Principal Investigator Judith Pederson
Co-investigator Juliet Simpson
MIT Sea Grant provides information on marine invasive species through its Marine Bioinvasions site and through a collaborative regional site, New England Marine Invasive Species (NEMIS). In addition, MIT Sea Grant coordinates periodic (four assessments since 2000) Rapid Assessment Surveys (RAS) of marine non-native species in the Northeast. For each RAS, an international team of marine species experts is assembled to identify, document, and distribute information about both native and introduced species found at selected sites. The goals of these programs are to raise public awareness and provide approaches to prevent and mitigate the spread of invaders.