Michigan's Aquatic Invasive Species State Management Plan 2013 Update: Prevention, Detection, and Management in Michigan Waters.

摘要

This comprehensive AIS State Management Plan (SMP) outlines new actions for implementation in addition to maintaining and enhancing existing efforts to adequately prevent the introduction of new AIS, prevent the dispersal of established AIS, detect and respond to new invaders, and manage and control AIS to minimize the harmful effects of AIS in Michigan waters, including the Great Lakes, connecting channels, rivers, streams, inland lakes, and wetlands. This AIS SMP identifies strategic actions in categories including legislative and policy, regulation (including compliance, enforcement, and inspection), information and education, research and monitoring, and early detection and rapid response (EDRR). The prevention of nonnative, aquatic organisms including microorganisms (typically pathogens), algae, aquatic vascular plants, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans, as well as any other animals that enter and establish populations in Michigan waters and cause harm to the environment, economy, or human health are considered using a vector and pathway approach. The vector is the physical means by which an AIS is transported to a new region, primarily by humans, whether deliberate or accidental (e.g., OIT) and the pathway is the specific route of transfer within a vector by which an AIS is moved from one ecosystem to another (e.g., use of live bait while fishing). This SMP integrates and builds upon existing AIS prevention and control efforts.