Ten new risk assessments were uploaded to the GB Non-native Species Secretariat website today.  They are available for comment for a period of three months.  Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the evidence that underpin the risk assessment using this form (RA01 risk assessment comments (Word)) to nnss@apha.gov.uk.

The list of new assessment available includes:

• Acer rufinerve, Snake-bark maple
• Akebia quinate, Chocolate vine
• Amelanchier spicata, Thicket shadbush
• Arundo donax, Giant Cane
• Cipangopaludina chinensis, Chinese mystery snail
• Dikerogammarus bispinosus, An amphipod
• Neogobius melanostomus, Round goby
• Sarracenia purpurea, Purple pitcher plant
• Sinanodonta woodiana, Chinese pond mussel
• Urosalpinx cinerea, Atlantic oyster drill

View the risk assessments.