Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Annex 6

The Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species coordinates education, research, management and policy efforts to prevent new AIS from entering the basin and to control and mitigate those AIS populations already established. The Great Lakes Panel is one of six regional panels that report to the federal Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, which coordinates AIS efforts on a federal level. 

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force works to stop the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin. Since its inception, the Task Force has coordinated state and provincial efforts to combat AIS through strategic regional action. 

Abstract: Risk-based prioritization for early detection monitoring is of utmost importance to prevent and mitigate invasive species impacts and is especially needed for large ecosystems where management resources are not sufficient to survey all locations susceptible to invasion.

This document details the method used to develop the Great Lakes Surveillance Framework Watch List.

Ohio outlines actions to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie.

A one-pager describing Blue Accounting’s aquatic invasive species surveillance tool.

Michigan outlines actions to reduce phosphorus loading to Lake Erie.

Pennsylvania outlines actions to reduce phosphorus in Lake Erie.