Report of the FAO WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTAINING AQUATIC ANIMAL BIOSECURITY

摘要

Infectious diseases are constraining the development and sustainabihty of the aquaculture sector through direct production losses and increased operating costs and indirectly, through restrictions on trade and impacts on biodiversity. Inadequate or poorly implemented biosecurity measures have lead to significant losses due to aquatic animal diseases in many countries around the world. Governments must implement the biosecurity obligations they have entered into under international agreements. In order to implement effective biosecurity at the national level, countries require strong global and regional coordination and interaction to identify and manage emerging risks. Information is a key element in any biosecurity programme and will be required tosupport national actions on surveillance and diagnostics, risk assessments for new and expanding aquaculture species, rapid response to aquatic disease emergencies, implementation of risk management measures and other national frameworks to manage biosecurity. The FAO Workshop on Information Requirements for Maintaining Aquatic Animal Biosecurity was aimed to increase awareness on general principles of biosecurity and to build capacity and deliberate on key information required for mamtaining aquatic animal biosecurity focusing on aspects of risk analysis, diagnostics, health certification and quarantine, and epidemiological surveillance and reporting. The workshop was participated by a total of 37 delegates representing countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand), South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal), and China, and representatives from organizing and partner organizations (AusVet Animal Health Services, Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific).