Project number: 2009-072
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $60,750.00
Principal Investigator: Ben Diggles
Organisation: DigsFish Services Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 31 Jan 2010 - 29 Jan 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Translocation of aquatic animals or products of aquatic animal origin is frequently identified as a key event that precedes major outbreaks of disease caused by pathogens that were previously unknown in that region or species (Stewart 1991, Durand et al. 2000). Introduced diseases in wild fisheries usually cannot be eradicated, and can have significant ongoing economic and ecological implications. A pathogen risk analysis is required to identify not only the types and quantities of bait being used in Australia, but also whether their translocation and use represents a significant threat to aquatic animal health at regional and national levels. The strategic benefits of the proposed project therefore will be to identify potential disease risks associated with domestic bait translocation, and rank the disease risks in order to provide information essential for policy development at a future date.

Objectives

1. To identify disease hazards from domestic translocation of bait in Australia, by expanding on the NAAH-TWG paper (OOS 24-06 ) on identification of hazards of bait and berley use.
2. To undertake a risk analysis to determine disease risks associated with the disease hazards identified in objective 1

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