University of California
West Coast Ballast Outreach
Newsletter
Ballast Exchange - Volume 8
In this issue: Greetings; WCBOP Hires New Staff Member & Contacts; Coordination of Reporting Between Federal and State Ballast Water Programs: A Pilot Project; Putting Together the Pieces of the AIS Puzzle: Henry Lee; A Survey of AIS on California’s Outer Coast; The Quagga Quagmire; Hyde Marine Ballast Water Treatment History; Mothball Fleet Update; California Assembly Bill 740; Federal AIS/Ballast Legislation Update; Biofouling Makes the IMO Agenda; Michigan Rocks the Boat with New Ballast Regulations; Ballast Free and Zero Discharge Ships - The Way of the Future
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