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Download fileReport of the ICES/IOC/IMO Study Group on Ballast Water and Sediments (SGBWS)
The first meeting of the ICESnOCnMO Study Group on Ballast Water and Sediments (SGBWS) met in La Tremblade,
France, 21 April 1997, with representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, the
United Kingdom, and the United States of America. It was concludcd at this first meeting that the Study Group provided
a unique opportunity to exchange detailcd information about research programs, different sampling methods and approaches, similar challenges faced by each research group and means to address these challenges, and to consider
focuses for new research directions.
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