Water hyacinths and curly waterweed.

Hi all,
How many have seen this from the pratical Fishkeeping site?
www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/news/fish...banned-from-uk-ponds
I wonder how this will affect us in Ireland. I used to have a pond and this was a great plant I had floating around on top.
I know this is mainly a pond plant, but how will this affect other plants we use I wonder?

Their are quite a number of pond plants that are banned , the plant i liked was known as parrots feathers a very pretty plant but very fast growing was banned a good few years ago . It grew so fast that even the koi couldnt kill it

But if the UK is not a member of the EU...

A very good point Bill ,