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ISSN 0429-9345
FAO
FISHERIES
TECHNICAL
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NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA-PACIFIC
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2000
The Manual of Procedures for the Implementation of the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals provides background material and detailed technical procedures to assist countries and territories in the Asia Region in implementing the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals. The Technical Guidelines and their associated implementation plan, the Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy (BCIS), (see FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. No. 402) provide expert guidance for national and regional efforts in reducing the risks of disease due to trans-boundary movement of live aquatic animals. The preparation of Technical Guidelines and the Manual of Procedures were jointly initiated by FAO and NACA in 1998 through an FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) Project - “Assistance for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals”, with the participation of 21 countries from throughout the region. This programme complemented FAO's efforts in assisting member countries to implement the relevant provisions in Article 9 - Aquaculture Development - of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), at both the national and regional levels.
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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PART I - ASIA REGIONAL TECHNICAL GUIDELINES
1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE
2 BACKGROUND
3 DEFINITIONS
4 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
5 PATHOGENS TO BE CONSIDERED5.1 Reasons for inclusion of a pathogen on a list
5.2 Reasons for exclusion of a pathogen from a list
5.3 Existing international pathogen lists5.3.1 OIE lists of diseases of aquatic animals
5.3.2 NACA/FAO and OIE lists of diseases of aquatic animals5.4 Process of compiling a list of diseases
5.4.1 Technicalities of the process
5.4.2 Policy of the process7 HEALTH CERTIFICATION AND QUARANTINE MEASURES
7.1 Some considerations related to health certification and quarantine measures
9 DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING
11.1 Main strategies of import risk analysis
11.2 Ethics and import risk analysis
11.3 International trading obligations
11.4 General guidelines on IRA12 NATIONAL STRATEGIES AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS
12.1 Legislative and policy frameworks
12.2 Institutional requirements
12.3 Resource requirements13 REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
14 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES
15 REFERENCES
PART II - BEIJING CONSENSUS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
THE BEIJING CONSENSUS
THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGYPreamble
Objectives
Setting of priorities
Integration into national aquaculture development plans
Capacity-building requirements
Awareness building and communication
Participation of the private sector
Financial resources
Monitoring and evaluation for national implementation
Monitoring at the regional and international levels
Regional co-operation
Mechanisms for regional co-operation
ANNEX I - NATIONAL COORDINATORS
ANNEX II - PERSONS WHO DRAFTED THE GUIDELINES