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Proposal to make Koi Herpes Virus a notifiable disease

Following an increased number of outbreaks of KHV disease at recreational fisheries during the summer, Defra undertook to make the disease notifiable under the Diseases of Fish Act 1937. On 31 October 2006, we issued a consultation paper, seeking comments on different approaches to disease control, which would underpin the notifiable status.

A summary of responses PDF logo (100 KB) was published in October 2007.

Further information on notifiable fish diseases maybe found in the booklet Combating fish disease

Current draft of the Fish Health Directive

This version is the latest official version of the proposal (14117-re02.en05) and includes all the amendments made in working groups during the UK Presidency and some items that have been put forward, but not agreed in the Council Working Group. Items still to be agreed are shown in bold. The accompanying letter explains which article amendments have been agreed during the UK Presidency.

This version of the directive has been made available to update stakeholders on the current position in negotiations and to prompt comments before the next and potentially final stage of the negotiations begin.

Comments on this directive are accepted at any time during the negotiations and can be sent to the address below.

Joe Parsons
Defra - Aquaculture, Salmon, Freshwater Fisheries and Whaling
Area 5E
3-8 Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HH
Tel: 020 7270 8233
Fax: 020 7270 8827
Email: Joseph.parsons@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Fish health publications

The publications Keep fish diseases out and Spring Viraemia of Carp can be obtained from:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fish Health Inspectorate
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
(CEFAS), Weymouth Laboratory
Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB
Tel: 01305 206673 or 01305 206674.

The publications below have been prepared in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). Information is available on our Help page about downloading or reading Adobe Acrobat PDF logo documents.

A guide to importing fish

An explanation of the controls governing the movement of live and dead fish, fish eggs and gametes into and from Great Britain

  • Title page (3 KB)
  • Contents (5 KB)
  • Text (38 KB)
  • Appendix 1 - Movements to Great Britain from other parts of the EU: requirements for movement documents by fish species (20 KB)
  • Appendix 2 - Imports of live fish, eggs or gametes from non-EU countries (11 KB)
  • Appendix 3 - Contact addresses: England and Wales (47 KB)
  • Appendix 4 - Scientific names of fish species referred to in booklet (6 KB)
  • Appendix 5 - Legislation covering fish movement controls (13 KB)
A guide to shellfish health controls

An explanation of the controls governing the movement of shellfish, their eggs and gametes into, from and within Great Britain

  • Title page (3 KB)
  • Contents (6 KB)
  • Text (57 KB)
  • Appendix 1 - Movements to Great Britain from other parts of the EU: requirements for movement documents by species (11 KB)
  • Appendix 2 - Imports of live shellfish from non-EU countries (9 KB)
  • Appendix 3 - Contact addresses: England and Wales (43 KB)
  • Appendix 4 - Further steps to guard against shellfish diseases: good management practice in Bonamia infected areas (12 KB)
  • Appendix 6 - Legislation covering shellfish movement controls (12 KB)

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Page last modified: 31 July 2008
Page published: 11 September 2001

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