Health and Biosecurity

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The Health and Biosecurity Programme assists members to reduce the risks of aquatic animal disease impacting the livelihoods of farmers, national economies, trade, environment and human health by:

  • Improving regional cooperation in aquatic animal health and welfare.
  • Developing and implementing national strategies on aquatic animal health.
  • Improving surveillance, reporting and response to disease emergencies.
  • Promoting harmonisation of diagnostic procedures and risk assessment.
  • Widespread promotion of better aquatic animal health management practices at the farm level.

Key activities

Key activities of the programme include:

  • Convening the annual meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health, coordinating the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report and bringing regional issues to the attention of global standard setting bodies such as the Office International des Epizooties.
  • Establishment and expansion of a three-tier shared resource in aquatic animal health.
  • Development of farm-level health management tools for key aquaculture commodities.
  • Supporting regional disease surveillance and reporting.
  • Strengthening aquatic animal health and biosecurity in the region.
  • Facilitating harmonisation in disease diagnostic techniques.
  • Developing resource material in support of diagnosis and surveillance.

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Proceedings of the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millennium

1 January 2001 | Subasinghe, R.P., Bueno, P.B., Phillips, M.J., Hough, C., McGladdery, S.E. and Arthur, J.R. (Eds.). | 1874 Downloads | .pdf | 22.51 MB

This volume, the third major publication arising from the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millennium, contains the information essential to conduct well-informed discussion of sustainable aquaculture development - both at the Conference, as well as after. The information provide basic reference points on the progress, direction and magnitude of aquaculture changes, and the factors associated with these changes, within global, regional, sectoral, thematic and technical perspectives.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, October-December 2000

1 October 2000 | 1200 Downloads | .pdf | 286.26 KB

This report, the tenth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of thirteen states in the Asia-Pacific region.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, July-September 2000

1 July 2000 | 1243 Downloads | .pdf | 272.93 KB

This report, the ninth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of fourteen states in the Asia-Pacific region.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, April-June 2000

1 April 2000 | 1269 Downloads | .pdf | 278.54 KB

This report, the eighth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of sixteen states in the Asia-Pacific region. The foreword discusses capacity building initiatives to improve disease surveillance in the region.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, January-March 2000

1 January 2000 | 1345 Downloads | .pdf | 269.82 KB

This report, the seventh in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of seventeen states in the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health

31 December 1999 | 84945 views

The Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health meets annually to discuss regional disease issues including emerging disease threats. The group was established by the Governing Council of NACA to provide advice to member governments in the Asia-Pacific region. This collection comprises the reports of the annual meetings of the group. The reports are a rich source of information concerning the current disease status of the region and new or emerging diseases of aquatic animals.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, October-December 1999

1 October 1999 | 1307 Downloads | .pdf | 395.01 KB

This report, the sixth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of twenty states in the Asia-Pacific region. The foreword discusses capacity building initiatives to improve disease surveillance in the region.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, July-September 1999

1 July 1999 | 1255 Downloads | .pdf | 278.6 KB

This report, the fifth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of eighteen states in the Asia-Pacific region. The foreword discusses improvements in the quality of reporting.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, April-June 1999

1 April 1999 | 1269 Downloads | .pdf | 263.2 KB

This report, the fourth in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of seventeen states in the Asia-Pacific region.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, January-March 1999

1 January 1999 | 1324 Downloads | .pdf | 251.33 KB

This report, the third in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of seventeen states in the Asia-Pacific region. The foreword discusses improvements in the quality of reporting.

Preliminary studies on the effect of livestock manure application on bacterial fish disease and human hygiene

1 December 1998 | Din Jie-yi, Guo Xianzhen, Fang Xiu-zhen, Liu Mei-zhen and Zhang Wen-you | 1345 Downloads | .pdf | 188.68 KB

An investigation on the effect of application of livestock manure, the biomass of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and Colicin population and distribution of Aeromonas, Pseudomonas and pathogenic bacteria of the human digestive tract which are also present in the body mucus of black carp, grass carp, silver carp and bighead carp as well as in pond water (on the application of manure of chicken, duck, cow and pig) was conducted in the fish farming areas in Wuxi, China.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, October-December 1998

1 October 1998 | 1330 Downloads | .pdf | 352.47 KB

This report, the second in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of fourteen states in the Asia-Pacific region. The foreword discusses the establishment of the regional disease reporting system.

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report, July-September 1998

1 July 1998 | 1439 Downloads | .pdf | 351.48 KB

This report, the first in the series, contains information about the aquatic animal health status of thirteen states in the Asia-Pacific region.