Download or read book The Great Lakes Seaway Enters the Nineties written by R. W. Lake and published by Marine Office, Ministry of Transportation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents some conclusions from a study by the Research and Traffic Group for the Marine Office of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on the commercial attractiveness and priorities for policy development of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system. The document gives background information on the use of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as a major shipping route; the amount of shipping using the route and the costs involved, including the amount and worth of various commodities; the competitiveness of this route in comparison with the Mississippi River, the railway to the West Coast, direct rail for eastbound grain, water/rail transport of iron ore, and the user pay dilemma; and some methods of enhancing the competitiveness of the St. Lawrence Seaway, including an extended season, an improvement in technology and operations, relaxing coastal trade restrictions, introducing container services, increasing truck/water services, adjusting grain institutions, and establishing policy priorities.
Download or read book Seaway Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book H R 2332 the Binational Great Lakes Seaway Enhancement Act of 1999 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marine Affairs Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Coast Pilot written by United States. National Ocean Service and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Coast Pilot written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Lakes Basin written by United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aug. 29 and 30 hearings were held in Chicago, Ill.
Download or read book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Lakes Pilot written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003 Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lloyd s Register OneOcean s Guide to Port Entry 1989 90 Nations M Z written by Lloyd's Register Foundation and published by Lloyd's Register . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 1786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, these Guides provide invaluable information on thousands of commercial ports and terminals across the globe. They are compiled and published annually by LR OneOcean, whose years of global maritime experience allows them to provide expert and innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and overall industry success. The Guides cover a significant geographical breadth, and the most recent volume includes information on over 12,500 ports, harbours and terminals worldwide. These are fully indexed and contain detailed port plans and mooring diagrams.
Download or read book Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human-mediated introduction of species to regions of the world they could never reach by natural means has had great impacts on the environment, the economy, and society. In the ocean, these invasions have long been mediated by the uptake and subsequent release of ballast water in ocean-going vessels. Increasing world trade and a concomitantly growing global shipping fleet composed of larger and faster vessels, combined with a series of prominent ballast-mediated invasions over the past two decades, have prompted active national and international interest in ballast water management. Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water informs the regulation of ballast water by helping the Environnmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) better understand the relationship between the concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharges and the probability of nonindigenous organisms successfully establishing populations in U.S. waters. The report evaluates the risk-release relationship in the context of differing environmental and ecological conditions,including estuarine and freshwater systems as well as the waters of the three-mile territorial sea. It recommends how various approaches can be used by regulatory agencies to best inform risk management decisions on the allowable concentrations of living organisms in discharged ballast water in order to safeguard against the establishment of new aquatic nonindigenous species, and to protect and preserve existing indigenous populations of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and other beneficial uses of the nation's waters. Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water provides valuable information that can be used by federal agencies, such as the EPA, policy makers, environmental scientists, and researchers.
Download or read book Great Lakes Basin written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on the Great Lakes Basin and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aug. 29 and 30 hearings were held in Chicago, Ill.
Download or read book The Great Lakes Hearings The 1973 floods and activities of the International Joint Commission United States and Canada written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Lakes Shipping Trade and Aquatic Invasive Species written by Transportation Research Board and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 291: Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species reviews existing research and efforts to date to reduce aquatic invasive species introductions into the Great Lakes and identifies ways that these efforts could be strengthened toward an effective solution. Since its opening in 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway has provided a route into the Great Lakes not only for trade, but also unfortunately for aquatic invasive species (AIS) that have had severe economic and environmental impacts on the region. Prevention measures have been introduced by the governments of Canada and the United States, but reports of newly discovered AIS continue, and only time will tell what impacts these species may have. Pressure to solve the problem has even led to proposals that the Seaway be closed. The committee that developed the report recommends that trade should continue on the St. Lawrence Seaway but with a more effective suite of prevention measures to reduce the introduction of aquatic invasive species that evolves over time in response to lessons learned and new technologies.
Download or read book Lake Invaders written by William Rapai and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the ecological damage that has been done by several invasive species in the Great Lakes. There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others—sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny water flea, and rusty crayfish—have conducted an all-out assault on the Great Lakes and are winning the battle. In Lake Invaders: Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes, William Rapai focuses on the impact of these invasives. Chapters delve into the ecological and economic damage that has occurred and is still occurring and explore educational efforts and policies designed to prevent new introductions into the Great Lakes. Rapai begins with a brief biological and geological history of the Great Lakes. He then examines the history of the Great Lakes from a human dimension, with the construction of the Erie Canal and Welland Canal, opening the doors to an ecosystem that had previously been isolated. The seven chapters that follow each feature a different invasive species, with information about its arrival and impact, including a larger story of ballast water, control efforts, and a forward–thinking shift to prevention. Rapai includes the perspectives of the many scientists, activists, politicians, commercial fishermen, educators, and boaters he interviewed in the course of his research. The final chapter focuses on the stories of the largely unnoticed and unrecognized advocates who have committed themselves to slowing, stopping, and reversing the invasion and keeping the lakes resilient enough to absorb the inevitable attacks to come. Rapai makes a strong case for what is at stake with the growing number of invasive species in the lakes. He examines new policies and the tradeoffs that must be weighed, and ends with an inspired call for action. Although this volume tackles complex ecological, economical, and political issues, it does so in a balanced, lively, and very accessible way. Those interested in the history and future of the Great Lakes region, invasive species, environmental policy making, and ecology will enjoy this informative and thought-provoking volume.
Download or read book The Great Lakes written by United States. Congress. House Foreign Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
