Non-native Species Secretariat

Guidance store

Clubs and managers of water bodies

Tools to help you improve the biosecurity facilities at your site  A set of tools has been developed to provide site managers with recommendations for improving onsite biosecurity facilities.

Recreational Boating PAP for Great Britain

clubs (external link) Marine biosecurity RAPID Life project marine biosecurity toolkit Biosecurity planning in Wales and England (external link) Freshwater biosecurity RAPID Life project freshwater biosecurity toolkit Additional general guidance International Maritime Organisation Guidelines tor the Control and Management of Ships' Biofouling to Minimize

Training

Current modules include: An introduction to non-native species Identification and recording Identification of key freshwater plants Identification of key freshwater invertebrates Identification of key riparian plants Biosecurity Biosecurity for the Water Industry (developed by the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership) Biosecurity for Universities

Publications

and  water body worked example (PDF) Aquatic biosecurity: Check Clean Dry for field workers Biosecurity for Anglers (PDF) Biosecurity for Boat Users (PDF) Biosecurity for Submerged Structures (PDF) Biosecurity and Natural Flood Management (PDF) Report on Biosecurity for Anglers (PDF)   - Stuart Crofts Marine biosecurity: Marine

Angling PAP for Great Britain

guidance and draft biosecurity plan).

Recreational Boating PAP for Northern Ireland

Decision tree to help identify biosecurity actions This diagram (PDF) provides a quick reference guide to what biosecurity action must be taken in different scenarios, recognising some activities may be associated with higher biosecurity risk and the ability to implement biosecurity actions may differ between activities.

Resources and projects

Pennywort Strategy - information on the GB Floating Pennywort Strategy and volunteering  Wales Resilient Ecological Network (WaREN) Project (external link) - a project to  establish a framework for tackling invasive species across Wales Biosecurity for LIFE (external link) - keeping the UK's seabirds safe  Project Wipeout (external link)

The 10-stage approach to floating pennywort management

View more information on   biosecurity Download a   biosecurity risk assessment Useful links A guide to floating pennywort riddance: a volunteer led approach Floating pennywort ID sheet (PDF) Record floating pennywort (external link)  and other non-native species information on   biosecurity Biosecurity risk assessment Information

Non-native Species News: Issue 6

Vital biosecurity work is successful across the south west South West Lakes Trust South West Lakes and South West Water have recently been awarded an accreditation for excellence in biosecurity at many of their lakes through the AQUA (Aquatic Quality Award) Biosecurity Accreditation Pilot Scheme.