Report of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health

This report was prepared by the 18th Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health (AG) that met at Bangkok, Thailand on 18-19 November 2019. The group discussed:

• OIE standards and global issues, including progressive management pathways for aquaculture biosecurity.
• Review of regional disease status.
• Reports on the aquatic animal health programmes of partner agencies.
• Disease reporting.

Members of the Advisory Group include invited aquatic animal disease experts in the region, representatives of the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), collaborating regional organisations such as SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) and OIE-Regional Representation in Asia and the Pacific (OIE-RRAP), and the private sector.