Law Summary

Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species by Recreational Boats: Model Legislative Provisions & Guidance to Promote Reciprocity among State Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Programs ( Otts, S. and P. Nanjappa, eds. 2014

Invasive Species: Major Laws and the Role of Selected Federal Agencies (CRC 2013)

The Federal Regulatory Framework for Controlling the Movement of Invasive Species and Updates on National Coordination Efforts (May 16, 2013)

Legal and Regulatory Efforts to Minimize Expansion of Invasive Mussels through Watercraft Movements (2012 Phoenix Workshop)

Invasive Species State Policy Report (California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Tennessee) (ELI, May 2010)

Injurious Wildlife and the Federal Lacey Act

National Invasive Species Act of 1996

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (NANPCA)

ANS Examples

Chinese Mitten Crab

mittencrab

(Eriocheir sinensis)

Poses a potential threat to native invertebrates and to the ecological structure of freshwater and brackish estuarine communities