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Harmful Introductions and Ballast Water Management - an Emerging Problem in the Northern Adriatic

The article calls our attention to the existing dangers of potentially harmful organisms being introduced in our sea with ships ballast water and to the need of having this matter under control. To this end the article presents the importance of ballast water for a ship, organisms in ballast water, some cases of harmful introductions and the case of Slovenia. Furthermore, legal aspects, ballast water management methods/techniques and monitoring aspects are presented. Finally, the article deals with perspectives for the regulation of the ballast water issue.

ballast water; potentially harmful organisms; management; Northern Adriatic

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