This report summarises the proceedings of the 23rd meeting of the Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health, held 14-15 November 2024 by video conference. The role of the group is to review trends in disease and emerging threats in the region, identify developments in global disease issues and standards, to evaluate the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reporting Program and to provide guidance on regional strategies to improve aquatic animal health management. The meeting discussed:

• Progress on NACA’s Asia Regional Aquatic Animal Health Programme.
• Updates from the WOAH Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission.
• Aquaculture Biosecurity:
  • Progressive Management Pathway for Improving Aquaculture Biosecurity and FAO's Aquatic Animal Health Initiatives in the Asia-Pacific Region.
  • FAO/ASEAN Training on Risk Assessment for Developing an On-Farm Biosecurity Plan in the Aquaculture Value Chain.
  • Methodology for Assessing Biosecurity Risk in Small-scale Farms: Experience from Colombia.
  • Farming Without Fear: The Power of Proactive Biosecurity.
• AMR in Aquaculture: Importance of Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Aquatic Animal Health Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing.
• Updates on WOAH Asia-Pacific Network on Aquatic Animal Health (AP-AquaNet).
• Updates on Regional Disease Reporting and Disease List.
• Other matters.

Members of the Advisory Group include invited aquatic animal disease experts in the region, representatives of the World Animal Health Organisation and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, collaborating regional organisations such as SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department and WOAH-Regional Representation in Asia and the Pacific, Thailand Department of Fisheries Aquatic Animal Health Research and Development Division, and the private sector.