This video tutorial will show you how to stop exotics and clean your fishing boat. If you want beautiful waterways to go boating on forever, you need to be aware of exotics. You've heard about it, you've read about it, and today you're going to see how easy it is to do something about it. Aquatic nuisance species. Invasive plants and animals introduced into marine and freshwater where they are not native and don't belong.
An aquatic nuisance species (ANS) is defined as a waterborne, non-
native organism that threatens the diversity or abundance of native
species, the ecological stability of impacted waters, or threatensacommer-
cial, agricultural, aquacultural or recreational activity.
This educational video features John Ratzenberger (from Cheers) and was produced buy the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and Pro Video Productions, Duluth, Minnesota.
Also, it was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Region 1 and 6, Minnesota DNR, Exotic Species Program, Universoty of California Sea Grant Program, Scaland Technology, Incorporated, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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