FEATURED COVERAGE
New York Times online: Tests of Ballast Water System Are Flawed, January 14, 2015 
Science online: Tests Used to Ensure Ships Don’t Carry Deadly Cargo Draw Sharp Criticism, January 15, 2015
DeYoung Museum Blog: A Vision of the Bay Invasion, August 15, 2012 
San Francisco Chronicle: Tiny Snail carries a Worm that Makes Swimmers Itch, Front Page, September 30, 2010
KQED QUEST: San Francisco Bay Invaders, Video, May 29, 2007
NPR’s All Things Considered: Big Oysters Invade San Francisco Bay, Interviewed by Melissa Block, Audio Recording, August 18, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle: The Great Invaders – A New Ecosystem is Evolving in San Francisco Bay, Sunday Magazine Cover Story, February 6, 2006
National Geographic Magazine: Attack of the Invasives, March 5, 2005
NPR’s Living on Earth: Invasive Species in San Francisco Bay, Interviewed by Clay Scott, Audio Recording, November 9, 2001
NPR’s Living on Earth: Bio-invaders in California, Interviewed by Nathan Johnson, Audio Recording, November 12, 1999
NPR’s Talk of the Nation – Science Friday: Alien Species in San Francisco Bay, Interviewed by Ira Flatow, Audio Recording, January 23, 1998
OTHER COVERAGE
IMO Comments on Study that States Ballast Water Tests to Prevent Spread of Disease are a Failure, Marine Trader online, February 2, 2015
Report: Ballast Treatment Tests Flawed, Don’t Measure How Well Systems Kill Disease Carriers, U.S. News & World Report, January 14, 2015
Ballast Water Pathogen Tests Invalid?, Maritime Executive, January 14, 2015
Ballast Water Testing Program to Prevent Spread of Disease a Failure, Study Finds, Marine Trader online, January 14, 2015
Combating Bay Invaders, KQED QUEST, April 15, 2011
Invasive Species Pose Threat to Human Health, Scientists Warn, Sacramento Bee, December 12, 2010
Cal Maritime Academy’s Training Ship Testing Ballast Water Treatment, Vallejo Times-Herald, December 12, 2010
The Bay Area’s Battle with Invasive Species in Ballast Water, KALW News Audio Recording, November 29, 2010
Rash on Alameda Beachgoers Blamed on Invading Snail, San Jose Mercury News, September 26, 2010
Bay Watch, BioScience, December 2008
Quagga Mussel Threat Puts Focus on Lake Casitas, Ventura County Star, January 20, 2008
Mussel-bound, California Magazine, Nov/Dec 2007
Dogs Sniff Out Tiny Invaders that Imperil Pipelines, Sacramento Bee, October 25, 2007
Invasion of the Bay Snatchers: Local Scientists Battle Aquatic Invaders that Quash Biodiversity and Threaten State Coffers, East Bay Express, June 6, 2007
Wish You Weren’t Here, High Country News, March 5, 2007
Mussel Threatens State Waters, Daily Triplicate, February 2, 2007
Mussels a Risk to Pipelines, Delta Ecology, San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2007
State Seeking to Restrict Invasive Ocean Species, San Jose Mercury News, September 8, 2006
Biologists Discover Giant Exotic Oysters in San Francisco Bay, Contra Costa Times, August 18, 2006
Mysterious Oysters Living in Bay—Hundreds of Alien Bivalves Removed in Emergency Project, San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2006
Keeping Out Marine Hitchhikers, Coast & Ocean, Winter 2005/2006
New Rules Sought for Tiny Invaders, San Jose Mercury News, October 4, 2005
Invaders Cause Rash of Problems for Swimmers, Nature, August 4, 2005
Scientists Track Alien Species Infesting Bay, Delta, Contra Costa Times, June 22, 2005
Underwater Invasion, Science, July 22, 2005
Itch Affects Dozens at Alameda Beach, Inside Bay Area, June 15, 2005
Coastal Waters Threat Reported: A Scientist Foresees an ‘Invasional Meltdown’ of Ecosystems, Sacramento Bee, January 5, 2005
Invasive Plant Eliminates Natives, Threatening Wildlife, San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 2004
