Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries No. 31 of 1999 Regulation for Enforcement of the Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act

1 Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries No. 31 of 1999 Regulation for Enforcement of the Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act The Regulation for Enforcement of the Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act (Act No. 51 of 1999) was established under Article 2, paragraph (2), Article 4, paragraph (2), item (v), and Article 6, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act and also in order to enforce said Act. (Specified Diseases) Article 1 The specified diseases set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act (the "Act") are the infectious diseases stated in the right column of the following table that correspond to the species of aquatic animals and plants stated in the left column. Aquatic animals Diseases subject to import quarantine Salmonidae Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (excluding Genotype IVa) Infection with salmonid alphavirus Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis Piscirickettsiosis Enteric redmouth disease Whirling disease Cyprinus carpio Spring viraemia of carp Koi herpesvirus disease Enteric redmouth disease species of genus Carassius Spring viraemia of carp Enteric redmouth disease Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Mylopharyngodon piceus Ctenopharyngodon idella Spring viraemia of carp Oreochromis niloticus Enteric redmouth disease Pagrus major Glugeosis of red sea bream Marsupenaeus japonicus Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome 2 Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease Tetrahedral baculovirosis Covert mortality disease of shrimp Gill-associated virus disease Litopenaeus vannamei Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease Infectious myonecrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis Covert mortality disease of shrimp Penaeus monodon Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease Infectious myonecrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis Gill-associated virus disease Spherical Baculovirosis Fenneropenaeus chinensis Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease Tetrahedral baculovirosis Covert mortality disease of shrimp Gill-associated virus disease Spherical Baculovirosis 3 species of genus Litopenaeus (excluging Litopenaeus vannamei) Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Infectious myonecrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis species of genus Penaeus (excluding Penaeus monodon) Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Infectious myonecrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis Gill-associated virus disease Spherical Baculovirosis species of genus Fenneropenaeus (excluding Fenneropenaeus chinensis) Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis Gill-associated virus disease Spherical Baculovirosis species of genus Melicertus species of genus Metapenaeus Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Tetrahedral baculovirosis Spherical Baculovirosis Penaeidae (excluding Marsupenaeus japonicus, species of genera Litopenaeus, Penaeus, Yellow head disease Necrotising hepatopancreatitis Taura syndrome Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis 4 Fenneropenaeus, Melicertus and Metapenaeus) Tetrahedral baculovirosis species of genus Acetes Palaemonidae Yellow head disease Haliotis diversicolor aquatilis/supertexta Haliotis diversicolor diversicolor Infection with abalone herpesvirus Haliotis discus hannai Haliotis discus Haliotis madaka Haliotis gigantea Pustule disease of abalone/Blister disease of abalone (caused by Vibrio furnissii(= V. fluvialis biotypeⅡ)) species of genus Crassostrea Infection with ostreid herpesvirus 1 microvariants (limited to μvar) Mizuhopecten yessoensis Infection with Perkinsus qugwadi Halocynthia roretzi Soft tunic syndrome (Procedure for Sending Notification of an Outbreak of a Specified Disease) Article 4-2 The notification specified in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must contain information concerning the following matters and must be sent in writing or delivered orally: 1. Names and addresses of the owner and manager of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant; 2. Type of the specified disease that the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant has actually or possibly contracted; 3. Species of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant; 4. Location of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant; 5. Date of detecting that the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant has actually or possibly contracted a specified disease and the conditions of the disease at the time of detection; and 6. Any other important matters. (Procedure for Reporting of an Outbreak of a Specified Disease) Article 4-3 The reporting specified in Article 7-2, paragraph (3) of the Act must be made in writing or orally to convey the information concerning the matters specified in the preceding Article. (Articles Subject to a Sterilization Procedure) 5 Article 5 The articles specified in the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries set forth in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are as follows: 1. Facilities and devices used for aquaculture production; 2. Packages of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant (including the products other than the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant that are placed in or wrapped by the packages); 3. Clothes that actually or possibly touched the pathogen of the specified disease; and 4. Any other articles on which the pathogen of a specified disease has actually or possibly been deposited. (Procedure for Reporting Information Concerning Restrictions on the Transfer of the Farm-raised Aquatic Animals or Plant and Other Matters) Article 6 The reporting specified in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act (including the case where said provision is applied mutatis mutandis under Article 9-2, paragraph (2) of the Act) must be made in writing without delay in order to convey information concerning the following matters: 1. Specified disease and the species of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant that is subject to the orders; 2. Location of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant that is subject to the orders; 3. Date of the orders; 4. Details of the orders and the implementation statuses and results thereof; and 5. Any other matters. (Form of a Certificate) Article 6-2 The form presented as Attached Form 1 must be used as the form of the certificate specified in Article 9-3 of the Act. (Form of an Identification Paper) Article 7 The form presented as Attached Form 2 must be used as the form of the identification paper specified in Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Act. (Procedure for Requesting a Report) Article 8 When a governor requests a report under Article 11 of the Act, the governor must issue a written request for a report stating the following matters at least 15 days prior to the time limit specified in 3. If a governor requests reports from more than 50 persons, the governor may, instead of preparing a written request, issue a public notice stating the following matters and a list of people who are requested to report to the governor. The governor must display the notice in an appropriate place: 1. Purpose of requesting a report; 2. Matters that should be reported; 3. Time limit for the report; and 6 4. Any other necessary matters. (Procedure for Sending Notification Concerning an Outbreak of a New Disease) Article 9 The notification specified in Article 12 of the Act must be sent in writing or delivered orally without delay to convey information concerning the following matters: 1. Names and addresses of the owner and manager of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant; 2. Symptoms of the disease; 3. Species of the farm-raised aquatic animal or plant; 4. Location of the outbreak of the disease; 5. Date of the detection of the disease and the conditions of the disease at the time of the detection; 6. Details of the measures already taken or to be taken; and 7 Any other important matters.