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Originally Posted by RWebb
There are a dozen or more ways, but often it is in the ballast tanks that are used and flushed periodically to trim the ship.
As a biologist, I regard that as a significant problem.
Yes, the airplanes are tightly controlled as Wayne noted. The whole idea is to make it as transparent as possible to human passengers. That's why you don't notice anything usually.
I don't know re the Hawaiian Islands, but in some cases the entire cargo compartment has been flushed with deadly gases to prevent some of the mistakes of the past with invasives.
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So you are telling me that there is a significant difference between the ocean-going wildlife that surrounds islands like Maui and Kauai?
And don't TONS of ships from the mainland and Asia dock in Hawaii? I've always been under the impression that they are 100% dependent on shipping for food, fuel, finished goods, etc...
Edit: I'm not trying to put-down. The above is what I considered before posting this question.