AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES STRATEGY TEAM
Established under the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
Pursuant to the Executive Order of May 18, 2004

(This page updated on October 17, 2005)


AIS RESOURCES AND LINKS

The following resources and links have been suggested, to help guide the AIS Strategy Team. To add to this list, please contact Marc Gaden (marc@glfc.org).

AIS Summit (May, 2003), Convened by Mayor Daley, Summary
Summary Document

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
anstaskforce.gov

Asian Carp Resources from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission
www.glfc.org/carp

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Barrier Project
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/outreach/nis/Barrier/Barrier.php

Council of Great Lakes Governors Aquatic Invasive Species Initiative
www.cglg.org/1projects/glwq/index.php

Environmental Law Institute
www.elistore.org/reports_detail.php?ID=10678&topic=Biodiversity

Global Ballast Water Management Program Research Directory
globallast.imo.org/R&DDirectory8thEd.pdf

Great Lakes Fishery Commission
www.glfc.org

Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
www.glc.org/ans/anspanel.html

Great Lakes Protection Fund
www.glpf.org

Great Lake Sea Grant Network
www.miseagrant.org/greatlakes/

Illinois State Comprehensive Management Plan for Aquatic Nuisance Species
anstaskforce.gov/illinois_state_plan.htm

Indiana Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan
www.in.gov/dnr/invasivespecies/inansmanagementplan.pdf

International Association of Great Lakes Research, Exotic Species Report
www.iaglr.org/scipolicy/ais/

International Joint Commission
www.ijc.org

International Maritime Organization Ballast Water Convention
globallast.imo.org/index.php?page=mepc.htm&menu=true

Lake Carriers Association
www.lcaships.com

Michigan’s Aquatic Nuisance Species State Management Plan
www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-ogl-ANSPlan2002.pdf

Michigan’s Office of the Great Lakes
www.michigan.gov/deqgreatlakes

National Aquatic Invasive Specie Act of 2003
frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s525is.txt.pdf

National Invasive Species Council
www.invasivespecies.gov/council/main.shtml

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
www.glerl.noaa.gov/

New York Nonindigenous Aquatic Specie Comprehensive Management Plan
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/habitat/noninsp.pdf

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990
assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode16/usc_sup_01_16_10_67.html

Northeast-Midwest Institute
www.nemw.org

Ohio Comprehensive Management Plan
anstaskforce.gov/ohiomgt.htm

Sea Grant National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse
www.aquaticinvaders.org/nan_ld.cfm

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
www.usace.army.mi

U.S. Coast Guard
www.usgc.mil

U.S. District Court:  Opinion Regarding Application of Clean Water Act to Ballast Discharge
documents/Ballast Wtr Case 31Mar05.pdf

U.S. Policy Committee Goals for AIS
www.aisstrategyteam.org/documents/GLS2002Fact%20Sheet.pdf