This newsletter is a publication of the Great Lakes Commission.

• Fall/Winter, 2012 (PDF): Prevention Pays: Legislation Introduced to Stop the Next Generation of Imported Invaders

• Fall/Winter, 2010 (PDF): News from the Battlefield: The Latest Developments in the War Against Asian Carp

Additional sources of Asian carp information:

• Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Aquatic Nuisance Species
• Article: Halting the Invasion: Maintaining the Health of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins by Preventing Further Exchange of Aquatic Invasive Species (PDF)

Related Issues of the ANS Update:

• Moy, P. (2002), Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier Energized, 8(1).
• Conlin, M. (2002), Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes, 8(3).
• Goehle, M. (2004), Keeping Track of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes, 9(4).
• Higbee, E, and K. Glassner-Shwayder. (2004), The Live Food Fish Industry: New Challenges in Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species, 10(2).

• Fall/Winter, 2009 (PDF): Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds invasive species work

Spring/Summer, 2008 (PDF): Ballast Water and Saltwater Flushing: Closing a Gap in the Protection Framework for the Great Lakes
• References (PDF)

• Fall, 2007 (PDF): Workshop Series Provides a Catalyst for State ANS Management Plans
• Spring, 2007 (PDF): VHS - The Viral Invader

• Winter/Spring, 2006 (PDF): Michigan Acts to Close the Pathway to the State for Aquatic Invasive Species via Ship’s Ballast Water

• Summer/Fall, 2005 (PDF): Regional Collaboration Offers Strategy for Curbing Aquatic Invasive Species
• Winter/Spring, 2005 (PDF): U.S. Coast Guard Pushes Ahead for Ballast Water Solutions

• Fall/Winter, 2004 (PDF): The Live Food Fish Industry: New Challenges in Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
• Spring/Summer, 2004 (PDF): International Treaty on Ballast Water and Prospects for Domestic Legislation
• Winter, 2004 (PDF): Keeping Track of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes

• Fall, 2003 (PDF): The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Research Inventory: Your Window to Great Lakes Ecosystem Research
• Summer, 2003 (PDF): Mail-order Sales of Aquatic Plants: A Pathway for ANS Introduction
• Winter/Spring, 2003 (PDF): Watercraft Inspections: An Opportunity to Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Nuisance Species

• Fall/Winter, 2002 (PDF): Great Lakes Indicators Target Aquatic Invasive Species
• Summer/Fall 2002 (PDF): Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes
• Spring/Summer 2002 (PDF): The Great Lakes Waterflea Report
• Winter/Spring 2002 (PDF): Aquatic Nuisance Species Barrier Energized

• Fall/Winter 2001 (PDF): Preparing for the next decade in ANS Prevention and Control
• Summer/Fall 2001 (PDF): The Great Lakes Action Plan: A Time for Implementation
• Spring/Summer 2001 (PDF): Geographic Information Systems: A New Tool to Manage Purple Loosestrife
• Winter/Spring 2001 (PDF): The Panel's Ballast Water Management Policy: Forging a Regional Consensus

• Fall/Winter 2000 (PDF): Aquatic Nuisance Species Prevention and Control: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Summer/Fall 2000 (PDF): ANS Prevention and Control Programs - Canadian Perspectives
• Spring/Summer 2000 (PDF): New Action Plan will Advance Prevention and Control Efforts
• Winter/Spring 2000 (PDF): Ballast Water Management and Aquatic Nuisance Species: A Research Agenda for the Great Lakes

• Fall/Winter 1999 (PDF): A Quantitative Approach to Predict Potential Nonindigenous Aquatic Plant Species Problems
• Summer/Fall 1999 (PDF): National Voluntary ANS Guidelines: A Strategy to Interrupt Recreational Pathways of Spread
• Spring/Summer 1999 (PDF): Model Guidance on ANS Legislation, Regulation and Policy: A Step Forward in the Prevention and Control of Great Lakes Biological Invaders
• Winter/Spring 1999 (PDF): The Executive Order on Invasive Species

• Fall/Winter 1998/1999 (PDF): National Aquatic Nuisance Species Policy and the 106^th Congress
• Summer/Fall 1998 (PDF): Dramatic Changes in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Populations in Southern Lake Michigan
• Spring/Summer 1998: Surveillance of Ruffe in the Great Lakes
• Winter 1998: Ballast Water Research Explores Potential of Glutaraldehyde in Prevention of ANS Introductions