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much higher. Nevertheless, it is important to understand, that the volumetric estimation
of ballast water discharges is only one very superfi cial expression when ballast
water is seen from a different perspective, the perspective of transfer of harmful
aquatic organisms and pathogens. From this perspective, volumes of ballast water
being discharged are much less important then what is actually in the ballast water
discharged (see chapter “ The Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens
with Ballast Water and Their Impacts ” ).

Acknowledgements My grateful thanks to Captain P.G.H. Stapleton, Master Mariner, BSc, from
UK; Captain Alok Kumar, Master Mariner, BSc, from India; Chief Offi cer Kiril Tereš enko, MSc,

MBA, from Poland; and Chief Offi cer Guy Mali, BSc, from the Netherlands; for reviewing this
chapter and for very valuable comments. I further like to thank my colleague Stephan Gollasch for
his valuable editorial suggestions.
The research leading to part of these results has received funding from the European Community's
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement No. [266445] for the
project Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors
(VECTORS). Part of this publication has been produced with the fi nancial assistance of the IPA
Adriatic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme - strategic project Ballast Water Management
System for Adriatic Sea Protection (BALMAS). The contents of this publication are the sole
responsibility of authors and can under no circumstances be regarded as refl ecting the position of
the IPA Adriatic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Authorities.

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