Confirmed case of disease on fish farm

Green group

Legislation and data basis/ public relations

1. National notification- the owner, any person

accompanying aquaculture animals, official, private labs, vet. practitioners, any other persons with an occupational relationship to aquaculture –fishery associations, ecological organizations etc.

Legislation and data basis/ public relations

2. Official web publication

3. Target population to be informed first- Fish farms owners, professional fish associations

(anyone who can spread disease by its activities)

Legislation and data basis/ public relations

4. Probably negative effect on majority5. GIS,VIS, registered fish farms, data on fish

movement incl. export and import, rendering plants

Movement of live fish in zone

1. No selling for restocking – possibility of disease spreading

2. Advise to set high biosecurity measures, to stock with fish from farms certificated free of disease, education in good hygiene practice in aquaculture

Hypothesis

Possible virus introduction1. Contaminated water - likely2. Other infected farm- unlikely3. Same equipment for fish handling- most likely