2002 October Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

1955

Great Lakes Fishery Commission and its Sea Lamprey Control Program established by the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries Between Canada and the United States of America

1981

Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries

1987

Great Lakes Water quality Agreement amended to include research on non-native species and ballast water discharge

World Conservation Union Position Statement on Translocation of Living Organisms

1989

Voluntary Guidelines for the Control of Ballast Water Discharges from Ships Proceeding to the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes

1992

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

1993

International Maritime Organization Resolution A.774(18) Guidelines for Preventing the Introduction of Unwanted Organisms and Pathogens from Ships' Ballast Water and Sediment Discharges

1994

The 1994 version of the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem—references to invasive species

1995

Canadian Biodiversity Strategy

World Trade Organization Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

1997

International Maritime Organization resolution A.868(20) Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens

1998

Bill C-15 to amend the Canada Shipping Act, to allow for regulations relating to ballast water

1999

Resolution VII.14 on Invasive Species and Wetlands under the United Nations Convention on Wetlands of international Importance

2000

The Shipping Federation of Canada's Code of Best Practices for Ballast Water Management

Voluntary Guidelines for the Control of Ballast Water discharge from Ships in Waters Under Canadian Jurisdiction (update to the 1989 Voluntary Guidelines)

Great Lakes Commission's Great Lakes Action Plan aimed at the prevention and control of aquatic invasive species

Global Ballast Water Management Programme

Interim Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species under the Convention on Biological Diversity

World Conservation Union Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species

2001

Global Invasive Species Programme's Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species

Great Lakes Commission's Policy Statement on Ballast Water Management

2002

Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species that Threaten Ecosystems, Habitats or Species, under the Conservation on Biological Diversity