print email comment close National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (NBIC) URL: http://invasions.si.edu/nbic/ Description: The NBIC, a program of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and the United States Coast Guard, "collects, analyzes, and interprets data on the ballast water management practices of commercial ships." A main goal of the NBIC is "to determine the degree to which ... [ballast] water has undergone ... treatments designed to reduce the likelihood of ballast-mediated invasions by exotic species." It features a database with ballast discharge information and links to research. Extra Keywords SERC National Invasive Species Act of 1996 nisa Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ballast (Ships) Discharge of ballast water Introduced organisms LII Database Information: Record 19282 created by Maria Brandt on 10/10/2005 Last modification on 10/12/2005 Published: 10/13/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19282