Events

NCEL Webinar: Tackling Aquatic Invasive Species in Trade with Legislative Tools

September 18, 2024

Region

National

NCEL Point of Contact

Justin Gulino
Conservation Associate

Contact

Please join NCEL on September 18 at 2 PM ET to learn about legislative tools to control the spread of aquatic invasive species. We will be joined by Stephanie Elaine Otts, Director of the National Sea Grant Law Center, who will share about the Center’s new policy options report regarding the control of aquatic invasive species in trade. Lieutenant Robert Stross, Administrator of Wisconsin’s Commercial Fish and Aquatic Species in Trade Enforcement Program, will share Wisconsin efforts and barriers of enforcing existing legislation against invasive species in trade. This webinar will be moderated by Minnesota Representative Sydney Jordan who has sponsored legislation to control the European grass carp, one of America’s most destructive invasive species.

Where: Zoom

When: September 18 at 2 PM ET

Panelists