Minimizing Risks from Introduction of New Shrimp

Species

Pornlerd Chanratchakool

AAHRI, Dept. of Fisheries,

BKK. Thailand.

Why introduced

Too many problems with the old species

Sound more profitable Better performance Easy to adopt the culture system Less disease problem

Major risks Risk from disease

Causing serious disease problem New diseases Impact on the other diseases

Causing biodiversity problems ?? Causing market problem Causing residue problem indirectly

Risks from shrimp diseaseCausing market problem

Spreading disease to importing country

To avoid that : Required screening/ testing/

certification system Production cost will be higher Loosing competitiveness

Can we prevent the importation ?

Very difficult Especially we have open boarder

Too many entry points Less restrict in some points

Law enforcement ?? Can not be apply effectively

Therefore, we can not stop completely

If not; what is the possible way ?

Allow to import under some restrictions?? May be better

Developed new law / improved existing law and implemented ?? May be late

Set up the quarantine/certification system ?? Implemented disease surveillance system ?? Followed the regional guideline

Quarantine and Certification

It was 25 years ago when the subject fish diseases in South East Asia was first

discussed in a regional meeting held in Indonesia in 1978. Since then, there are a

number of both national and regional meetings to discuss issues concerning

quarantine/certification, disease and other impacts of the international movement of

aquatic animals.

What is the outcome?

There are many documents were published and disseminated to the target groups.

obligatory

158 Member Governments

Office International des Epizooties – Office International des Epizooties – World Animal Health OrganizationWorld Animal Health Organization

OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic

Animal DiseasesAnimal Diseases

““Technical Guidelines”Technical Guidelines” Guiding PrinciplesGuiding Principles List of PathogensList of Pathogens Disease DiagnosisDisease Diagnosis Health Certification and Health Certification and

Quarantine MeasuresQuarantine Measures Disease ZoningDisease Zoning Disease Surveillance Disease Surveillance

and Reportingand Reporting Contingency PlanningContingency Planning Import Risk AnalysisImport Risk Analysis National Strategies and National Strategies and

Regulatory FrameworksRegulatory Frameworks Capacity BuildingCapacity Building ImplementationImplementation

Beijing Consensus and Implementation StrategyBeijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy Manual of Procedures for the Implementation of the Manual of Procedures for the Implementation of the

‘Technical Guidelines’‘Technical Guidelines’ Asia Diagnostic Guide to Aquatic Animal DiseasesAsia Diagnostic Guide to Aquatic Animal Diseases

Setting up “National programme on aquatic animal health quarantine and certification”

• Working group/committee on aquatic animal health quarantine and certification

at the national level has form. • It included representatives from various

agencies who are involve.• Developed

“The National Disease Control Plan”

National Disease

Control Plan

Disease surveillance and monitoring

Emergency Planning to control and eradicate the disease outbreak

List of diseases to be controlled by regional agreement

Risk assessment

Diseases eradication and disinfecting procedures

Law and regislation to control the diseases

Quarantine : Import/Export regulation

Asia-Pacific Quarterly Aquatic Animal Asia-Pacific Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease (QAAD) Reporting SystemDisease (QAAD) Reporting System

With OIE Regional With OIE Regional Representation for Representation for Asia-Pacific (Tokyo)Asia-Pacific (Tokyo)

1997 OIE list + some 1997 OIE list + some diseases important in diseases important in Asia-Pacific regionAsia-Pacific region

Commenced in Commenced in 1998/31998/3

14 quarterly issues 14 quarterly issues published to-datepublished to-date

Quarantine: Importation of live aquatic animals (P.vannamei) for specific purpose

(selective breeding program only)

1. Imported premise approval

Make a request for farm inspection to DOF

Inspectors visit the farm

Fail Pass

Inspectors give advice

Go to step II

Quarantine: Importation of live aquatic animals

II. Make a request for an import permit

Make a request for an import permit

DOF checks all documents, health, species and origin

Fail Pass

Advice is given

Go to step III

Quarantine: Importation of live aquatic animals

III. on arrival

Company notifies the quarantine officers 2days in advance before arrival

arrival

Quarantine officers check documents and shrimp (Level I)

Shrimp are kept in the quarantine area

in the company/farm

Inform health inspectors

Health inspectors observe the shrimp and collect specimen for

laboratory disease detection

Lab results Fail, shrimp will be

destroyed

Pass, no diseases detected

Still keep the shrimp until 3 weeks quarantine before

distribution

If disease (notifiable/important) found

Report to OIE (NACA-FAO Body), then will informed the members

Destroy stocks Contained in control facility Avoiding contact with others Monitoring Eradication Cost for set up the system to monitor and

eradication program will be very high

Constraint Many countries still can’t comply with relevant

regional or international agreements and treaties as they don’t have the required capacity

Thus, many international protocols, which governs aquatic animal health management,

can’t be effectively applied in ASEAN yet Many proven success stories in other parts of

the world will not be successful in Asia, without carefully adapting them to regional and local

situations Therefore, each country need to agree and

implement on a minimum standard for import and export regulation esp. on quarantine

procedure

Thanks you for your attentions !!!