2016 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 36 - MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES ACT
CHAPTER 3 - Research and Program Evaluation
Section 71213.
71213. The commission, the board, and the Department of Fish and Game, in consultation with interested stakeholders, shall identify and conduct any other research determined necessary to carry out the requirements of this division. The research may relate to the transport and release of nonindigenous species by vessels, the methods of sampling and monitoring of the nonindigenous species transported or released by vessels, the rate or risk of release or establishment of nonindigenous species in the waters of the state and resulting impacts, and the means by which to reduce or eliminate a release or establishment. The research shall focus on assessing or developing methodologies for treating or otherwise managing ballast water to reduce or eliminate the discharge or establishment of nonindigenous species.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 491, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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