[Sc-aquaponics] FW: New Invasive species executive order

[Smith, Matthew A.]

See below Chris Weeks' notes on the President's Executive Order. Click the link for the full release. Comments or questions? Contact Chris or myself.

Happy Friday!

Matt

[The Ohio State University]
Matthew A. Smith
Extension Aquaculture Specialist
OSU South Centers
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
1864 Shyville Road, Piketon, OH 45661
740.289.2071 ext 121 Office / 740.289.4591 Fax
smith.11460 at osu.edu<mailto:smith.11460 at osu.edu> osu.edu<http://osu.edu/>
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From: ncrfishculture-bounces at iastate.edu [ncrfishculture-bounces at iastate.edu] on behalf of Chris Weeks [weekschr at anr.msu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 11:49 AM
To: NCR Fish Culture
Subject: [NCR Fish Culture] New Invasive species executive order

FYI – New Executive order on Invasive Species
Executive Order -- Safeguarding the Nation from the Impacts of Invasive Species
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/05/executive-order-safeguarding-nation-impacts-invasive-species

As a quick read, this is noted as an expansion to Executive Order 13112, and it appears that much of this is in place at present.  Numerous assessments have been conducted and there have been 3 National Invasive Species Council Management Plans developed since 2001.

Additions in section 4 include a report on public health impacts, consideration of climate change and open data and analytics:
Sec. 4. Duties of the National Invasive Species Council

(a) Federal agencies shall consider the potential public health and safety impacts of invasive species, especially those species that are vectors, reservoirs, and causative agents of disease. The Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination and consultation with relevant agencies as appropriate, shall within 1 year of this order, and as requested by the Council thereafter, provide the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council a report on public health impacts associated with invasive species. That report shall describe the disease, injury, immunologic, and safety impacts associated with invasive species, including any direct and indirect impacts on low-income, minority, and tribal communities.

(b) Federal agencies shall consider the impacts of climate change when working on issues relevant to the prevention, eradication, and control of invasive species, including in research and monitoring efforts, and integrate invasive species into Federal climate change coordinating frameworks and initiatives.

(c) Federal agencies shall consider opportunities to apply innovative science and technology when addressing the duties identified in section 2 of Executive Order 13112, as amended, including, but not limited to, promoting open data and data analytics; harnessing technological advances in remote sensing technologies, molecular tools, cloud computing, and predictive analytics; and using tools such as challenge prizes, citizen science, and crowdsourcing.

These are in some stage of existence at present, now they are in legislation.
Additional comments are certainly welcome.

Chris Weeks, PhD
Michigan State University
Aquaculture Extension Specialist, North Central Region
517-353-2298 / weekschr at msu.edu<mailto:weekschr at msu.edu>
Websites:   NCRAC<http://www.ncrac.org/>,   Regulations<http://www.ncrac.org/node/378>

Information and training opportunities:  NCR Fish Culture List Serve<http://www.ncrac.org/node/406>

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