Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species.

Examines Federal regulatory activities to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species through ballast water discharged by cargo ships into U.S. waters. Provides brief background on various approaches to ballast water management, and summarizes current ballast water management laws and programs.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Environmental law. Pests. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Examines Federal regulatory activities to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species through ballast water discharged by cargo ships into U.S. waters. Provides brief background on various approaches to ballast water management, and summarizes current ballast water management laws and programs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.