New TRB Special Report: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species

Since 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway has provided a route into the Great Lakes not only for trade, but also for aquatic invasive species (AIS), which have had severe economic and environmental impacts. A committee convened by the National Research Council through the Transportation Research Board and the Division on Earth and Life Studies recommends that trade continue on the St. Lawrence Seaway but with a suite of AIS prevention measures that evolves in response to lessons learned and to new technologies. This finding is reported in TRB Special Report 291, "Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species." Highlights of TRB Special Report 291 are discussed in this article.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/160433.aspx
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Huddleston, Nancy
  • Wilson, Jill
• Publication Date: 2008-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 22-25
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 258
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Ships); Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; International trade
• Uncontrolled Terms: Invasive species; Pollution prevention
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence Seaway
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01114741
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 12 2008 9:38AM