RIDNIS Workshop Information Page

 Workshop Information

December 1, 2000 The first workshop
was held at the Elihu M. Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street,
Oakland, California. For a summary of the workshop click
here. To view pictures from the workshop click
here.

May 8, 2001

The San Francisco Urban Perspective
The second workshop was
held at the Holiday Inn San Mateo/Airport Area, San Mateo, CA.
For agenda information click
here. For a summary of the workshop click
here.

Invited participants
included members from aquarium and pet trades including large
discount outlets and independent aquarium hobbyists, aquaculturists
and live seafood importers including ethnic seafood distributors
as well as members of academia, regulatory agencies, and others
concerned with reducing unwanted introductions of aquatic species
in the San Francisco Bay-Delta.

October 22, 2001

The Delta Perspective The third workshop was held at
the DANR Cooperative Extension Auditorium, Stockton, CA. Invited
participants included representatives from the live bait, recreational
boating and fishing, landscape/aquascape and nursery industries
and regulatory agencies. To see the agenda click
here.

Workshop 4
Meetings Overview

March 2003 Meeting Summary

November 2002 Meeting Summary

Master Gardener Workshop, April 2005
As a mostly "hands on" workshop with live specimens
to view, these handouts were available for the audience.

Workshop Outline

Regulated Animals List
Regulated Plant List

Aquarium Industry Workshop, Monterey Bay Aquarium, May 2005
Held in Monterey, California at the Marriott Hotel's San Carlos room
this workshop had good results. You can access the workshop summary and list of recommendations here.

Speakers-meeting summary

Recommended Voluntary Guidelines

Aquatic Horticulture Workshop,
U.C. Berkeley Botanaical Gardens,

November 7, 2005
The Aquatic Horticulture Workshop held at the U.C. Berkeley
Botanical Gardens was a success. The meeting summary notes and a list of recommendations can be accessed here.

Meeting summary

Recommended Voluntary Guidelines

Other Workshops, Meetings, and Conferences pertaining to NIS:

International
Caulerpa taxifolia Conference

January
31-February 1, 2002

San Diego, California (USA) University of California Cooperative
Extension, with support from the California Department of Fish
and Game, the California Sea Grant College Program, and the Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force hosted an International Conference
on Caulerpa taxifolia. The conference included speakers
from across the globe with the goal of fostering scientific collaboration
and information exchange in order to develop research, management,
and education priorities for this important and problematic species.
For agenda information click
here.

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RIDNIS Project Workshop Page, September 2003 - September 2005
(Reducing the Introduction and Distribution of Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species through Outreach & Education)
University of California Cooperative Extension, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

This project is funded by the CBDA California Bay-Delta Authority in cooperation with the University of California Cooperative Extension.

	December 1, 2000	The first workshop was held at the Elihu M. Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, California. For a summary of the workshop click here. To view pictures from the workshop click here.
	May 8, 2001 The San Francisco Urban Perspective	The second workshop was held at the Holiday Inn San Mateo/Airport Area, San Mateo, CA. For agenda information click here. For a summary of the workshop click here. Invited participants included members from aquarium and pet trades including large discount outlets and independent aquarium hobbyists, aquaculturists and live seafood importers including ethnic seafood distributors as well as members of academia, regulatory agencies, and others concerned with reducing unwanted introductions of aquatic species in the San Francisco Bay-Delta.
	October 22, 2001 The Delta Perspective	The third workshop was held at the DANR Cooperative Extension Auditorium, Stockton, CA. Invited participants included representatives from the live bait, recreational boating and fishing, landscape/aquascape and nursery industries and regulatory agencies. To see the agenda click here.
	Workshop 4	Meetings Overview March 2003 Meeting Summary November 2002 Meeting Summary
	Master Gardener Workshop, April 2005	As a mostly "hands on" workshop with live specimens to view, these handouts were available for the audience. Workshop Outline Regulated Animals List Regulated Plant List
	Aquarium Industry Workshop, Monterey Bay Aquarium, May 2005	Held in Monterey, California at the Marriott Hotel's San Carlos room this workshop had good results. You can access the workshop summary and list of recommendations here. Speakers-meeting summary Recommended Voluntary Guidelines
	Aquatic Horticulture Workshop, U.C. Berkeley Botanaical Gardens, November 7, 2005	The Aquatic Horticulture Workshop held at the U.C. Berkeley Botanical Gardens was a success. The meeting summary notes and a list of recommendations can be accessed here. Meeting summary Recommended Voluntary Guidelines

RIDNIS Project Workshop Page, September 2003 - September 2005 (Reducing the Introduction and Distribution of Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species through Outreach & Education) University of California Cooperative Extension, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
This project is funded by the CBDA California Bay-Delta Authority in cooperation with the University of California Cooperative Extension.