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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2011.14.4.224

Study on the Improvement of Ballast Water Risk Assessment of GloBallast  

Lee, S.G. (KORDI)
Kang, W.S. (KORDI)
Kim, E.C. (KORDI)
Shin, K.S. (KORDI)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.14, no.4, 2011 , pp. 224-229 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the management of the marine invasive alien species introduced by ballast water has come to the core as an urgent task. Because, hazardous organisms cause harmful effects on the ecosystem. Hazardous organisms also negatively affect fisheries, commercial shipping activities, and marine resources. In this regard, IMO used to operate GloBallast, Ballast Water Risk Assessment System, in order to manage the introduction of invasive species by ballast water. GloBallast is constructed to assess the relative risk due to the movement of ballast water between nations, using the volume and the number of times of ballast water discharge, the environmental similarity between ports, and the abundance of hazardous species as the main factors. According to the results of the demo-operation of GloBallast, it was found out that the environmental similarity factor had affected most highly the results of risk assessment. Therefore, in this study, the correlation between the main factors used in GloBallast risk assessment were re-examined, and some methods were suggested in order to reflect these main factors in the risk assessment more reasonable.
Keywords
Ballast Water; Risk Assessment; GloBallast(GloBallast); Improved method;
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