Ballast water management of ships entering the United States is a key component in stopping invasions of non-indigenous aquatic species. Ballast water exchange (BWE) is currently the most common method of ballast water management and it is likely to remain an approved management technique for the foreseeable future. The United States Coast Guard's present salinity-based BWE verification procedure is ineffective when ships' tanks are ballasted in high salinity ports. In ...
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