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Control of Marine Invasive Speciesin California
Maurya B Falkner
California State Lands Commission
Marine Facilities Division
Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2006
Washington, DC
June 14, 2006
Nonindigenous Species (NIS): Why The Concern?
NIS ImpactsFisheries ● Aquaculture ● Ecology ● Human Health ●
Municipalities ● Agriculture ● Recreation ● Tourism
Photo: A. Meinesz Zebra Mussel Clogs municipalities
Infests approx 50% of U.S. waterways
Great Lakes control: ~5 billion/yr.Caulerpa taxifolia
Carpets reefs, rock, sand, mud
Close Call: San Diego & Huntington Harbor in 2000
Costs for Eradication: $6.0 million in through 2004
W. Lee Mecum, CDFG
Chinese Mitten Crab Burrowing causes erosion
Clog irrigation screens
Host for Oriental lung fluke
Established:
• Mandatory, Statewide, Multi-Agency Ballast Water Management and Control Program Emphasizing Research and Development
• Applies to all vessels that enter CA waters after operating outside the West Coast EEZ.
• Sunsets in January 2004
• Legislative Report January 2003
Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species Act of 1999
2003 Program Summary by AgencyBOE
• Collection of per voyage Fee• Implemented self-reporting program
• > 95% Fee submission
SWRCB• No treatment options currently approved
Recommendations• Continue BWE• Identify alternative technologies
• Consider shoreside treatment
• Support Demonstration Projects
2003 Program Summary by Agency Continued
CDFG-OSPR• Identified 747 organisms
• Primarily from NW Atlantic, NW Pacific and NE
Atlantic
Recommendations
• Ongoing surveys for NAS
• Identify introduction pathways
• Refine Taxonomy
2003 Program Summary by Agency
CSLCBallast Water Reporting Form
• 92% Submitted Required BW Form
• 96% Complied with mandatory management requirements
– Continued Problems
Delinquent forms (~10%) Late forms (~10%)
Inaccurate or incomplete forms (~35%) Violations of management requirements (~4%)
Vessel Inspections• 3884 Vessel inspections completed
– 532 Violations (13% Operational)
CSLC 2003 Summary Continued
Demonstration Project• Grant from USFWS and Port of Oakland
• Two vessels (container and passenger)
Fee establishment
• Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
• > 98% Fee submission
Advanced Approval Program
• Working with USCG
Recommendations from CSLC 2003 Report
Continue the State’s program Include coastwise (i.e., domestic) traffic Reporting for all port calls Remove exemptions Improve reporting data accuracy Continue “fee-based” program Improve compliance through enforcement Expand and coordinate research Establish interim and final performance standards Support technology development Continue biological surveys
2003 CA Legislative Session
• CA Marine Invasive Species Act (MISA)
The purpose of the Act:
“To move the state expeditiously toward the elimination of the discharge of nonindigenous species into the waters of the state or waters that may impact the waters of the state, based on the best available technology economically achievable”
The Marine Invasive Species Act
Original Provisions– Sunset provision – January 1, 2010
– Fee based
– Safety Exemption
– Reporting and record keeping
– Multi-agency program
– Continued biological surveys
– Ecological studies
– Coordination with Technical Advisory Group
– Reports to Legislature
New Provisions• Most exemptions removed
• Additional management option
• Reporting at each port call
• BW log
• Expand to include coastal traffic
• Recommend potential discharge standards
• Evaluate other possible ship-mediated vectors
• Experimental Technology Advanced Approval Program
• Civil and Criminal penalties
The Marine Invasive Species Act
Marine Invasive Species Act Mandates for the Coastal Regulation
“The commission…shall adopt regulations governing ballast water management for vessels arriving at a California port or place from a
port or place within the Pacific Coast Region.”
• 2002 Workshop - West Coast Oceanography: Implications for Ballast Exchange
• 2003 Workshop - West Coast Exchange
Participants (50 from CA, OR, WA): Maritime Industry, Environmental Groups, Biological Oceanographers, Regulators
• 2004 CSLC Technical Advisory Group Meeting California Coastal Ballast Water Management
Participants (38 from CA, OR, WA): Industry, Regulators, & Environmental Groups
• 2005 California Rulemaking Process
Approved September 23, 2005
Effective March 22, 2006
Article 4.6 Coastal Regulation
Ballast Exchange 50 nm offshore/200 m depth
Consistent with WA, OR, BC, and IMO
Biologically Protective
Understandable
Retention
Discharge to an approved reception facility
Alternative ballast management:
Approved by Commission or USCG
As effective as exchange 200 nm offshore
Extraordinary Circumstances:
Irregular, unforeseeable, not related to safety
Exchange at a location agreed to by the CSLC
and USCG at or before the request.
Alternatives Through Petition
East of 154 W
North of 25 N
5 Technical Advisory Group Meetings in 2005
Advisory group reports submitted to CSLC October 2005
CSLC report to Legislature January 30, 2006
CA Senate Bill 497 introduced in February 2006
Marine Invasive Species Act Mandates for Performance Standards
“The commission . .shall submit to the Legislature . . a report that recommends specific performance standards. . The performance
standards shall be based on best available technology economically achievable and . . . protect the beneficial uses of affected . . waters.”
CSLC Recommended Interim Performance StandardsOrganism Size (units) Majority Panel Recommendations
> 50 m (/m3) No detectable living organisms
10 - 50 m (/mL) 10-2 organisms
< 10 m(/100 mL)103 for bacteria104 for viruses
Public health protective limits
Implementation ScheduleBallast Water Capacity New Vessels in this size class
constructed on or afterAll other vessels in this size class
beginning in
< 1500 metric tons 2009 2016
1500 – 5000 metric tons
2009 2014
> 5000 metric tons 2012 2016
CSLC Recommended Final Discharge StandardZero detectable living organisms by January 2020
Marine Invasive Species Act Mandates for Vessel Fouling
“The commission. . .shall prepare an analysis of the vectors, other than
ballast water, and relative risks of those vectors . . The Commission shall
prepare a report summarizing the results. . .and recommending action. . . ”
Technical Advisory Group Meetings
Final Report to Legislature, May 2006
mandatory reporting
adopt regulations for high risk vessels
support technology development
address fouling on vessels < 300 GRT
expand research
Marine Invasive Species ProgramOther Major Activities
Ship-Board Treatment Technology
Contract with Matson Navigation
Installation and testing of Ecochlor Ecopod
2-yr project
BW Exchange Verification
Contract with Smithsonian
Testing Application of Chemical Tracers
on the U.S. Pacific Coast
2-yr project
Hull Fouling
Contract with Portland State and Smithsonian
Examine Hull Fouling Vector on US Pacific Coast
2-yr project
Marine Invasive Species ProgramMoving forward
Improve Compliance
Regulations on Performance Standards
Legislative authority addressing vessel fouling
Research on technology & vessel fouling
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