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EASIN News for 2016

The Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 2016-11-23.

The tropical green seaweed Halimeda incrassata (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. Plants were observed at 2 sites off Mallorca island (NW Mediterranean), and species identification was confirmed molecularly.

We are glad to inform that the Marine Mediterranean Invasive Alien Species Database (MAMIAS) and the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) have joined the EASIN network of data partners. Their spatial data are available through specific filters in the EASIN mapping tool.