Inquiry into Ballast Water and Hull Fouling in Victoria

Inquiry Report - HTML version
Inquiry Report - PDF version (1.2MB 2min 51secs @ 56.6 kps)

Government Response - PDF version

The Terms of Reference for the Inquiry into Ballast Water were published in the Victorian Government Gazette on 27 June 1996. The report was tabled in Parliament on 15 October, 1997.

Inquiry Report

The Committee investigated the problem of exotic organism transfer into Victoria's coastal waters via ships' ballast water and hulls. The Committee reported on:

Ballast water and exotic marine organism transfer

Hull fouling and exotic marine organisms transfer

The impacts of exotic marine organisms in Vicotria

Legislative framework

Options for ballast water treatment

Movement of ballast in and out of Victoria

Current management of ballast water in Victoria

Prevention of further exotic marine organism introductions into Victoria

Management of introduced exotic marine organisms in Victoria

The report includes a series of recommendations

Obtaining Copies of the Report

The report is now out of print.

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