Web Addresses
Primary ANS Contacts
Freshwater Plants:
- Marian Munro
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer St.
Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6
phone: 902.424.3564
zinckmc@gov.ns.ca
Freshwater Animals:
- Murray Hill
NS Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries
Fisheries and Aquaculture Services, Inland Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 700
Pictou, NS, BOK 1H0
phone:902.485.7021
hillm@gov.ns.ca - Andrew Hebda
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer St.
Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6
phone: 902.424.6455
Hebdaaj@gov.ns.ca
Saltwater Plants:
- Marian Munro
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer St.
Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6
phone: 902.424.3564
zinckmc@gov.ns.ca
Saltwater Animals:
- Andrew Bagnall
NS Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Fisheries and Aquaculture Services, Aquaculture Development and Extension Services
P.O. Box 2223
Halifax, NS, B3J 3C4
phone: 902.424.0355
bagnalag@gov.ns.ca - Andrew Hebda
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer St.
Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6
phone: 902.424.6455
Hebdaaj@gov.ns.ca - Atlantic Shore, Bay of Fundy
Benedikte Vercaemer
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
1 Challenger Dr., P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2
phone: 902.426.6733
VercaemerB@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Panel Membership
Agency
- NS Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Representative
- Jason Leblanc, NS Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Species Actively Managed
Plants
Animals
- Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
- Golden star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri)
- Vase tunicate (Ciona intestinalis)
- Violet tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)
Other Established Species of Concern
Plants
- Oyster thief (Coduim fragile ssp. tomentosoides)
Animals
- Clubbed tunicate (Styela clava)
- European sea squirt (Ascidiella aspersa)
- Green crab (Carcinus maenas)
- Japanese skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica)
- Lacy bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea)
- Pancake batter tunicate (Didemnum vexillum)
Programs/Resources
- Invasive Tunicate Action Research Team (ITART)