@ARTICLE{Pyć_Dorota_Risk_2011, author={Pyć, Dorota}, number={No XXVII}, pages={179-203}, journal={Prawo Morskie}, howpublished={online}, year={2011}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Gdańsku}, abstract={The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM 2004) is a new frontier in the field of marine environment protection. The Convention’s aim is to reduce the risk of spreading of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens into alien marine environments by ships’ ballast water and sediments. There is a list of non-indigenous species in the Baltic Sea which has been compiled in accordance with The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (HELCOM 1992). As ships carry thousands of species in their ballast water, the danger to the marine and coastal environ-ment is substantial. Some of the HELCOM signatories have already ratified the BWM (Sweden, Norway) and thus may provide hands-on account of practicalities of the Con-vention. The HELCOM countries have agreed to ratify the BWM Convention by 2013 at the latest. The Author’s research may therefore be of value as Poland is currently considering ratification of the Convention.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Risk Management on Introduction of Invasive Species into the Marine Environment. Analysis of IMO Guidelines on BWM Convention}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/93150/mainfile.pdf}, }