The above national workshop in India was completed successfully in CIBA, Chennai, from 3-7 Sepember 2007. Thirty four middle and senior level officers from 19 key national institutions participated in the workshop. Resource experts from India, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and NACA contributed to the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to support implementation of national aquatic animal health strategies in India, including surveillance and disease reporting. The final report and recommendations is available for free download.

NACA and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) are pleased to release this field guide. The result of a collaborative activity among a number of fish health experts from various organizations in the Asia-Pacific region, it is aimed at improving the ability to diagnose diseases of significance to aquaculture and fisheries in the region. NACA appreciates the leadership provided by DAFF in developing and publishing this field guide. It drew extensively from the experiences and previous and ongoing research activities in health management in Australia and other countries in Asia and thus joins the growing body of practical knowledge published for Asia-Pacific aquaculture and fisheries. This field guide provides fisheries and aquaculture managers, recreational fishers, border protection staff, environmentalists, students of aquatic animal health, and fisheries management with a reference guide to support decisions on aquatic animal health. The regional field guide covers all diseases listed in the Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease (QAAD) reporting system which includes all OIE listed diseases plus diseases of regional concern. The field guide is available for free download.

The workshop is a collaborative activity between ICAR and NACA to build capacity and awareness in relevant stakeholders and institutions. The workshop will be held in CIBA, Chennai from 3-7 September 2007. The purpose of the 5 day workshop is to build capacity and awareness of relevant national stakeholders in the areas of aquatic epidemiology, risk analysis, surveillance and emergency preparedness. The long term objective is to support implementation of National strategies for better aquatic animal health management with a focus on improved surveillance, reporting, early response, emergency preparedness, risk analysis, certification and quarantine. For details please see the prospectus and contact Dr CV Mohan at

The final report is presented in two parts. (Part A) Recommended Minimum Operational Requirements for Implementing National Aquatic Animal Health Strategies within ASEAN and (Part B) ASEAN progress in the implementation of National Aquatic Animal Health Strategies.

Part A of this document is the result of the working group discussions during the Second Policy Workshop of the project held in Bali-Indonesia from 7-10 May 2007. This section identifies the minimum operational requirements for implementing national aquatic animal health strategies within ASEAN. Part B of this document is a compilation of the information on the status of implementation of various elements contained in national aquatic animal health strategies within ASEAN. The report is available for free download.

Under the ACIAR funded regional project- Application of PCR for improved shrimp health management in the Asian region-two PCR training workshops and two PCR calibration exercises were completed in India. The report provides details of the activities and outcomes.

ASEAN Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been developed to reduce the risk of spread of transboundary diseases of aquatic animals by the movement of live food finfish (LFF). These SOPs are a set of documents for health certification and quarantine measures to be used by CA for the responsible movement of LFF by land, sea and air among ASEAN Member Countries. These SOPs have been developed under the AADCP:RPS project 370-018, Operationalise Guidelines on Responsible Movement of Live Food Finfish. This project is coordinated by ASEC, NACA and AusVet for Cardno ACIL who manage the AADCP:RPS program for ASEC and AusAID.

This report contains the papers presented and outcomes from the workshop ?Building capacity to combat impacts of aquatic invasive alien species and associated trans-boundary pathogens in ASEAN countries, hosted by the Department of Fisheries, Government of Malaysia, on 12th-16th July 2004. The workshop was generously supported through a US State Department grant, and co-sponsored by several other agencies.

Under the ACIAR funded Regional Project - Application of PCR for improved shrimp health management in the Asian region ? being implemented since January 2005, a 5 day PCR training workshop was jointly organized by MPEDA, CIBA-ICAR, CSIRO and NACA from 17-21 October 2005, at CIBA, Chennai, India. A total of 28 participants representing mainly the private and government PCR service providing laboratories were trained. The workshop completion report provides details on proposed future activities and key recommendations