Biosecurity Plans & Regulations

Biosecurity plans guide management decisions for preventing, detecting, and rapidly responding to the introduction of invasive alien species. Site location, land ownership, likely invasive species' introduction pathways, and native species at risk will influence recommendations in the plan. However, overarching biosecurity principles are often common between regions. This library contains biosecurity plans for sites around the world and can assist managers in writing or updating plans for their own region. Click the images below to learn about the California Islands Biosecurity program and read about biosecurity for other ecological management areas. Please e-mail californiaislandsforum@gmail.com if you would like to suggest additional biosecurity plans and related documents to be featured on this page. 

Updates for Wake Atoll Biosecurity Management, Biological Control, Survey, and Management, and Integrated Pest Management Plans (2022)

Santa Rosa Island Research Station Biosecurity Communications Plan (2022) 

Naval Base Ventura County San Nicolas Island Biosecurity Plan (2019)

Disease and Introduced Species Prevention Protocol for Permitted Activities in the Marine Environment Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (2018)

Santa Cruz Island Biosecurity Recommendations (2017)

California Islands Biosecurity Program Plan (2013) 

USGS Biosecurity Plan for Palmyra Atoll (2010)

Department of Conservation Rangitoto/Motutapu Pest Eradication Biosecurity Plan (2010) 

biosecurity outreach resources

Click the images below to learn about what you can do to protect the California Islands from invasive species introductions. If you are visiting the islands with a group, please print and distribute these handouts to your group members before leaving the mainland. 

BIOSECURITY IN CONTRACTS

Biosecurity Language to Be Inserted into NPS Contracts & Agreements (As Needed): Inserting biosecurity regulations in contracts and agreements protects native species and clarifies rules for contractors and partners in ecological areas. Click here to read the biosecurity language that the Channel Islands National Park inserts into contracts and agreements.

Biosecurity Requirements for All Cargo Being Transported to San Nicolas Island Via Barge, Aircraft, or Other Transport Methods: Click here to read the biosecurity regulations provided by Naval Base Ventura County to all of its contractors who will be conducting work on San Nicolas Island, CA.         

ADDITIONAL BIOSECURITY-RELATED DOCUMENTS

Channel Islands Current Potting Soil Practices (2022)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Green Waste Disposal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (2022)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Invasive Pest Prevention Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (2022) 

Naval Base Ventura County Instruction, signed by NBVC Commanding Officer (2021) 

Environmental Compliance Memorandum (ECM) Biosecurity Protocol for Hawaii Island (2019) 

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Special Conditions and Rules for Moving Between Islands/Atolls and Packing for Field Camps (2018) 

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Marine Alien Species Prevention Standards for Maritime Vessels (2014) 

TNC of Hawaii Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Gear Sanitation Protocols (2004) 

Prevention of Alien Species Introduction Protocol for The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (1992)