Economics of co-managing water quality and invasive species for California and Baja California coastal boats


Autoria(s): Johnson, Leigh; Fernandez, Linda
Data(s)

2010

Resumo

Regulatory action to protect California’s coastal water quality from degradation by copper from recreational boats’ antifouling paints interacts with efforts to prevent transport of invasive, hull-fouling species. A copper regulatory program is in place for a major yacht basin in northern San Diego Bay and in process for other major, California boat basins. “Companion” fouling control strategies are used with copper-based antifouling paints, as some invasive species have developed resistance to the copper biocide. Such strategies are critical for boats with less toxic or nontoxic hull coatings. Boat traffic along over 3,000 miles of coastline in California and Baja California increases invasive species transport risks. For example, 80% of boats in Baja California marinas are from the United States, especially California. Policy makers, boating businesses and boat owners need information on costs and supply-side capacity for effective fouling control measures to co-manage water quality and invasive species concerns. (PDF contains 3 pages)

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://aquaticcommons.org/3921/1/Johnson_papers.pdf

Johnson, Leigh and Fernandez, Linda (2010) Economics of co-managing water quality and invasive species for California and Baja California coastal boats. In: Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future,The 22nd International Conference of The Coastal Society , June 13-16, 2010 ,Wilmington, North Carolina,

Idioma(s)

en

Relação

http://aquaticcommons.org/3921/

http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/coastalsociety/TCS22/papers/Johnson_papers.pdf

Palavras-Chave #Management #Pollution
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Conference or Workshop Item

NonPeerReviewed