December 20, 2011
TO: Members of the National Invasive Species Council (NISC)
SUBJECT: Recommendations to NISC from the ISAC Meeting held
December 6-8, 2011
During the December 6-8, 2011 meeting held in Washington,
DC, ISAC agreed upon the following recommendations:
Recommendation #1: ISAC recommends that NISC support and
encourage the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences
review of frameworks for the validation of advanced molecular assays for
aquatic invasive species detection technologies and their protocols.
Recommendation #2: Expanding trade across the Pacific poses
a dual challenge to the control of invasive species. First, there is a high
potential for introductions of new species in both directions.
Second, there is a high potential that some introduced
species will become invasive because of similarities between the climates and
ecology of central and eastern Asia and North America.
In light of these challenges and the potential negative
impacts of the introduction of invasive species in either direction across the
Pacific on the economies and environment of the U.S. and its trading partners
in eastern Asia, ISAC recommends that the Department of State seek the
cooperation of appropriate agencies in convening a multilateral meeting of
scientists and governmental representatives from APEC countries to develop
measures to prevent the introduction of invasive species in the course of transpacific
commerce.
Recommendation #3: ISAC recommends that the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers immediately reinstate the funding for the Aquatic Plant Control
Research Program due to its national importance in the control and management
of aquatic invasive plants.
Sincerely
E. Ann Gibbs
Chair, Invasive Species Advisory
Committee
Maine Department of Agriculture
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