On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Paul Hayward <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz> wrote: > > The idea is that spores & seeds of species can be carried even in the wet > felt of the inner-soles of waders used by fly fishermen - so there's lots > of > scope for transmission in kayak bilge-water, leaky-hatch water & even wet > booties/pfds. Our program is treatment of all wet gear - not just boats. > > The cat is already out of the bag for most water plant invasions in our neck of the woods. The lake in front of my house is going to be undergoing a disinfection program this summer in what seems like a continual attack on milfoil. All the previous programs have failed miserably. I'm sure no one thinks that it can be eradicated now; all they hope to do is keep it more-or-less under control. What Idaho is really worried about are the zebra mussels that are moving from one state to another. There was a video a year or so ago showing a trailered outboard boat with these zebra mussels festooned all over it trundling happily into Idaho. The fecal matter hit the rotating air circulation device right after that. All launch ramps around here have signs informing boaters of the problems of invasive species and asking them to clean off any trailing plant material. No mention of using dilute bleach has been made here that I've seen. Your system in NZ is probably the best way to combat the problem but my experience with human nature has caused me to be cynical about all things so I suspect that you'll have enough people who don't bother that the problem won't go away. As far as such a program here goes, putting even a dilute solution of bleach into the hands of some power boaters is a safety hazard unto itself. :P Craig I guess buying a $5 sticker is better than nothing. But if people are driving right past the few inspection posts that exist I can't see how they'll stop anything. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 11 2011 - 19:01:37 PDT
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