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... Mollusks ( non - marine ) Species with origins outside of the United States Number > 2,000 142 > 2,000 70 91 Percentage of total species in the United States in category b 5 = 60 / 0 = 2 % = 8 % = 4 % b Plant pathogens . . Total ...
... Mollusks ( non - marine ) Species with origins outside of the United States Number > 2,000 142 > 2,000 70 91 Percentage of total species in the United States in category b 5 = 60 / 0 = 2 % = 8 % = 4 % b Plant pathogens . . Total ...
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... mollusks usually hitchhike with plants, commercial shipments, baggage, household goods, ships' ballast water, or aquarium and aquiculture shipments. Far more unintentional introductions of insects and plant pathogens have had harmful ...
... mollusks usually hitchhike with plants, commercial shipments, baggage, household goods, ships' ballast water, or aquarium and aquiculture shipments. Far more unintentional introductions of insects and plant pathogens have had harmful ...
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... mollusks that harm natural areas continue to arrive in the country (ch. 3) (8). APHIS may screen out some mollusks during inspection of plant imports, but only if they are potential agricultural pests. Just one species would be stopped ...
... mollusks that harm natural areas continue to arrive in the country (ch. 3) (8). APHIS may screen out some mollusks during inspection of plant imports, but only if they are potential agricultural pests. Just one species would be stopped ...
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... mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates ( 8 ) . No centralized list of recently detected or potential new pests exists ( ch . 3 , 10 ) . 20 57 Federal Register 43628-43631 ( Sept. 22 , 1992 ) FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE The Fish and ...
... mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates ( 8 ) . No centralized list of recently detected or potential new pests exists ( ch . 3 , 10 ) . 20 57 Federal Register 43628-43631 ( Sept. 22 , 1992 ) FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE The Fish and ...
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J other species of wild mammals, wild birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacean), amphibians, reptiles, or the offspring or eggs of any of the foregoing which the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe by regulation to be ...
J other species of wild mammals, wild birds, fish (including mollusks and crustacean), amphibians, reptiles, or the offspring or eggs of any of the foregoing which the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe by regulation to be ...
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