THE FOURTH
SCHEDULE 9 REVIEW
Information Pack
2 June 2015
JNCC Contact details
Ant Maddock
ant.maddock@jncc.gov.uk
CONTENTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Introduction
How the review will work
Criteria for selection of non-native species
Proforma
Working group members
1.
Introduction
Welcome to the consultation on the review of Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act
(1981) (as amended)). Under section 14 of the Act it is an offence to release animals and
plants listed on Schedule 9, or animals which are not ordinarily resident, or regular visitors to
GB into the wild. Schedule 9 of the Act lists species which are non-native or native species
about which there is conservation concern. This review concerns the listing of non-native
species only.
According to the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), the Secretary of State for the Department
of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Minister for the Environment in the
Welsh Government may review the plants or animals on Parts 1 or 2 respectively of Schedule
9. These reviews are overseen by JNCC and the statutory nature conservation agencies. This
is the fourth review of Schedule 9. The last review of Schedule 9 was undertaken by the Joint
Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in 2006. Defra considered JNCC’s proposals and
undertook its own consultation in which amendments to Schedule 9 were proposed, before
changes to the Schedule were finalised and came into force during 2010. The latest list of
species on Schedule 9 can be found in Annex 1.
This document outlines how the 2015 review will be run, provides a timetable and describes
the criteria to be used to select (or remove) species. Relevant to this review are the following
changes to the Wildlife and Countryside Act as amended by the Infrastructure Act (2015)
which separate Schedule 9 into:
Part 1:
Part 1A:
Part 1B:
Part 2:
Non-native animals
Native animals (native taxa for which there is a need to control the release of
animals into the wild)
Native animals no longer present (essentially to enable the statutory
conservation bodies to manage the release, including uncontrolled release, into
the wild of taxa that were native in Britain but have died out in Britain)
Non-native plants (including vascular and non-vascular plants and fungi)
This review is only concerned with Part 1 and Part 2 (non-native species) and will not
deal with Part 1A or Part 1B.
2.
How the review will work
2.1 Background
Advance notice of this consultation was given on 31 March 2015, to allow stakeholders to
draw together information and consider species for which recommendations for addition or
removal might be made.
The consultation period during which you are invited to submit proposals for species to be
listed on or removed from Schedule 9 will run for two months starting today and ending on 2
August 2015. After this consultation, an independent and external peer review of the evidence
will be conducted. Thereafter, the working group (see Section 5) will assess the consultation
submissions and, if necessary, contact the proposers to discuss any issues that may be
unclear or require further evidence. A final recommendations report will be prepared and
submitted to Defra and the Welsh Government. It is likely that these administrations will hold a
second consultation based on the JNCC recommendations before signing the revised
schedule into law.
This review covers England and Wales only. Scotland operates under the Nature
Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 which amends the Wildlife & Countryside Act for Scotland.
Please note that this review deals with Part 1 (non-native animals) and Part 2 (non-native
plants) only of the amended Schedule 9.
You are invited to use this Information Pack to propose submissions for the inclusion (or
removal) of species on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). A proforma is
provided for this below. This is a strictly evidence-based process so please ensure that all
proposals are supported by evidence and that this is presented clearly in the proformae.
Submissions not supported by evidence will not be considered. One proforma should be
completed for each species. Proformae should be sent to Ant Maddock (contact details are
provided in Section 5).
Names of members of the working group managing the review are listed in Section 5.
2.2 Timetable
The target date for delivery to Defra and the Welsh Government of the recommendations
arising from this review is late October 2015. Important dates and activities are provided in
Table 1.
Table 1. Schedule 9 review - main activities
Activity
Start consultation
End consultation
Working group to review & analyse results, prepare report
Sign-off of the report by working group, statutory agencies and JNCC
Submit report via Defra and Welsh Government, to Ministers
Date
2 June 2015
2 August 2015
end Sept 2015
Oct 2015
end Oct 2015
3.
Criteria for selection of species
The Schedule 9 Criteria for Part 1 or Part 2
This review deals with Part 1 and Part 2 only as listed above and the criteria for selection of
species for Part 1 and Part 2 on Schedule 9 are:
3.1 Range of taxa under consideration
1. Any non-native animal taxon which is established in the wild in England or Wales.
2. Any plant (includes vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, lichens, fungi) taxon (nonnative to all or parts of England or Wales)
Decision criteria
Part 1
Non-Native Animals
1. Evidence that human activity results in or is likely to result in the intentional or
accidental introduction or spread of the animal in the wild.
And
2. Evidence that the taxon poses, or could in future pose, a threat to biodiversity
conservation, animal welfare or human interests when introduced to the wild. Evidence
of potential threat must be provided, including where available, any GB Non-native
Species Secretariat (GB NNSS) risk assessments1.
