Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force 2015 Report to Congress

This report is designed to familiarize readers with the ANS Task Force and to report progress made toward the goals outlined in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plans. This report focuses on key activities that have occurred since the 2004 ANS Task Force Report to Congress, using examples from the Task Force’s Federal and ex-officio members and its Regional Panels.  

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Aquatic Nuisance Species are organisms that produce harmful impacts on aquatic ecosystems or activities or dependent on these ecosystems such as agricultural, aquacultural, or recreation. ANS may occur in freshwater, estuarine, and marine waters and are one of the most significant threats to waters...
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Invasive species