Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2015

L.N. 24 of 2015

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Animal Health Requirements for Aquaculture Animals and

Products thereof, and on the Prevention and Control of Certain

Diseases in Aquatic Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 5 of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development,

the Environment and Climate Change has made the following rules:-

(1)

The title of these rules is the Animal Health

Requirements for Aquaculture Animals and Products thereof, and on

the Prevention and Control of Certain Diseases in Aquatic Animals

(Amendment) Rules, 2015 and these rules shall be read and construed

as one with the Animal Health Requirements for Aquaculture

Animals and Products thereof, and on the Prevention and Control of

Certain Diseases in Aquatic Animals Rules, hereinafter referred to as

"the principal rules".

(2) These rules transpose the provisions of Directive 2014/22/

EU amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards

infectious salmon anaemia (ISA).

In Schedule IV to the principal rules, for the table "Part II

Listed Diseases", there shall be substituted the following

"Part II

Listed Diseases

Exotic diseases

Disease

Susceptible species

Fish

Epizootic

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus

haematopoietic

mykiss) and redfin perch (Perca

necrosis

fluviatilis)

Molluscs

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

angasi) and Chilean flat oyster (O.

Bonamia exitiosa

chilensis)

Infection with

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

and Eastern oyster (C. virginica)

Perkinsus marinus

Infection with

Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas),

Eastern oyster (C. virginica),

Microcytos mackini

Olympia flat oyster (Ostrea

conchaphila) and European flat

oyster (O. edulis)

Crustaceans

Taura syndrome

Gulf white shrimp (Penaeus

setiferus), Pacific blue shrimp (P.

stylirostris), and Pacific white

shrimp (P. vannamei)

Yellowhead disease

Gulf brown shrimp (Penaeus

aztecus), Gulf pink shrimp (P.

duorarum), Kuruma prawn (P.

japonicus), black tiger shrimp (P.

monodon), Gulf white shrimp (P.

setiferus), Pacific blue shrimp (P.

stylirostris), and Pacific white

shrimp (P. vannamei)

Non-exotic diseases

Diseases

Susceptible species

Fish

Viral haemorrhagic

Herring (Clupea spp.), whitefish

septicaemia (VHS)

(Coregonus sp.), pike (Esox lucius),

haddock

(Gadus

aeglefinus),

Pacific cod (G. macrocephalus),

Atlantic cod (G. morhua), Pacific

salmon

(Oncorhynchus

spp.)

rainbow trout (O. mykiss), rockling

(Onos mustelus), brown trout

(Salmo

turbot

trutta),

(Scophthalmus maximus), sprat

(Sprattus

grayling

sprattus),

(Thymallus thymallus) and olive

flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Infectious

Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta),

haematopoietic

coho salmon (O. kisutch), Masou

necrosis (IHN)

salmon (O. masou), rainbow or

steelhead trout (O. mykiss), sockeye

salmon (O. nerka), pink salmon (O.

rhodurus) chinook salmon (O.

tshawytscha), and Atlantic salmon

(Salmo salar)

Koi herpes virus

Common carp and koi carp

(KHV) disease

(Cyprinus carpio)

Infectious salmon

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus

anaemia (ISA)

mykiss), Atlantic salmon (Salmo

infection with

salar), and brown and sea trout (S.

genotype HPR-

trutta)

deleted of the genus

Isavirus (ISAV)

Molluscs

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

angasi), Chilean flat oyster (O.

Marteilia refringens

chilensis), European flat oyster (O.

edulis), Argentinian oyster (O.

puelchana), blue mussel (Mytilus

edulis) and Mediterranean mussel

(M. galloprovincialis)

Infection with

Australian mud oyster (Ostrea

angasi), Chilean flat oyster (O.

Bonamia ostreae

chilensis), Olympia flat oyster (O.

conchaphila), Asiatic oyster (O.

denselammellosa), European flat

oyster (O. edulis), and Argentinian

oyster (O. puelchana)

Crustaceans

White spot disease

All decapod crustaceans (order

Decapoda)".

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