Gerenciamento da água de lastro e sedimentos de navios e a bioinvasão

Abstract

This graduation work intent to analyze two actions taken by two different governments about invasive species that wore brought by ships in the ballast water. The Zebra mussel in the United States of America and the Golden mussel in Brazil. Compare the two legislatives actions e the ways that this countries have found to fight the invasive species how caused a giant impact in the flora and fauna. This work is also about the history of ballast in ships, about its importance, and intent to do a brief analysis of BWM convention of IMO. The best way to fight these invasive species is to prevent then to reach other contries.