Jack Kingston: “on Saturday, March 5, I was honored to participate in a change of command ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Canopus [AS 34]…”

“on Saturday, March 5, I was honored to participate in a change of command ceremony aboard the U.S.S. Canopus [AS 34] which is a submarine tender assigned to the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in my district. As Admiral Ellis, the base commander, toured me around following the ceremony, he mentioned an activity, the cleaning and removal of aquatic nuisance biological species--including nonindigenous species--from the ballast and seawater system components of Navy ships, which I immediately thought you and our subcommittee should hear about. During testimony on H.R. 3360 last year, I did not hear any mention of the apparently lengthy and exhaustive research which has been undertaken by the U.S. Navy in the area of prevention and control of harmful native and nonnative aquatic organisms. Yet, it would appear that the Navy has been working on this problem for more than 7 years, and has made significant progress in developing an effective control methodology.”