Invasive Species Biosecurity Guidelines for Scuba Diving published
Welcome to the website of the CAISIE Project, an EU Life+ funded initiative co-financed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and co-ordinated by Inland Fisheries Ireland. The project commenced in January 2009 and concluded in January 2023. The following is a list of aquatic or riparian invasive species which CAISIE focused on.
Key species at Lough Corrib:-
- Lagarosiphon major (Curly-Leaved Waterweed)
- Crassula helmsii (New Zealand Pigmyweed)
Key species on the Grand Canal, Barrow Line and Navigation:-
- Lagarosiphon major (Curly-Leaved Waterweed)
- Leuciscus leuciscus (Dace)
- Hemimysis anomala (Bloody Red Shrimp)
- Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Northern River Crangonyctid)
- Elodea nuttallii (Nuttall’s Pondweed)
- Crassula helmsii (New Zealand Pigmyweed)
- Azolla filiculoides (Red Water Fern)
- Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)
- Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)
- Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
- Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam)
- Gunnera tinctoria (Chilean Rhubarb)
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