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Title: Unheralded stowaways
Authors: Deidun, Alan
Keywords: Marine ecology -- Mediterranean Sea
Introduced aquatic organisms
Roads -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects -- Malta
Issue Date: 2010-07-25
Publisher: Allied Newspapers Ltd.
Citation: Deidun, A. (2010, July 25). Unheralded stowaways. The Times of Malta, pp. 1-2.
Abstract: Earlier this month, 18 Mediterranean countries - all signatories to the Barcelona Convention - agreed in Istanbul on the set of priority actions to be taken in order to address the ecological risks posed by the increasing volume of ballast water through enhanced maritime traffic. Marine exotic (non-indigenous) species are introduced unintentionally - with ships, for example - or intentionally, for aquaculture purposes and re-stocking efforts. In shipping, the prime factors for species transportation are ballast water and hull fouling of vessels. Furthermore, a considerable number of exotic species migrate through man-made canals. Examples are the inner-European waterways, such as the Kiel Canal in Germany, connecting the Ponto-Caspian region and the Baltic Sea and the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and beyond.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37807
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