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nradov on Sept 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year

The Ballast Water Management Convention is intended to prevent ships from introducing any more invasive species like zebra mussels.

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JAA1337 on Sept 7, 2022 [–]

Thank you for the response. In all seriousness, you are giving me an education on shipping that I did not have.

However, to my point, is it possible that invasive species would be less infested in freshwater areas had we as a species done much less sea based transport because it was cost prohibitive?

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