The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on Fish and Shellfish APB’s in England and Wales.

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The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on Fish and Shellfish APB’s in England and Wales. Keith Jeffery Fish Health Inspector The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth.

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The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on Fish and Shellfish

APB’s in England and Wales.

Keith Jeffery

Fish Health Inspector

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth.

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Cefas (Centre for Environment Aquaculture & Fisheries Science)

Directorate of Fisheries Research,100 year track record in fisheries advice.

Cefas was established as an Executive Agency of MAFF (now Defra) on 1 Apr 97.

Cefas Fish Health Inspectorate act in England and Wales on behalf of Defra who are the GB competent authority.

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Council Directive 2006/88

•Article 9 : Good hygiene practiceMember States shall ensure that APB’s implement good hygiene practice as relevant to the activity concerned to prevent the introduction and spreading of disease.

UK interpreted Good Hygiene Practice as Biosecurity Measures.

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The Aquatic Animal Health (England & Wales) Regulations 2009.

Sites must be authorised to operate before commencement

Conditions of authorisation specific to APB and the activities undertaken

All authorised APB’s required to operate in accordance with an approved Biosecurity measures plan

Ultimate sanction is removal of authorisation to trade

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Aquaculture in England & Wales

• Fin Fish APB’s• Salmonid 214• Coarse/ornamental 147

• ImportersColdwater 81

• Shellfish APB’s 75

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Aquaculture in England & Wales

• Dealers - 33Previously unregulated.

Multiple Wild Sites

• Registered fisheries - 6724

Little formal contact

Numbers unknown

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Guidance Books

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Minimum Requirements

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Fin Fish

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Importers

3 Border Inspection Post

12 source countries

50k boxes year 16 million fish

2 Types of operation

Reliant on C.A of exporting country

Regulation 23 requirement to isolate

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Shellfish

The picture says it all!

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Compliance

Risk based inspection programme of visits to all APBs

Validation of data held

Checks to verify APB operating in accordance with their BMP

Warning letters and enforcement notices issued where non conformances identified

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Outcomes

• Forced all APB’s to think about their risks.

• Understanding and willingness linked to Impact of disease

• Impact of control measures.

Communication amongst staff and common sense carry far more weight than a large document which will “gather dust”…. Tim Small, Lechlade 2009