Marine non-Indigenous Species in the Pacific Islands: a desktop review

Abstract

A first step to providing guidance documents for addressing marine biosecurity in the Pacific Islands region is the production of inventories of species introduced into the Pacific region. By reviewing primary publications, databases, and other sources, including personal communications, we provide here an inventory of species that have been recorded as introduced intentionally and unintentionally into the Pacific. The scope of this review was marine species but does include euryhaline species that can tolerate brackish or low-salinity water. We did not include native species that have become invasive such as the crown of thorns starfish Acanthaster planci or the algae Sargassum sp.