Non-Native Species in the Antarctic Workshop

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Non-Native Species in the AntarcticWorkshop
10, 11 12 April 2006
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Group 2, (Red badges) Chair Dr. Tom
Maggs Reporter Adie Fortune
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• 1) PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTIONS INTO THE ANTARCTIC
  (FROM OUTSIDE ANTARCTIC).
• Terrestrial / freshwater
• Intentional movements of macro-fauna
• Mammals
• All other unintentional taxa highly variable
  across the
• Recommendations
• Education on environmental risk
• Sharing information
• Current practice
• COMNAP, CEP, CCAMLR, IAATO
• b) Prevention of marine introductions of
  non-native species into
• Hull fouling main threat
• Ballast water further down the list
• Transfer of equipment
• IUU Fishing
• Waste water

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• 2) PREVENTION OF SPREAD WITHIN THE ANTARCTIC ONCE
  NON -NATIVE ORGANISMS HAVE ARRIVED
• Risk assessment
• Mapping
• CEP project but information from COMNAP
• Departure points
• Red list
• Issue right outside the station door
• Intra and inter
• Good neighbour policy
• Case studies
• Share all information
• What worked and what didnt
• Feedback to other stations
• Regional feed back
• Specially managed areas

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• 3) PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION OF SPECIES THAT ARE
  NATIVE IN THE ANTARCTIC TO OTHER AREAS IN THE
  ANTARCTIC WHERE THEY ARE NOT NATIVE
• Innovative technology to sterilise equipment
• Education
• Awareness and education
• Are there simple training tools
• Parties need to recognise it as an issue
• CEP update information
• Modified by many countries
• Tourists
• Develop a pamphlet that can be given to tourists
  by CEP
• Raise the bar every two years
• Guidelines for management plans
• EIA, site guidelines

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• 4) PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION OF ANTARCTIC
  SPECIES INTO OTHER AREAS (that is, NORTH of the
  AT area) WHERE THEY ARE NOT NATIVE
• Parties need to engage with own biosecurity
• Sub-Antarctic
• Staging posts
• Pathway mapping
• Awareness raising

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• 5) PROTECTION OF ANTARCTIC VALUES AGAINST
  NON-NATIVE SPECIES IMPACTS, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO
  ACHIEVE?
• Human health issues
• Putting places aside that are wilderness only
• Do not enter
• Enter on a biohazard level
• Tiered approach
• Get in on CEP list
• Sell it as a theme
• Develop further on this workshop
• Terrestrial and Marine
• Antarctic values
• What is and is not acceptable
• Near station greater impact accepted
• Some areas not impacted
• EIA and Tourist guidelines

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6) LEGAL / INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES.
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7) SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
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8) FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
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9) OTHER
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Summary of KEY points