Check Clean Dry
Summer 2016 –
Paddling Abroad
Combined PFD/topdeck
This summer, the Non Native Species
Secretariat (NNSS) and Defra are working
on a Check Clean Dry campaign targeting
travellers, to reduce the risk of introduction of
new invasive species and diseases.
Super thin body foam
Buoyant spraydeck
Many recreational water users, including paddlers, will be
travelling to the near continent, where numerous invasive
freshwater species have been found.
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To raise awareness of invasive freshwater species and the
steps to help prevent their spread, posters will be displayed in
channel ports for paddlesport to highlight the issue. Similar
posters have been prepared for the other water-based
pursuits of angling and boating. NNSS will also be promoting
the campaign in the specialist press and on social media.
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ICF 6.12KG approved
The campaign is prompted from continuing concern. In
recent years the rate of new introductions of invasive
freshwater species to Britain has increased dramatically.
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www.britishcanoeing.org.uk
Many more of these and other invasive freshwater species
are present in neighbouring countries such as France,
Belgium and the Netherlands. A key concern is that these
could be introduced to Britain by recreational water users
returning from a trip abroad with their own kit, many of
whom travel to the near continent each year.
For more information visit:
www.nonnativespecies.org/checkcleandry
and www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/guidanceresources/waterways-environment/
environmental-good-practice/stop-the-spread/
heading abroad this summer to
explore new waterbodies?
Invasive species can block waterways, make navigation and paddling difficult
and harm the environment. Protect the sport you love, remember to:
CHECK
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING EQUIPMENT
Following the 1992 creation of a canal linking the Danube
and Rhine, numerous species from the Ponto-Caspian basin
have spread rapidly into Western Europe. Many of these
species, which include killer shrimp, quagga and zebra
mussel, are highly invasive. Before the canal was built, a new
Ponto-Caspian species was introduced to Britain every 100
years, but the rate has increased to one new species every 18
months since 2004.
CLEAN
DRY
your equipment and clothing before you return
www.nonnativespecies.org/checkcleandry
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