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Marine non-indigenous species in the Pacific islands: a desktop review
Battler Series-Manage marine biosecurity in the Pacific
1. Toolkit
- Document A: Marine biosecurity toolkit: Biofouling assessment guidance
- Document B: Marine biosecurity toolkit: Guidance on the International Convention for the control and management of ship's ballast water and sediments
- Document C: Marine biosecurity toolkit: Sampling guidance
- Document D: Marine biosecurity toolkit: Ballast water tool
- Document E: Marine biosecurity toolkit: Marine non-indigenous species management strategies and risk analysis framework
2. Top 25 Marine non-indigenous species for the Pacific region
- Perna viridis | Asian green mussel
- Charybdis (Charybdis) japonica | Asian paddle crab
- Hemigrapsus sanguineus | Asian shore crab
- Callinectes sapidus Rathbun | Atlantic blue crab
- Crassostrea virginica | Atlantic oyster
- Mytilopsis sallei | Black striped mussel
- Eriocheir sinensis | Chinese mitten crab
- Rhithropanopeus harrisii | Estuarine mud crab
- Amphibalanus eburneus | Ivory barnacle
- Ruditapes philippinarum | Japanese carpet shell
- Sargassum muticum | Japanese wireweed
- Gracilaria salicornia | Knobbly agar seaweed
- Mycale grandis | Orange keyhole sponge
- Magallana gigas | Pacific oyster
- Pinctada imbricata | Rayed pearl oyster
- Acanthophora spicifera | Red seaweed
- Eucheuma denticulatum | Red seaweed
- Kappaphycus alvarezii | Red seaweed
- Microcosmus squamiger | Scaly tunicate
- Carijoa riisei | Snowflake coral
- Amathia verticillata | Spaghetti bryozoan
- Amphibalanus amphitrite | Striped acorn barnacle
- Tubastraea tagusensis | Sun cup coral
- Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii | Swimming crab
- Rapana venosa | Veined rapa whelk