Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the National Biodiversity Data Centre (Data Centre) have been tasked by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to undertake risk assessments on certain non-native species listed in the Third Schedule to the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (SI 477/2011). The risk assessments provide evidence-based knowledge that will be used by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the implementation of Regulations 49, 50 and 74. These regulations are concerned with the prohibition on the introduction, dispersal, trading and keeping of certain non-native species and associated licensing requirements that may apply.
Each risk assessment completed (refer to list below) has undergone an internal review and an external expert review and is now available for stakeholder and public consultation on the project website www.nonnativespecies.ie . This Third Round of Public Consultation on Non-native Species Risk Assessments is to facilitate requests received from stakeholders to extend the consultation period. As we wish to provide for the maximum public input to this process, we invite any interested parties to make submissions on these completed risk assessments which are available for comment for a one month period, ending Friday 12th September 2014.
Additional information on the Non-native Species Risk Assessment Project can be found on the project website www.nonnativespecies.ie. Guidance information on the licensing requirements can be viewed at http://nonnativespecies.ie/notices-and-documentation/
The following risk assessments are now available for comment until the 12/09/2014:
Animals
- Astacus astacus (Noble Crayfish)
- Astacus leptodactylus (Turkish Crayfish)
- Bufo bufo (Common Toad)
- Capreolus capreolus (Roe Deer)
- Corbicula fluminea (Asian River Clam)
- Crepidula fornicata (Slipper Limpet)
- Cyprinus carpio (Carp)
- Hydropotes inermis (Chinese Water Deer)
- Leuciscus cephalus (Chub)
- Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)
- Muntiacus reevesi (Muntjac Deer)
- Orconectes limosus (Spiny-cheek Crayfish)
- Pacifastacus leniusculus (Signal Crayfish)
- Procambarus clarkii (Red Swamp Crayfish)
- Procambarus spp. (Marbled Crayfish)
- Strix aluco (Tawny Owl)
- Sus scrofa (Wild Boar)
- Tamias sibiricus (Siberian Chipmunk)
Plants
- Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered Leek)
- Aponogeton distachyos (Cape Pondweed)
- Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern)
- Crassula helmsii (Australian Swamp Stonecrop)
- Egeria densa (Large-flowered Waterweed)
- Elodea canadensis (Canadian Pondweed)
- Elodea nuttallii (Nuttall’s Pondweed)
- Gunnera manicata (Brazilian Giant-rhubarb)
- Gunnera tinctoria (Giant-Rhubarb)
- Hyacinthoides hispanica (including H. non-scripta x H. hispanica) (Spanish Bluebell)
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating Pennywort)
- Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam)
- Juncus planifolius (Broad-leaved Rush)
- Lagarosiphon major (Curly-leaved Waterweed)
- Ludwigia (L. grandiflora, L. peploides and L. hexapetala) (Water-primrose)
- Lysichiton americanus (American Skunk-cabbage)
- Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrots Feather)
- Nymphoides peltata (Fringed Water-lily)
- Persicaria perfoliata (Mile-a-minute Weed)
- Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce)
- Rhododendron ponticum (including R. x superponticum) (Rhododendron)
- Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)
The following risk assessments will be available for comment shortly:
- Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot-fig)
- Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea-buckthorn)
