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 determining appropriate management and research activities for 

 estuarine and marine areas. Five countries were represented at 

 the workshop which proved to be an excellent forum for assessing 

 our current understanding of the effects exotic species are 

 having globally. The results of the NEMO workshop and an update 

 on Task Force activities are being presented at the 2nd 

 International Conference on the Environmental Management of 

 Enclosed Coastal Seas being held in Baltimore, Maryland in 

 November 1993. 



An additional international effort in which the Task Force has 

 been involved includes participation in the 1992 United Nations 

 Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) . A 

 representative from NOAA's Office of the Chief Scientist was a 

 member of the U.S. delegation to the UNCED and strongly supported 

 the U.S. proposal to the UNCED Secretariat which included 

 language urging the international community to adopt appropriate 

 safeguards for ballast water discharge and to adopt the Food and 

 Agriculture Organization/International Council for the 

 Exploration of the Sea guidelines for the transfer and 

 introduction of marine and freshwater organisms. 



The central component of the Act is development of a nationwide 

 Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Program to prevent the 

 unintentional introduction and spread of ANS and to monitor, 

 control, and study aquatic nuisance species. The Task Force 



