10 9.2 New laws and regulations.................................................................................................... 14 9.3 Live imports, live exports, planned introductions and deliberate releases........................... 15 9.4 Accidental introductions...................................................................................................... 17 9.5 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 31 9.6 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 32 10 Other Agenda Items .................................................................................................................... 32 10.1 Conference on invasive species ........................................................................................... 32 10.2 New journal on biological invasions ................................................................................... 32 10.3 New database in Norway..................................................................................................... 32 10.4 Research networks...............................................................................................................32 10.5 Discussion on ICES Code of Practice on the Introduction and Transfer of Marine Organisms ............................................................................................................... 33 10.5.1 Poliploidy................................................................................................................ 33 10.5.2 Detailed Appendices of the ICES Code of Practice................................................ 33 10.6 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 34 11 Recommendations to ICES Council........................................................................................... 34 12 Planning of next years meeting................................................................................................... 34 ii | ICES Template 13 Closing of the meeting ................................................................................................................. 34 Annex 1: List of participants at the meeting of WGITMO 2006.................................................... 35 Annex 2: Terms of Reference ............................................................................................................ 39 Annex 3: Agenda................................................................................................................................. 40 Annex 4: National Reports................................................................................................................. 42 Annex 5: PICES Working Group 21: Aquatic non-indigenous species ....................................... 119 Annex 6: WGITMO Input to REGNS ............................................................................................ 121 Annex 7: Rapid Response ................................................................................................................ 133 Annex 8: Ten-Year summary of National Reports 1992–2002 ..................................................... 143 Annex 9: Alien Species Alert: on Undaria pinnatifida (wakame or Japanese kelp)................... 292 Annex 10: Recommendations to the Council ................................................................................... 329 ICES WGITMO Report 2006 | 1 1 Summary In 2006 the ICES Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms met in Oostende, Belgium with Stephan Gollasch (Germany) as Chair. The meeting venue was the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium with Francis Kerckhof (Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models, Oostende, Belgium) as host. Representatives from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States of America contributed to the discussions. National Reports were received from 14 countries. Progress with Terms of reference ToR a) National Reports: Highlights and Use of Reports. National Reports were submitted by the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States of America. Additional information was made available from Ireland and Spain. Status: completed for 2005, ongoing. WGITMO Members discussed the use of the National Reports and their potential audience. National Reports continue to be used for: • Documentation of the spread of intentionally imported and/or invasive species over time and to new geographic areas. This may be a unique data set especially when considering the long time series. • Determination which species are to be evaluated for an Alien Species Alert Reports. • Answering information requests for organizations (e.g., REGNS-ToR b of 2006 WGITMO meeting) • Providing a warning system for ICES member countries that invasives species have been found in neighbouring jurisdictions, or countries having similar habitat conditions and enabling follow up of the spread of previously introduced species, especially for secondary spread across political borders. • Giving indications which intentionally introduced species (e.g. for aquaculture use) have the potential to become invasive (e.g., Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas) and to provide a follow-up to track their spread. • Documenting exports and imports. Often such records are sketchy, but can be improved through records from other jurisdictions.