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Draft Habitat regulations open for public consultation

The draft Habitats Regulations which includes in Part III provision relating to non-native species are now available for public consultation until 3rd of  September.  Please visit the Departments of Environment, Heritage and Local Government website to access the document and for more information.

Sections 46 and 47 relate to non-natives.  Third schedule species lists available on pages 147 to 150 inclusive.

Further expansion of some invasive non-native species in Ireland

Recent articles in the online journal Aquatic Invasions list records for new occurrences of three non-native and potentially invasive aquatic  species in Ireland: Hemimysis anomalaStyela clava and Crepidula fornicata.