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What is Integrated Pest Management?

➢ IPM programs on vessels use current,

comprehensive information on the life

cycles of pests and their interaction with the

shipboard environment.

➢ This information, in combination with

available pest control methods, is used to

manage ship-based pest damage by the

most economical means, and with the least

possible hazard to people, property, and the

ship environment.