A.12. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN HAWAII 
A.12.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
Hawaii completed its Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Management Plan in 2003 (see 
Appendix B, State Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Summaries for a general 
description of the Plan). 
A.12.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• AIS Response Team, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), 
Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR). The program team conducts the following 
activities (often in partnership with other agencies, universities, and organizations): 
surveying Lake Wilson for Salvinia molesta; controllingGorilla Ogo Algae, snowflake 
coral, and Actinodiscus sp. \ mapping the distribution of invasive algae statewide; 
participating in hull fouling surveys of vessels traveling to the Northwest Hawaiian 
Islands Marine Sanctuary. 
• Coordinating Group for Alien Pest Species, multi-agency partnership. This 
coordinating body facilitates communication among agencies, conducts public outreach, 
and increases awareness through various media campaigns. Eight public clean-up events 
have been coordinated to manually remove the invasive algae Gracilaria salicornia on 
Waikiki Beach. 
• Invasive Species Committees (ISCs) for island-based rapid response. The ISCs are 
voluntary partnerships of private groups, government agencies, non-profit organizations, 
and concerned individuals working to protect each island from the negative impacts 
caused by invasive species. The overall goal of the ISCs is to prevent, eradicate, or 
control priority incipient invasive plant and animal species that threaten Hawaii’s most 
intact federal, state, and private conservation lands. ISCs are are concerned with 
terrestrial alien species almost exclusively and are not involved in most AIS programs. 
• Plant Quarantine Branch, Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division. This 
Division works with community groups that help to police the Central Oahu Lake by 
manually removing plants or by spot spraying using Aquamaster. 
• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, U.S. Geological 
Survey (USGS). This project provides Internet technology, methods, and information to 
decision makers, resource managers, and the general public to help support effective, 
science-based management of harmful non-native species in Hawaii and the Pacific. 
Currently this project is funded by the National Biological Information 
Infrastructure/Pacific Basin Information Node through USGS/Pacific Islands Ecosystem 
Research Center. 
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