Australia's Proposed Biofouling Management Requirements Australia ...
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International Maritime Organisation<br />
• IMO Paper (April 2007):<br />
– Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) (56/19/3)<br />
– “Development of international measures for minimising the<br />
translocation of invasive aquatic species through biofouling of ships”<br />
– New Zealand, <strong>Australia</strong>, UK, Friend of the Earth International, and<br />
the World Conservation Union<br />
• Outcome (July 2007):<br />
– Committee approved the inclusion of a new high priority item in the<br />
Sub-committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG)<br />
• 12th Session of the sub-committee on BLG (February 2008)<br />
– BLG 12/11 paper (<strong>Australia</strong> and New Zealand)<br />
– BLG 12/11/2 paper (New Zealand and UK) implementation options<br />
– Sub-committee agreed to establish a Correspondence Group
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