PRIORITIZZAZIONE DELLE SPECIE ALIENE MARINE ITALIANE PER L’IMPLEMENTAZIONE DI UNA LISTA DI SPECIE ALIENE INVASIVE DI RILEVANZA NAZIONALE AI SENSI DEL REGOLAMENTO EU 1143/2014 E DEL DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 230/2017

The EU regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is based on the core concept of “IAS of EU concern”: species to be targeted for action. Besides the existing, and continuously being updated, European list, Italy is developing its own national list. Here we describe the process of development of the list of marine IAS of Italian concern and show the highest priority marine IAS