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T hese are well-known environmental disasters that have resulted in the death of countless aquatic and animal life and the loss of millions of dollars from the livelihood of fishermen and others whose lives depend on water. But these were only temporary disasters and, for the

most part, the ecosystems they’ve harmed have recovered. There is an ongoing environ-mental disaster that has resulted in even more death and is costing far more in economic damage. Worst of all, this disaster is not reversible. The damage is perma-nent, never to be recovered. This is the threat of invasive species in water. One of the major sources of invasive species in water is ballast water from shipping. Large, ocean-going ships take on enormous volumes of water at their port of departure in order to stabilize the ship and its cargo. Once the ship reaches its arrival port for unloading, the ballast water is emptied into the harbor. Any foreign organic matter that had been picked up at one port is then released in the water of the arrival port. This includes plants, fish and other animals, virus and bacteria that may not be native to the new environment. Many of these do not survive, but some do. In worst case scenarios these foreign species thrive and dominate the new environment, having no natural enemies.

T here have been many well-documented cases where foreign species have destroyed the local

environment resulting in billions of dol-lars in lost economic activity and the irreversible destruction of entire ecosys-tems.

T he International Maritime Organization (IMO), an agency of the United Nations, adopted in 1997 guidelines for ballast water treatment as a solution to invasive species. The Interna-tional Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments

was adopted 13 February 2004. It has been a long process, but the ratification of this treaty is ex-pected before the end of the summer, 2011. In addition, various other maritime organizations (the US Coast Guard, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and various EU organizations) are implementing their own strict guidelines to coincide with the IMO guidelines. These are all expected to occur around the same time frame.

The result is that every ocean-going ship must have an effective, certified ballast wa-ter treatment system in place by the end of 2013.

This applies not only to all new ships, but an estimated 70,000 ships that continue to operate

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Blue Fish Chemicals & Consultants:

Blue Fish is a company specialized in chemical engineering solutions. Blue Fish helps clients with their applications of chemicals and processes. In addition to supplying purification and disinfection systems for water, air and soil, Blue Fish is able to monitor under the official regulatory and standards structure, as well as control the process. Blue Fish can also provide various quality resources, intelligent solutions, and tools that increase efficiency of existing systems. Blue Fish is seeking investors and other resources in order to roll out its proprietary technology on a global scale. We are currently accepting of-fers and applications and expect to close the offer process by 2 December 2011. We expect your investment will provide both a solid and stable return as well as a viable solution for a rapidly worsening global environmental dis-aster.

The Solution Many of the currently designed ballast water treatment systems are often inefficient, ineffective, or have harmful side ef-fects. The most effective, efficient and environmentally sound water treatment technique is through ozone generation and injection. Ozone is a colorless oxidizing biocide with a pungent smell and is formed naturally in earth’s atmosphere. Ozone is one of the most powerful and fastest oxidizers which removes bacteria present in water such as molds, yeasts, organic material, bacteria, viruses, etc., with no residual or harmful after effects. The drawback to ozone generation onboard ships is twofold: cost and space. For a small number of ships, where space is not at a premium, this is not an issue. For most, however, installing the current generation of ozone systems would be pro-hibitively expensive and space-consuming. Space that otherwise could be used for payload, thereby reducing the effi-ciency of the ship. Blue Fish has developed technology that addresses both these issues. This technology is currently undergoing develop-ment that will lead shortly to certification, allowing it to be implemented worldwide. The partners and other organizations that are supporting Blue Fish in this certification process are:

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)

Lloyd’s Register

Dr. Manfred Salvermoser, Member of Scientific Advisory Board at UV Solutions, Inc New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)

Dr. Hans Flipsen, Evers + Manders Subsidy Advisors, the Netherlands

The Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands

Koole Tank Transport BV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Itajaí, SC - Brazil

O3R, Ozone Development and Solutions, Brazil

It is expected that, pending certification, fully operational ozone systems using this new technology will be ready for implementation by the end of 2014.

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