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Recreational Boating AIS Prevention Programs

Agency Capacity: Ohio

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Program component has been implemented in this jurisdiction

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Program component has not yet been implemented in this jurisdiction

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Program component has been implemented in this jurisdiction

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Program component has not yet been implemented in this jurisdiction

Program Component

Status

Details

Dedicated/pathway-specific funding

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Some GLRI funds, Coast Guard grants, gas tax have been received and used for prevention activities in this pathway.

Pathway-specific dedicated time for program staff

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Staff time is not exclusively dedicated to this pathway due to AIS program management priorities and limited staff.

Pathway-specific dedicated time for outreach staff

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Staff time is not dedicated to this pathway due to AIS program management priorities and limited staff.

Pathway-specific dedicated time for law enforcement officers

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There is no authority to regulate the recreational boating pathway in Ohio and law enforcement officers do not have dedicated time for any AIS activities

Specific AIS training for law enforcement officers

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Brief training in Natural Resources officers training. Workshops for AIS training and identification are offered but not required in cooperation with Ohio Sea Grant.

FUNDING A dedicated fund to support implementation and/or maintenance of a watercraft inspection/decontamination program is established through legal provisions

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Nothing earmarked specifically

CLOSURE OF WATERS State-/province-managed boating access points can be closed and boating activities restricted if necessary to respond to an aquatic invasive species threat in that body of water

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ODNR does not have this authority.

PENALTIES Penalties for violations of all relevant AIS prevention regulations are established

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ODNR does not have this authority