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Canadian Ballast Water / AIS Program

Canadian Ballast Water / AIS Program. April 20, 2006 Vancouver , Washington. FY 2005 / 06 AIS Program. Risk Assessment West Coast East Coast Great Lakes / St Lawrence Domestic Trade Shore Side Treatments Selected Biocides ( IMO) NOBOB sampling Protocol

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Canadian Ballast Water / AIS Program

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  1. Canadian Ballast Water / AIS Program April 20, 2006 Vancouver , Washington

  2. FY 2005 / 06 AIS Program • Risk Assessment • West Coast • East Coast • Great Lakes / St Lawrence • Domestic Trade • Shore Side Treatments • Selected Biocides ( IMO) • NOBOB sampling Protocol • Outreach - Commercial Ships , Rec Boating • AIS Network

  3. Canadian Ballast Water Risk Assessment • Canada first concerned about invasive aquatic species in 1980s due to invasions in the Great Lakes • Guidelines were developed and implemented in consultation with USA • With the adoption of IMO Ballast Water Convention, Canadian Guidelines will be replaced by Regulations • Risk assessment and risk management will be elements of the Canadian system • Risk assessments done for East Coast, West Coast, Domestic Great Lakes, and St Lawrence River / Gulf / Seaway trade • Still to do Arctic

  4. Canadian Ballast Water Risk Assessment • In order to implement the risk assessment elements of the regulations, Canada is developing a risk assessment system.

  5. Canadian Ballast Water Risk Assessment • The Canadian approach to risk assessment is being based on and compatible with IMO ballast water draft risk assessment guidelines and risk assessment procedures established by the GEF / UNDP / IMO GloBallast Programme.

  6. The GloBallast Risk Assessment Process

  7. Components used to calculate the relative risk: Frequency of ships discharging BW from each Source Port Percentage of all BW tank discharges (C1) Amount discharged from each Source Port Percentage of total BW vol. discharged (C2) + a risk reduction factor for small tanks (R1) Similarity between the receiving port & each Source Port Environmental matching coefficient (C3) (measure of relative similarity vs other source ports) Percentage of all 'available' risk species in each Source Port Coefficient of risk species threat (C4) BW storage times (voyage duration, etc) Risk reduction factor for long storage times (R2)

  8. Allows regulator to go from 1000’s of BW reporting forms …

  9. … shipping records

  10. … and tables of shippingand bioregion data …

  11. … to a picture showing the relative risk of BW sources to your port.

  12. Example Levels of Risk High Risk Vessel Vessel Type: Bulker Arrival Port: Montreal Last Port: Antwerp Next Port: Hamilton Ballast On Board: Residual Volume Discharged: 10,000 (mixed with GL) Ballast Water Source: Rotterdam Ballast Water Exchange Location: None Non – Compliance: Non-Compliance Reason for Non-Compliance: Decision by Master not to flush Low Risk Vessel Vessel Type: Chemical/Products Tanker Arrival Port: Quebec City Last Port: Algeciras - Spain Next Port: Hamilton Ballast On Board: 1000 m3 Volume Discharged: 250m3 Ballast Water Source: Algeciras -Spain Ballast Water Exchange: No Non – Compliance: Non-Compliance Reason for Non-Compliance: Poor Weather Risk Factors • Ballast water source dissimilar to destination port • Low volume of low risk water Risk Factors • Source port temperature/salinity similar to destination port • No ballast exchange • High ballast water volume

  13. Risk Assessment will guide Risk Management • Once risk levels are established, inspectors will determine management approaches based on factors including: • Availability of any treatment options; • Safety • Etc • Risk management requires tools, training, and data.

  14. Proposed Risk Assessment Program • Clean up Software - One Stop Program to be handed back to IMO • Outreach via IMO for species data verification • Marry Risk with Data Base One Step Process fro Ports/ Inspctors • Proactive data Program for valid form input from Ships IMO Form USCG Form

  15. Shore Side Treatments • Politically driven • Examined previous studies – lowballed • Examined current available facility – Belldune • Economics • Alternatives • Biocide injection • GRAS – used in Meat Industry / Hospitals / Hotels • Hypochlorus • Further studies

  16. Selected Biocides • Examine in ‘Canadian ‘ context • Cold Water • Fresh Water • Deoxyegenation • Periclean Ocean Toxicity issues examined

  17. NOBOB sampling • In context of joint USCG/ TC boardings • Currently sampling for salinity • DFO looking for biological effects What does dry tank mean – risk wise What is reduced propagule pressure Monitoring for specific ‘expected ‘ species

  18. Outreach – Ballast Water • New TC Website • Ballast Water / AIS • Tied into CMAC • Hopefully post most Canadian Ballast Water R&D • Tie in with CAISN • Recreational Boating Stickers / Decals / Pamphlets Video CD Boat Shows / Provincial Agencies / Border

  19. AIS Network • 5 year program • Science based – University and Government • Ballast / Hull Fouling • Other Vectors • Tie in with NOAA / US Universities • 3 Nodes West Coast East Coast Great Lakes

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