National Aquatic Animal Health Program (NAAHP): responsibilities, partnerships... and oceanography.

摘要

Canada's National Aquatic Animal Health Program (NAAHP) is aimed at addressing increasingly stringent international trade requirements and improving Canada's capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to diseases that pose a significant threat to our aquatic resources. The NAAHP allows Canada to meet trade obligations laid down by the World Trade Organization Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and will protect Canada's farmed and wild aquatic resources from serious infectious diseases. The program is led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and co-delivered with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). This federal initiative complements provincial programs aimed at managing endemic diseases that cause significant losses if not actively controlled. Both government disease control responsibilities rely on strong aquaculture industry participation in managing farm-level production (opportunistic) diseases. At all stakeholder levels, however, a common key to success is a clear understanding of the role of the aquatic environment in spreading the infections of concern. This paper covers the federal interest in improving our knowledge of the role of water in order to help design more effective control programs and improve accuracy of disease risk assessments..