Seventeenth (17th) SPREP meeting, Noumea New Caledonia, 11-15 September 2006 : working papers

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SPREPEndorsed 17SM, September 2006 SPREP IMO SRIMP-PAC Shipping-related Introduced Marine Pests In the Pacific Islands: A regional strategy (As Endorsed by the 17th SPREP Meeting, Noumea, New Caledonia – September 2006) Endorsed 17SM, September 2006 Approved by the 17th SPREP Meeting held in Noumea, New Caledonia – September 2006. Published in [month] 2006 by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme PO Box 240 Apia, Samoa www.sprep.org.ws Prepared by Steve Raaymakers EcoStrategic Consultants www.eco-strategic.com and Sefanaia Nawadra Marine Pollution Adviser SPREP http://www.sprep.org.ws/mailto:[email protected] 17SM, September 2006 “I do not exaggerate the problem when I compare it (biological invasion) to the scope and devastation wrought by natural disasters like hurricanes. It is less dramatic but just as destructive” (Admiral James