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Species Information - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
ESA. Of these species, approximately 1,350 are found in part or entirely in the U.S. and its waters; the remainder are foreign species. The Office of Protected Resources manages mostly marine and anadromous species, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the remainder of the listed species, mostly terrestrial and freshwater species. ...
www.nmfs.noaa.gov

Endangered Species and Ecosystems - Glossary
Species that have been moved beyond their natural range as a result of human activity. Exotic species are also known as alien species, foreign species, introduced species, non-indigenous species and non-native species. Exotic species ...
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EnviroZine - Features - Balancing Act: Ballast Water Treatment Technologies to Address Invasive Species Problem
Zebra mussels. Photo © Jim Moyes, 2004. -- Click to enlarge Not all these foreign species are invasive. However, foreign species that have proven to be ... Canada's Ballast Water Management Approach With voluntary guidelines to prevent the spread of foreign invasive species in Canadian waters as early as 1990, Canada was among the first ...
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Endangeredspecie.com, How to Help Endangered Species
How to Help Endangered Species Endangered Species will survive with YOUR help! Ways You Can Help Endangered Species Endangered Species Need Your Help! Here Are Some Ways That You Can Get ... species often cannot compete with these plants. Many environmental weeds come from people’s gardens. Sometimes, the seeds are taken into the bush by the wind or by birds. Controlling these foreign species ...
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Great Lakes United - Invasive Species
Michigan, June 19, 2000 The invasion of the basin by exotic invasive species is causing massive ecosystem modification, from species extirpations to tropic restructuring to the loss of biodiversity, and affects ... involved in this meeting are focused on a common goal to eliminate the introduction of foreign species into the Great Lakes. About GLU | News | Take Action | Our Work | Sitemap © Great ...
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Species Protected Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
U.S. and its waters; the remainder are foreign species. Generally, USFWS manages land and freshwater species, while NMFS manages marine and "anadromous" species. NMFS has jurisdiction over 67 listed species (see links below). The ...
www.nmfs.noaa.gov

alien species
Alien species in our seas are generally transported via ballast water in container ships, which is taken up at foreign ports (along with the ... ships hulls (transportation of attached adults), commercial fish and shellfish farming of foreign species, or amateur aquarists spilling species into natural waterways. The only short-term cost-effective way of ...
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Eleutherodactylus coqui (Amphibians-Frogs) - HEAR species info
He said the measure was the only way to overcome "a true crisis" caused by rapidly accelerating introduction of invasive species and ... domestic and foreign locations as now exists for outgoing traffic. He said the measure was the only way to overcome "a true crisis" caused by rapidly accelerating introduction of invasive species and ...
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Abutilon menziesii (Malvaceae) - HEAR species info
Hawaii, endemic and federally listed as an endangered species. (Smithsonian) Species description or overview Abutilon menziesii: CPC National Collection Plant Profile Summary information about Abutilon ... is holding up state plans to adjust land usage Caffeine knocks Hawaii's screeching foreign frogs dead, a U.S. Department of Agriculture study has found. But the U. ...
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Earthplatform.com - Animal species
When humans introduced certain insects, rats, cats and other foreign species to newly discovered lands, hundreds of native species ... Species Globalwildlife Bloody Business Endangered Species World Wildlife Greenpeace Animal Info - Endangered Mammals Endangered Species Program Endangered Species ...
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