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• Identify strategies and methods for early detection.

• Existing monitoring programs should be considered and evaluated for their appropriateness for fulfilling this need.

• If gaps are discovered, recommendations for monitoring should be developed.

• Agencies and organizations with authorities and responsibilities to address non-native aquatic invasive species, and which have assets and resources that could be made available should be identified.

• Strategies should be developed for employing assets and resources in a rapid deployment to address incipient invasions.

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