§ 9. Additional written comments

§ 9.1. Comments from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Finally, I invited all of the participants to submit additional written comments on any of the issues discussed in the workshop. (A number of the participants are also being invited to submit articles for consideration as part of a feature on the workshop in the Toledo Journal of Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy.) To date, one such follow-up comment has been received, from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. (That 3-page letter, from Ms. Beth MacKay, Biologist, is attached.) It stresses (1) the need to take immediate action, with supporting funding, on the NOBOB vessels, (2) that this should not wait on international efforts at the International Maritime Organization, (3) support for the concept of performance standards, encouraging market-driven technologies, (4) the imperative to establish new vessel construction standards, including standards to address NOBOBs, (5) the need for an "action" or "communication" plan to raise the priority of exotics for the governments, and (6) that there is a need for more IJC leadership under the GLWQA, which should be broadened to include this part of the threat to the ecosystem, from all vectors of exotics as well as ballast water.