Ballast Water Ballast Water transported in ballast water, by hull fouling or by other means in or on the ship or boat? Hitchhikers on Parasites on animals Animal Machinery / Machinery / equipment? means of transport a ship or boat? a terrestrial transport vehicle (car, train, bus, truck, etc)? (car, train,...) Nursery Material Transportation of habitat material Parasites on plants Plant Is the host a plant or is it an animal? Angling / Fishing angling or fishing equipment? an aircraft? Hitchhikers in / on plane living plant material imported for the commercial nursery trade (including soil, substrate transported with plants)? habitat material such as soil, rocks, peat (including dead plant materials, leaf litter, mulch, etc)? angling/fishing bait (live or dead)? Is the contaminant a parasite or pathogen? Transport packing material (goods boxes, pallets, packing foam/pellets, etc)? large transport containers or bulk freight containers? people or their luggage? People Cargo s embark/disembark from transport vehicles directly or from the people / cargo being wood or timber from the timber trade? Timber Trade bait Interconnected waterways, basins seas Packing materials Container / bulk People Luggage Stowaway Is the contaminated item seeds? Seed contaminated of plants a plant or plant product (e.g. cotton, linen, etc)? aquatic Were the corridors terrestrial or aquatic? Corridor Was its dispersal via anthropogenic corridors (e.g. canals, tunnels, bridges)? Dispersal transported by humans to the new region or did it disperse there under its own power? Anthropogenic transportation Was the transportation intentional or unintentional via the movement of other organisms or goods? Unintentional Is the species ecologically associated with the organisms or goods a food or food product? Food contaminant of animals an animal or animal product (e.g. leather, fur, wool, etc)? terrestrial Tunnels land bridges Unaided Natural dispersal Intentional Fur farms fur farms (including commercial farming or commodity production Escape into confinement Was the intention to release into the or to be kept in confined/ managed situation? Into Release Was the taxa released into wild for hunting/fishing? Was it for hunting or was it for fishing? Fishing Forestry facilities where species are cultivated for timber or to produce wood derived products? Did it escaped from research facilities or breeding facilities supplying specimens for research or education (e.g. lab mice)? Research ex-situ breeding Introduction for conservation purposes or wildlife management Was the taxa released for conservation reasons? reasons Was the taxa released in order to control an or was it for another reason? Fishery in the wild Aquaculture Mariculture Is it an aquatic plant or animal that escaped from aquatic farming Botanic gardens, zoos or aquaria (excluding domestic collections)? Botanic gardens / zoo / aquaria Landscape/flora/ fauna improvement Was it introduced by acclimatization societies or for similar aesthetic or improvement purposes? Was it to control another? organism Biological control Live food Live bait Is it an animal imported directly as live food or live bait that subsequently escaped? domestic collections aquaria (including Pet / aquarium / terrarium species Release in nature for use Was it released for use by humans? Erosion control / dune stablisation Farmed Animals Is it an animal that escaped from a situation were it was being farmed or used as a working animal? Is it a plant and if so did it escape from private collections and/or ornamental planting in gardens other landscaping? Ornamental intentional release Is it a plant that escaped from cultivation either for agriculture or for other commercial reasons (e.g. medicine, ornamental)? escape Was it cultivated for agriculture or was it for other reasons (e.g. medical, ornamental) Horticulture
Stowaway Corridor Was its dispersal via anthropogenic corridors (e.g. canals, tunnels, bridges)? Dispersal transported by humans to the new region or did it disperse there under its own power? Anthropogenic transportation Was the transportation intentional or unintentional via the movement of other organisms or goods? Unintentional Is the species ecologically associated with the organisms or goods Unaided Intentional Escape into confinement Was the intention to release into the or to be kept in confined/ managed situation? Into Release
Release Was the taxa released into wild for hunting/fishing? Was it for hunting or was it for fishing? Fishing Introduction for conservation purposes or wildlife management Was the taxa released for conservation reasons? reasons Was the taxa released in order to control an or was it for another reason? Fishery in the wild Landscape/flora/ fauna improvement Was it introduced by acclimatization societies or for similar aesthetic or improvement purposes? Was it to control another? organism Biological control Release in nature for use Was it released for use by humans? Erosion control / dune stablisation intentional release
Fur farms fur farms (including commercial farming or commodity production Escape Forestry facilities where species are cultivated for timber or to produce wood derived products? Did it escaped from research facilities or breeding facilities supplying specimens for research or education (e.g. lab mice)? Research ex-situ breeding Aquaculture Mariculture Is it an aquatic plant or animal that escaped from aquatic farming Botanic gardens, zoos or aquaria (excluding domestic collections)? Botanic gardens / zoo / aquaria Live food Live bait Is it an animal imported directly as live food or live bait that subsequently escaped? domestic collections aquaria (including Pet / aquarium / terrarium species Farmed Animals Is it an animal that escaped from a situation were it was being farmed or used as a working animal? Is it a plant and if so did it escape from private collections and/or ornamental planting in gardens other landscaping? Ornamental Is it a plant that escaped from cultivation either for agriculture or for other commercial reasons (e.g. medicine, ornamental)? escape Was it cultivated for agriculture or was it for other reasons (e.g. medical, ornamental) Horticulture
Parasites on animals Animal Nursery Material Transportation of habitat material Parasites on plants Plant Is the host a plant or is it an animal? living plant material imported for the commercial nursery trade (including soil, substrate transported with plants)? habitat material such as soil, rocks, peat (including dead plant materials, leaf litter, mulch, etc)? angling/fishing bait (live or dead)? Is the contaminant a parasite or pathogen? wood or timber from the timber trade? Timber Trade bait Is the contaminated item seeds? Seed contaminated of plants a plant or plant product (e.g. cotton, linen, etc)? a food or food product? Food contaminant of animals an animal or animal product (e.g. leather, fur, wool, etc)?
Ballast Water Ballast Water transported in ballast water, by hull fouling or by other means in or on the ship or boat? Hitchhikers on Machinery / Machinery / equipment? means of transport a ship or boat? a terrestrial transport vehicle (car, train, bus, truck, etc)? (car, train,...) Angling / Fishing angling or fishing equipment? an aircraft? Hitchhikers in / on plane Transport packing material (goods boxes, pallets, packing foam/pellets, etc)? large transport containers or bulk freight containers? people or their luggage? People Cargo s embark/disembark from transport vehicles directly or from the people / cargo being Packing materials Container / bulk People Luggage Stowaway
Interconnected waterways, basins seas aquatic Were the corridors terrestrial or aquatic? Corridor Was its dispersal via anthropogenic corridors (e.g. canals, tunnels, bridges)? Dispersal transported by humans to the new region or did it disperse there under its own power? terrestrial Tunnels land bridges Unaided Natural dispersal