APNEP is assisting state agencies, including the NC Department of Environmental Quality, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, and NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to advance North Carolina's Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plan. APNEP is facilitating meetings of the Plan's multiagency Steering Committee to discuss needed updates to the plan before its finalization, as well as a timeline for getting an updated ANS Management Plan approved at the state and federal level. The Plan's approval will facilitate the coordination of numerous state and federal agencies, as well as NGOs, to tackle management and outreach of North Carolina's aquatic invasive species. 

These efforts were integrated with those of APNEP's Invasive Species Action Team.

APNEP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) action addressed:

• B1.5: Refine for federal approval and facilitate the implementation of a North Carolina Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plan.