Part 2
Plants
1. Evidence that human activity results in or is likely to result in the planting or
intentionally or accidentally causing to grow in the wild of any plant
And
2. Evidence that the taxon poses, or could in future pose, a threat to biodiversity
conservation, animal welfare or human interests when introduced to the wild. Evidence
of potential threat must be provided, including where available, any GB NNSS risk
assessments 1.
1
There are currently 59 published GB NNSS risk assessments.
http://www.nonnativespecies.org/index.cfm?sectionid=51
4.
Proforma
Recommendation for amendment to Schedule 9 Part 1 and Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981
(To be completed in full for each species proposal)
Name of proposer
Plant or animal
Organisation
Nomenclature
Type of organism
Contact details
Scientific name and authority
English name
NOTES FOR THE BOXES ABOVE
Plant or Animal: State if this is a plant (including fungi and non-vascular plants) or an animal
Nomenclature: Class, Order or Family
Type of organism: State species, taxon or level below species including hybrid, variety, genetically modified organisms
Add/Rem: Please insert Add or Remove to indicate if you are suggesting the taxon for addition to, or removal from, Schedule 9
Add/Rem
PART 1 ANIMALS
1.1 Animals Please provide evidence that human activity results in or is likely to result in the
intentional or accidental introduction or spread of this animal in the wild.
1.2 Animals Please provide evidence that that the animal poses, or could in future pose, a
threat to wildlife or biodiversity or human interests (arrival dates, patterns of spread,
pathway etc.). If one of the GB NNSS risk assessments has been used, please provide the
reference.
1.3 Animals Please specify the known native global range of the animal.
1.4 Animals Please specify the evidence for the animal being established (i.e. breeding and
producing offspring which reach maturity) in the wild and its known range in Great Britain
(attach map if possible).
1.5 Animals If possible, please provide data on trends in the animals' abundance in England
and Wales and Great Britain.
1.6 Animals Please specify the types of habitats occupied by the animal in England and
Wales.
PART 2 PLANTS
2.1 Plants Please provide evidence that human activity results in or is likely to result in the
intentional or accidental introduction or spread of this plant (includes vascular plants,
bryophytes, algae, fungi) in the wild.
2.2 Plants Please provide evidence that the plant (includes vascular plants, bryophytes,
algae, fungi) poses, or could in future pose, a threat to wildlife or biodiversity or human
interests (arrival dates, patterns of spread, pathway etc.). If one of the GB NNSS risk
assessments has been used, please provide the reference.
PART 2 PLANTS
2.3 Plants Please specify the known native global range of the plant (includes vascular
plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi). If the species is native to parts but not all of Great Britain
please state the area where it is native.
2.4 Plants Please specify the known invasive range of the plant (includes vascular plants,
bryophytes, algae, fungi) within Great Britain.
2.5 Plants If possible, please provide data on trends in the plant’s (includes vascular plants,
bryophytes, algae, fungi) abundance in England and Wales and Great Britain.
2.6 Plants Please specify the types of habitats occupied by the plant (includes vascular
plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi) in Great Britain.
5.
Working Group Members
Organisations on the working group
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
GB Non-Native Species Directorate
Horticultural Trades Association
Natural England
Natural Resources Wales
Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association
Royal Horticultural Society
Sustainable Users Network
Wildlife and Countryside Link Invasive
Non-Native Species Group
Wildlife Trusts & Wales Environment Link
Please send any correspondence to:
Dr Ant Maddock ant.maddock@jncc.gov.uk
JNCC
Monkstone House
City Road
Peterborough PE1 1JY
Representatives
Ant Maddock
Niall Moore
John Adlam
Adrian Jowitt
Gabe Wyn
Keith Davenport
John David
Jim Collins
Kay Haw (Chair), Woodland Trust
Hannah Freeman, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Camilla Keene, Plantlife
Margaret Palmer, Buglife
Nigel Ajax-Lewis
ANNEX 1. Plants and animals listed on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act.
