Notification of Second Round of Public Consultation on Non-native Species Risk Assessments
Notification of Second Round of Public Consultation on Non-native Species Risk Assessments
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the National Biodiversity Data Centre (Data Centre) have been tasked by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to undertake risk assessments on certain non-native species listed in the Third Schedule to the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (SI 477/2011; http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0477.html). The risk assessments provide evidence-based knowledge that will be used by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the implementation of Regulations 49, 50 and 74. These regulations are concerned with the prohibition on the introduction, dispersal, trading and keeping of certain non-native species and associated licensing requirements that may apply.
Each risk assessment completed (refer to list below) has undergone an internal review and an external expert review and is now available for stakeholder and public consultation on the project website www.nonnativespecies.ie. As such, we invite any interested parties to make submissions on these completed risk assessments which are available for comment for a two-week period after publication.
Additional information on the Non-native Species Risk Assessment Project can be found on the project website www.nonnativespecies.ie . Guidance information on the licensing requirements can be viewed at http://nonnativespecies.ie/notices-and-documentation/
The following risk assessments are now available for comment until the 06/08/2014:
- Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered Leek)
- Corbicula fluminea (Asian Clam)
- Egeria densa (Large-flowered Waterweed)
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating Pennywort)
- Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam)
- Ludwigia spp. (Water Primroses)
- Lysichiton americanus (American Skunk-cabbage)
- Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot’s Feather)
The following risk assessments will be available for comment shortly:
- Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot-fig)
- Elodea canadensis (Canadian Pondweed)
- Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea-buckthorn)
- Juncus planifolius (Broad-leaved Rush)
- Hyacinthoides hispanica (including H. non-scripta x H. hispanica) (Spanish Bluebell)
- Persicaria perfoliata (Mile-a-minute Weed)
- Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)
Regards,
The Non-native Species Project Team
