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Chapter 14—Environment 597<br />

Dampier, WA<br />

Newcastle, NSW<br />

Port Hedland, WA<br />

Port Walcott, WA<br />

Hay Point, Qld<br />

Gladstone, Qld<br />

Dalrymple Bay, Qld<br />

Port Kembla, NSW<br />

Abbott Point, Qld<br />

Brisbane, Qld<br />

Other<br />

14.26 BALLAST WATER DISCHARGES, <strong>Australia</strong>—1998–99<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30<br />

Volume (millions metric tonnes)<br />

Source: <strong>Australia</strong>n Quarantine Inspection Service 2000, unpublished.<br />

14.27 SPECIES TARGET LIST, <strong>Australia</strong>n Ballast Water Management Advisory Council<br />

Species Common name Method of introduction Known distribution<br />

Sabella spallanzanii Sabellid fan worm Hull fouling, mariculture WA, SA, Vic., NSW, Tas.(b)<br />

transfers, ballast water<br />

Carcinus maenas<br />

European shore crab, Green Dry Ballast, mariculture WA(b), SA, Vic., NSW, Tas.<br />

crab, N. Atlantic edible shoe<br />

crab<br />

transfers, hull fouling<br />

Asterias amurensis<br />

N. Pacific seastar, Japanese Hull fouling, ballast water Vic., Tas.<br />

seastar<br />

Undaria pinnatifida Wakame Hull fouling Vic., Tas.<br />

Alexandrium catenella Toxic cyst forming<br />

Ballast water<br />

Vic., NSW, Tas.<br />

dinoflagellates<br />

Alexandrium minutum Toxic cyst forming<br />

Ballast water<br />

WA, SA, Tas.<br />

dinoflagellates<br />

Alexandrium tamarense Toxic cyst forming<br />

Ballast water<br />

WA, SA, Vic., Tas.<br />

dinoflagellates<br />

Gymnodinium catenatum Toxic cyst forming<br />

Ballast water<br />

WA, SA, Vic., Tas.<br />

dinoflagellates<br />

Musculista senhousia Asian mussel, Bag or<br />

Hull fouling, ballast water WA, SA, Vic., Tas.<br />

Senhouse’s mussel<br />

Corbula gibba Corbula Hull fouling (sea chest), ballast<br />

water<br />

Vic., NSW, Tas.<br />

Crassostrea gigas<br />

Pacific (King or rock)<br />

oyster<br />

Mariculture transfers<br />

(intentional), hull fouling,<br />

ballast water<br />

Potamocorbula amurensis(a) Chinese clam Ballast water none<br />

Mnemiopsis leidyi(a) Comb jelly Ballast water none<br />

(a) Not currently in <strong>Australia</strong>n waters. (b) Populations not currently known.<br />

Source: Unpublished data, Hewitt 2000.<br />

WA(b), Vic., NSW, Tas.

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