The Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health meets annually to discuss regional disease issues including emerging disease threats. This is the report of the seventh meeting, held 19-20 November 2011 in Mangalore, India. The report discusses emerging disease problems and regional response including to:

• Finfish diseases: Infectious skin and kidney necrosis virus, red sea bream iridovirus, scale-drop syndrome, Tenacibaculum maritimum, ranaviruses.
• Crustacean diseases: Whitespot syndrome virus, infectious myonecrosis virus, early mortality syndrome, muscle cramp syndrome, Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei.

Other issues discussed included:

• Progress of NACA's Aquatic Animal Health Programme.
• Outcomes of the OIE General Session and Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission meetings, 2011.
• Disease reporting, including changes to the OIE list of notifiable diseases and establishment of a global online reporting system (WAHIS) by OIE.
• Review of the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Reporting System.
• Progress in implementation of the the Regional Technical Guidelines on Health management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals.
• Identification and designation of regional aquatic animal health resources, including experts, centres and reference laboratories.
• Regional and international cooperation.