Dumped Water Disrupts Ports With Foreign Species, San Jose Mercury News, September 3, 2003
New Expansion Plans at the Port of Oakland, East Bay Express, June 8, 2001
Invading Species Hit State and Nation Hard, Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2000
Scientists Battle Algae Invader, Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2000
Invasive European Algae Threatens Pacific Coast, Monterey County Herald, August 4, 2000
Ultimate Sea Weed Loose in America, Science News, July 15, 2000
Scientists Urge Ban on Import of Sinister Seaweed, USA Today, October 23, 1999
California Attacks Alien Species, San Francisco Examiner, October 10, 1999
Bioinvaders Proliferate in U.S. Waterways, The Scientist, August 16, 1999
The Menace of Waterborne Aliens, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 4, 1999
At Work in the Mudflats, San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, 1999
U.S. Ban Urged for Alien Alga, Science News, November 21, 1998
Unwelcome Sea Voyagers, U.S. News & World Report, October 26, 1998
S.F. Bay: Cleaner But Still a Ways to Go, Los Angeles Times, September 10, 1998
Aliens Invade America!, Newsweek, August 10, 1998
Marine Conservationists Win Fellowships, CNN.com, July 13, 1998
Rogue Algae, Science News, July 4, 1998
European Crab Leaps to Pacific Prominence, Science News, June 13, 1998
Biological Warfare, MetroNews, May 1, 1997
Crusty Aliens Stage Invasion into Castro Valley Creek, Castro Valley Forum, May 14, 1997
Aquatic Invaders, San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 1996
Chinese Mitten Crabs Discover San Francisco Bay, Pacific Discovery, Summer 1996
Small Crab Could be Mighty Delta Enemy, Stockton Record, August 2, 1996
Pesky Crab Found in Marsh, Vacaville Reporter, June 17, 1996
Exotic Crab is Proliferating, Sacramento Bee, June 15, 1996
Chinese Mitten Crab Inches Toward Delta, Contra Costa Times, June 11, 1996
Californians Fight Next Wave of ‘Aliens’; Hitchhiking on Ships, Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1996
Invader Species Tighten Grip on Bay, Delta, Sacramento Bee, April 1, 1996
Helping Bay May Hurt Port Industry; Bill to Slow Marine Life Could Curtail Shipping, Oakland Tribune, March 22, 1996
Bay Area Waters Take on Ballast of Marine Peril, Contra Costa Times, March 21, 1996
Aquatic Invaders Attack the Bay; Congress Urged to Tighten Controls on Dumping Ballast, Valley Times, March 21, 1996
Foreign Species Threaten Bay and Delta, Study Says; Continent’s ‘Most Invaded’ Water System, San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 1996
Bay Invaders Destroy Native Species’ Food; 212 Non-Natives Found in Estuary, More than Twice That Anywhere Else, San Francisco Examiner, March 20, 1996
Purging Ships of Aquatic Invaders, San Mateo Times, December 1995
Chinese Crab in S. F. Bay Puts Diners, Delta at Risk, Sacramento Bee, November 30, 1994
Dangerous Chinese Crab Inhabits Bay; Scientists Fear for Crops, Levees, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, November 30, 1994
A Potentially Painful Pinch: Scientists Sound Alarm on Crab Find in S.F. Bay, Santa Barbara News Press, November 30, 1994
Chinese Crab is Threat to Bay Area Environment, San Mateo Times, November 1994
Dangerous Crab Found in S.F. Bay, Stockton Record, November 30, 1994
Scientists Warn About Bay Invader, San Francisco Chronicle, November 29, 1994
Pesky Mitten Crabs Found in Bay, San Francisco Examiner, November 29, 1994
Destructive Crab Found in S.F. Bay, San Jose Mercury News, November 29, 1994
Chinese Mitten Crab on the Loose in the Bay, Oakland Tribune, November 29, 1994
Chinese Crab Could Threaten Health of S.F. Bay, Marin Independent, November 29, 1994
Chinese Crab Invades Bay, Threatens Crops, Contra Costa Times, November 29, 1994
S.F. Bay Under Attack From Alien Organisms, San Francisco Chronicle, August 11, 1993