Aquatic nuisance definition

Aquatic nuisance means undesirable or excessive substances or populations that interfere with the recreational potential or aquatic habitat of a body of water, including rooted aquatic plants and animal and algal populations. Aquatic nuisances include rooted aquatic plants and animal and algal populations zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis), Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), fishhook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi), rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus), spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus), or other species identified by the Secretary by rule.
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Aquatic nuisance means an organism that lives or propagates, or both, within the aquatic environment and that impairs the use or enjoyment of the waters of the state, including the intermediate aquatic hosts for schistosomes that cause swimmer's itch.
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Aquatic nuisance means undesirable or excessive substances or populations that interfere with the recreational potential or aquatic habitat of a body of water. Aquatic nuisances include rooted aquatic plants and animal and algal populations.
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Examples of Aquatic nuisance in a sentence

  • Aquatic nuisance species, including invasive quagga and zebra mussels, decrease water quantity and quality, impair native wildlife, harm hydroelectric and irrigation systems, and can impede maritime transport by fouling vessel hulls.

  • Aquatic nuisance animals in this use category include, but are not limited to fish, lampreys, and mollusks.

  • WSR 85-09-014 (Order 247), § 232-12-017, filed 4/9/85; WSR 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-017, filed 10/22/81; WSR 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-017, filed6/1/81.] WAC 232-12-01701 Aquatic nuisance species.

  • Aquatic nuisance species are non-native plants and animals introduced into the waterways that upset the natural ecology of the marine environment and are harmful to existing native species.

  • Aquatic nuisance animals in this use category include invasive vertebrates, and invertebrates.

  • A., University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, USA, rublee@uncg.edu;Scott, L.K., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA, lkscott@odu.edu Poster PresentationMonday Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) have the potential to effect great ecological and economic change, and a primary vector for global transport of ANS is ballast water discharged from ships.

  • Aquatic nuisance species reports should include the date and time of the detection of the aquatic nuisance species, the exact location of sighting (water body and specific location on the water body), the suspected species, and the name and contact information of the reporter.

  • Aquatic nuisance species or suspected aquatic nuisance species may be reported by: 1.

  • Aquatic nuisance species sampling and specimen collection for plankton tows, substrate sampling, or shoreline surveys will be conducted using standards and procedures approved in writing by the Division in advance of sampling occurring.

  • Aquatic nuisance species means waterborne, non-native organisms that threaten the diversity or abundance of native species, the ecological stability of impacted waters, that threaten a commercial, agricultural, aquacultural, or recreational activity dependent on waters of the state.


More Definitions of Aquatic nuisance

Aquatic nuisance means undesirable or excessive substances or
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Aquatic nuisance means undesirable or excessive substances or populations that interfere with the recreational potential or aquatic habitat of a body of water, including rooted aquatic plants and animal and algal populations. Aquatic nuisances include rooted aquatic plants and animal and algal populations zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), quagga mussels
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Aquatic nuisance means any invasive, non-native plant or animal organism which threatens the cleanliness and health of the waters within the Glen Lake Watershed and the native plant and animal species residing in said waters. Aquatic nuisances include, without limitation, the zebra mussel, the Quagga mussel, plants such as the Eurasian watermilfoil, Hydrilla, and curly leaf pondweed, non-native plankton such as the spinney water flea and the fishhook water flea, and non-native fish such as the Round Goby and the Ruffe.
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Aquatic nuisance means undesirable or excessive substances or populations that
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Aquatic nuisance means any invasive, non-native plant or animal organism which threatens the cleanliness and health of the waters within the Glen Lake Watershed and the native plant and animal species residing in said waters.
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Aquatic nuisance means any invasive, non-native organism which threatens the cleanliness
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Related to Aquatic nuisance

  • odour nuisance means a continuous or repeated odour, smell or aroma, in an affected area, which is offensive, obnoxious, troublesome, annoying, unpleasant or disagreeable to a person:

  • noise nuisance means an unwanted sound, in an affected area, which is annoying, troublesome, or disagreeable to a person:

  • Public nuisance means a building that is a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety, or that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress, or that constitutes a fire hazard, or is otherwise dangerous to human life, or that in relation to the existing use constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, or safety by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment. “Public nuisance” includes buildings with blighting characteristics as defined by Iowa Code section 403.2.

  • Nuisance means any injury, harm, damage, inconvenience or annoyance to any person which is caused in any way whatsoever by the improper handling or management of waste, including but not limited to, the storage, placement, collection, transport or disposal of waste or by littering;

  • Wildlife habitat means a surface water of the state used by plants and animals not considered as pathogens, vectors for pathogens or intermediate hosts for pathogens for humans or domesticated livestock and plants.

  • Dangerous weapon means any weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, which under the circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be used, or threatened to be used is readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury.

  • Noxious weed means a plant that when established is highly destructive, competitive, or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices.

  • Dangerous Substance means any radioactive emissions and any natural or artificial substance (whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour and whether alone or in combination with any other substance) which, taking into account the concentrations and quantities present and the manner in which it is being used or handled, it is reasonably foreseeable will cause harm to man or any other living organism or damage to the Environment including any controlled, special, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous waste.

  • Dangerous dog means a dog that:

  • Extremely Hazardous Substance has the meaning set forth in Section 302 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as amended.

  • Wildlife violation means any cited violation of a statute, law, regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule developed and enacted for the management of wildlife resources and the uses thereof.

  • Controlled dangerous substance means a drug, substance, or

  • Dangerous Substances means a substance or article described in regulation 3 of the Dangerous Substances Regulations;

  • Noxious weeds means weeds that are difficult to control effectively, such as Johnson Grass, Kudzu, and multiflora rose.

  • Waste pile means any non-containerized accumulation of solid, non-flowing waste that is used for treatment or storage.

  • Contaminate means the addition of sediment, any other pollutant or waste, or any illicit or prohibited discharge.

  • Waste means any waste material (1) containing byproduct material and (2) resulting from the operation by any person or organization of any nuclear facility included within the definition of nuclear facility under paragraph (a) or (b) thereof;

  • Environmental pollution means the contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air, land or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commer- cial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.

  • Endangered species means wildlife designated by the

  • Iatrogenic infertility means an impairment of fertility by surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other medical treatment affecting reproductive organs or processes.

  • Dangerous drug means any of the following:

  • Waste tire means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original purpose because of wear, damage or defect.

  • Wildlife means all species of the animal kingdom whose

  • Gaseous pollutants means the exhaust gas emissions of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen expressed in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalent and hydrocarbons assuming ratio of:

  • Contamination means an impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. “Contamination” includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected.

  • Hazardous liquid means crude oil, refined petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gases, anhydrous ammonia, liquid fertilizers, liquefied carbon dioxide, alcohols, and coal slurries.