SHIPPING IS CRITICAL TO THE ECONOMY OF IRAN. PORTS IN PERSIAN GULF IMPORT AND EXPORT A VARIETY OF GOODS, PROVIDING A LINK BETWEEN THE REST OF THE WORLD AND IRAN BUSINESSES. ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL VOLUME IS TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE PERSIAN GULF. AN UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE TRADE IS THE TRANSPORT OF NEW SPECIES TO ECOSYSTEMS OUTSIDE THEIR HISTORICAL HABITAT. THESE AQUATIC NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES (ANS) - WHICH ARE FREE OF THE NATURAL CONTROLLERS OF THEIR HABITATS - CAN PROLIFERATE IN PERSIAN GULF, DISPLACE NATIVE SPECIES, AND DEGRADE ECONOMY. THEREFORE, SUCH SPECIES REQUIRE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF ANS VIA SHIPPING VECTORS SUCH AS BALLAST WATER AND VESSEL FOULING. SO, MANY STUDIES HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO THE PROBLEM OF INVADING SPECIES THAT CARRIED IN SHIP’S BALLAST WATER.