ICES WGBOSV REPORT 201 1 ICES Advisory Committee ICES CM 201 1 /ACOM:28 Report of the ICES/IOC/IMO Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors (WGBOSV) 14-16 March 2011 Nantes, France International Council for ICES the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour CIEM l'Exploration de la Mer 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 Denm ark 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 ICES/IOC/IMO Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors (WGBOSV) ,14-16 March 2011, Nantes, France. ICES CM 2011/ACOM:28. 103 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 WGBOSV REPORT 201 1 Contents Executive summary........................................................................................................................1 1 Opening of the meeting ........................................................................................................ 2 2 Adoption of the agenda ........................................................................................................2 3 WGBOSV Terms of Reference ........................................................................................... 2 4 Progress in relation to Terms of Reference .....................................................................3 4.1 Term of Reference a) .....................................................................................................3 4.1.1 B elgium............................................................................................................4 4.1.2 Canada (see also National Report in Annex 5.1) ...................................4 4.1.3 Croatia (by correspondence, see Annex 5.2) .......................................... 4 4.1.4 Egypt................................................................................................................. 4 4.1.5 Estonia (see also National Report in Annex 5.3) ....................................5 4.1.6 France (see also National Report in Annex 5.4) ..................................... 5 4.1.7 Germany (see also National Report in Annex 5.5) ................................5 4.1.8 Greece (see also National Report in Annex 5.6) ..................................... 6 4.1.9 The Netherlands (see also National Reports in Annex 5.7) ................6 4.1.10 Norway (see also National Report in Annex 5.8) ..................................7 4.1.11 Portugal (see also National Report Annex 5.9) ...................................... 8 4.1.12 Spain (see also National Report in Annex 5.10) ..................................... 8 4.1.13 United Kingdom (see also National Report in Annex 5.11) ................9 4.1.14 United States of America (by correspondence, see also National Report in Annex 5.12) .................................................................9 4.1.15 Factors associated with hull fouling: a 3-coast perspective from C anada ..................................................................................................10 4.1.16 Assessing the risk of introducing non native species to Scotland via biofouling ..............................................................................10 4.1.17 Seaweed introductions: studies on vectors and cryptogenic species............................................................................................................. 11 4.1.18 Network approaches to study of aquatic nonindigenous species in Canada: CAISNI and CASINII ............................................12 4.1.19 Summary of discussions in relation to National Reports ..................12 4.2 Term of Reference b ) ..................................................................................................13 4.3 Term of Reference c) ...................................................................................................14 4.4 Term of Reference d ) ..................................................................................................16 4.5 Term of Reference e) ...................................................................................................16 4.6 Term of Reference f ) ...................................................................................................16 4.6.1 Executive sum m ary from W KHABAL..................................................17 4.7 New Terms of Reference provided to the group prior to the m eeting......................................................................................................................... 17 4.8 Other issues of relevance to WGBOSV and WGITMO .................................... 19 5 Closing of the meeting........................................................................................................ 19 ¡i ICES W GBOSV REPORT 201 1 Annex 1: List of participants ..................................................................................................... 20 Annex 2: Agenda...........................................................................................................................24 Annex 3 New Terms of Reference...........................................................................................28 Annex 4: WGBOSV terms of reference for the next meeting......................................... 30 Annex 5 National Reports..........................................................................................................31 5.1 C a n a d a ........................................................................................................................31 5.2 Croatia (by correspondence) ..................................................................................37 5.3 Estonia ......................................................................................................................... 38 5.4 France .......................................................................................................................... 38 5.5 G erm any .....................................................................................................................41 5.6 G reece .......................................................................................................................... 55 5.7 The N eth erlan d s .......................................................................................................60 5.8 N o rw ay .......................................................................................................................64 5.9 Portugal.......................................................................................................................67 5.10 Spain ......................................................................................................................... 75 5.11 U nited K ingdom .......................................................................................................77 5.12 United States of America ........................................................................................82 Document 1. Ballast Water Discharge Standard Update from the U.S. Coast G uard................................................................................................................ 84 Annex 6 Document submitted to the 61st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee at the International Maritime Organization .........................................................................................................................96 Annex 7 Document submitted to the 15th session of the Bulk Liquids and Gases sub committee at the International Maritime Organization .........................................................................................................................98 ICES WGBOSV REPORT 201 1 1 Executive summary The 2011 meeting of the ICES/IOC/IMO Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors (WGBOSV) was hosted by Ifremer in Nantes, France with Daniel Masson and Laurence Miossec as hosts and Tracy McCollin as chair. In total there were 30 partici­ pants over the course of this meeting and the joint meeting with the Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms (WGITMO). There were two participants by correspondence. The participants were from Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United King­ dom, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. There were contributions by correspondence from Croatia and the United States of America. Apologies were re­ ceived from Richard Rivkin (Canada) who was unable to travel at the last minute. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss issues relating to the transport of non­ native species via shipping. These included reporting on the status of shipping vector research, discussing methodologies relating to ballast water treatment facilities, dis­ cussing matters relating to the sampling strategies under consideration at the Interna­ tional Maritime Organization (IMO) and providing information regarding climate change and the impact on shipping routes such as the Northwest Passage. Updates of the output from the previous year's meeting were also given. The