Animals
Common name
Bass, Large-mouthed Black
Bass, Rock
Bitterling
Boar, Wild
Capercaillie
Chough
Corncrake
Crab, Chinese Mitten
Crane, Common
Crayfish, Noble
Crayfish, Red Swamp
Crayfish, Signal
Crayfish, Spiny-cheek
Crayfish, Turkish
Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor
was a Sika Deer
Deer, Chinese Water
Deer, Muntjac
Deer, Sika
Dormouse, Fat
Duck, Carolina Wood
Duck, Mandarin
Duck, Ruddy
Eagle, White-tailed
Flatworm
Flatworm
Flatworm, Australian
Flatworm, New Zealand
Frog, Edible
Frog, European Tree (otherwise known as Common tree frog)
Frog, Marsh
Goose, Bar-headed
Goose, Barnacle
Goose, Canada
Goose, Egyptian
Goose, Emperor
Goose, Snow
Goshawk
Heron, Night
Kite, Red
Limpet, Slipper
Lizard, Common Wall
Marmot, Prairie (otherwise known as Prairie Dog)
Mink, American
Newt, Alpine
Newt, Italian Crested
Owl, Barn
Owl, Eagle
Oyster Drill, American
Parakeet, Monk
Scientific name
Micropterus salmoides
Ambloplites rupestris
Rhodeus sericeus
Sus scrofa
Tetrao urogallus
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Crex crex
Eriocheir sinensis
Grus grus
Astacus astacus
Procambarus clarkii
Pacifastacus leniusculus
Orconectes limosus
Astacus leptodactylus
Any hybrid of Cervus nippon
Hydropotes inermis
Muntiacus reevesi
Cervus nippon
Glis glis
Aix sponsa
Aix galericulata
Oxyura jamaicensis
Haliaetus albicilla
Kontikia andersoni
Kontikia ventrolineata
Australoplana sanguinea
Artiposthia triangulata
Rana esculenta
Hyla arborea
Rana ridibunda
Anser indicus
Branta leucopsis
Branta canadensis
Alopochen aegyptiacus
Anser canagicus
Anser caerulescens
Accipiter gentilis
Nycticorax nycticorax
Milvus milvus
Crepidula fornicata
Podarcis muralis
Cynomys
Mustela vison
Triturus alpestris
Triturus carnifex
Tyto alba
Bubo bubo
Urosalpinx cinerea
Myiopsitta monachus
Parakeet, Ring-necked
Partridge, Chukar
Partridge, Rock
Pheasant, Golden
Pheasant, Lady Amherst’s
Pheasant, Reeves’
Pheasant, Silver
Pochard, Red-crested
Pumpkinseed (otherwise known as Sun-fish or Pond-perch)
Rat, Black
Shelduck, Ruddy
Snake, Aesculapian
Squirrel, Grey
Swan, Black
Terrapin, European Pond
Toad, African Clawed
Toad, Midwife
Toad, Yellow-bellied
Wallaby, Red-necked
Wels (otherwise known as European catfish)
Zander
Psittacula krameri
Alectoris chukar
Alectoris graeca
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysolophus amherstiae
Syrmaticus reevesii
Lophura nycthemera
Netta rufina
Lepomis gibbosus
Rattus rattus
Tadorna ferruginea
Elaphe longissima
Sciurus carolinensis
Cygnus atratus
Emys orbicularis
Xenopus laevis
Alytes obstetricans
Bombina variegata
Macropus rufogriseus
Silurus glanis
Stizostedion lucioperca
Plants
Common name
Alexanders, Perfoliate
Algae, Red
Archangel, Variegated Yellow
Azalea, Yellow
Balsam, Himalayan
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved
Cotoneaster, Himalayan
Cotoneaster, Hollyberry
Cotoneaster, Small-leaved
Creeper, False Virginia
Creeper, Virginia
Dewplant, Purple
Fanwort (otherwise known as Carolina Water-Shield)
Fern, Water
Fig, Hottentot
Garlic, Three-cornered
Hogweed, Giant
Hyacinth, Water
Kelp, Giant
Kelp, Giant
Kelp, Giant
Kelp, Giant
Kelp, Japanese
Knotweed, Giant
Knotweed, Hybrid
Knotweed, Japanese
Leek, Few-flowered
Lettuce, Water
Latin name
Smyrnium perfoliatum
Grateloupia luxurians
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Rhododendron luteum
Impatiens glandulifera
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster integrifolius
Cotoneaster simonsii
Cotoneaster bullatus
Cotoneaster microphyllus
Parthenocissus inserta
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Disphyma crassifolium
Cabomba caroliniana
Azolla filiculoides
Carpobrotus edulis
Allium triquetrum
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Eichhornia crassipes
Macrocystis pyrifera
Macrocystis angustifolia
Macrocystis integrifolia
Macrocystis laevis
Laminaria japonica
Fallopia sachalinensis
Fallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis
Fallopia japonica
Allium paradoxum
Pistia stratiotes
Montbretia
Parrot’s Feather
Pennywort, Floating
Potato, Duck
Primrose, Floating Water
Primrose, Water
Primrose, Water
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhubarb, Giant
Rose, Japanese
Salvinia, Giant
Seafingers, Green
Seaweed, Californian Red
Seaweed, Hooked Asparagus
Seaweed, Japanese
Seaweeds, Laver (except native species)
Stonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as
New Zealand Pygmyweed)
Wakame
Waterweed, Curly
Waterweeds
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Sagittaria latifolia
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia grandiflora
Ludwigia uruguayensis
Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron ponticum x Rhododendron maximum
Gunnera tinctoria
Rosa rugosa
Salvinia molesta
Codium fragile
Pikea californica
Asparagopsis armata
Sargassum muticum
Porphyra spp except—
P. amethystea
P. leucosticta
P. linearis
P.miniata
P. purpurea
P. umbilicalis
Crassula helmsii
Undaria pinnatifida
Lagarosiphon major
All species of the genus Elodea.
Note: The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance
only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.