Status of Aquatic Invasive Species in Tampa Bay and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Likely Sources of Marine Organisms Nonindigenous to Florida

•Fouling on ships’ hulls

•Transport in ballast water

•Arrival with aquaculture packing material

•Escape from field aquaculture

•Escape from aquaria

Carlton and Ruckelshaus, 1997


	This is a list of likely sources of marine introductions. These are generally considered unintentional.