Recent Global Aquaculture Reviews

• Arthur, R. & Nierentz, J. (eds.) 2007. Global Trade Conference on Aquaculture. Qingdao, China, 29–31 May 2007. FAO Fisheries Proceedings No. 9, Rome, FAO, 271 pp.
• FAO. 2007a. State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. Rome, FAO, 162 pp.
• FAO. 2007b. State of world aquaculture 2006. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 500, Rome,  FAO, 134 pp.
• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture. FAO Web page
• Halwart, M., Soto, D. & Arthur, J.R. (eds.) 2007. Cage aquaculture – regional reviews and global overview. FAO Special Session at the Second International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia (CAA2). Hangzhou, P.R. China, 3–8 July 2006. FAO Fisheries Proceedings No. 498, Rome, FAO, 233 pp.
• Lovatelli, A., Soto, D. & Arthur, J.R.  (eds.) 2008. FAO/NACA regional workshop on The Future of Mariculture: a Regional Approach for Responsible Development in the Asia-Pacific region. FAO Fisheries Proceedings No. 11.
• Subasinghe, R.P., Bueno, P., Phillips, M.J., Hough, C., McGladdery, S.E. & Arthur, J.R. (eds.) 2001. Aquaculture in the Third Millennium. Technical Proceedings of the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millennium, Bangkok, Thailand, 20–25 February 2000. NACA, Bangkok and FAO, Rome, 471 pp.

Recent Regional Aquaculture Reviews

• FAO/Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central-Eastern Europe (NACEE). 2007. Regional review on aquaculture development. 5. Central and Eastern European region – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/5. Rome, FAO, 84 pp.
• Halwart, M., Soto, D. & Arthur, J.R. (eds.)  2007. Cage aquaculture – regional reviews and global overview. FAO Special Session at the Second International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia (CAA2). Hangzhou, P.R. China, 3–8 July 2006. FAO Fisheries Proceedings No. 498, Rome, FAO, 233 pp.
• Hecht, T. 2006. Regional review on aquaculture development. 4. Sub-Saharan Africa – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/4. Rome, FAO, 96 pp.
• Morales Q.,V.V. & Morales R., R. 2006. Regional review on aquaculture development. 1. Latin America and the Caribbean – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/1. Rome, FAO, 177 pp.
• Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific. 2006. Regional review on aquaculture development. 3. Asia and the Pacific – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/3. Rome, FAO, 97 pp.
• Olin, P.G. 2006. Regional review on aquaculture development. 7. North America – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/7. Rome, FAO, 25 pp.
• Poynton, S.L. 2006. Regional review on aquaculture development. 2. Near East and North Africa – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/2. Rome, FAO, 79 pp.
• Rana, K.J. 2007. Regional review on aquaculture development. 6. Western-European region – 2005. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/6. Rome, FAO, 56 pp.

Production

• FIGIS Fisheries Statistics - Aquaculture Production.
• FishStat Plus - Universal software for fishery statistical time series.
• Statistics. FAO Webpage.

Aquaculture Management

• Anon. 2007. Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices. Manual based on experience in India. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 446, Rome, FAO, 110 pp.
• FAO/NACA. 2000. Aquaculture development beyond 2000: the Bangkok Declaration and Strategy. Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millenium. 20–25 February 2000, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, NACA and Rome, FAO, 27 pp.
• FAO/NACA/UNEP/WB/WWF. 2006. International principles for responsible shrimp farming. Bangkok, NACA, 20 pp.
• Moehl, J., Brummett, R., Kalende, M.B. & Coche, A. 2006. Guiding principles for promoting aquaculture in Africa – Benchmarks for sustainable development. CIFA Occasional Paper. No. 28. Accra, FAO, 122 pp.

Aquaculture Development

• Fisheries Development. FAO Webpage

Aquaculture Fact Sheets

• National Aquaculture Sector Overviews (NASOs).
  

Aquaculture Issues

• Aquaculture. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Webpage
• Bueno, P.B. 2008. Social risks in aquaculture. In M.G. Bondad-Reantaso, J.R.Arthur & R.P. Subasinghe, eds. Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, Rome, FAO (In press).
• Bondad-Reantaso, M.B., Arthur, J.R. & Subasinghe, R.P.  2008. (eds.) Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, Rome, FAO (In press).
• Gender and Food Security. FAO Webpage
• Issues. FAO Webpage
• Phillips, M.J. & Subasinghe, R.P. 2008.  Application of risk analysis to environmental issues in aquaculture. In M.G. Bondad-Reantaso, J.R.Arthur & R.P. Subasinghe, eds. Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, Rome, FAO.
• Subasinghe, R.P., Bueno, P., Phillips, M.J., Hough, C., McGladdery, S.E. & Arthur, J.R. (eds.) 2001. Aquaculture in the Third Millennium. Technical Proceedings of the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millennium, Bangkok, Thailand, 20–25 February 2000. 471 pp. NACA, Bangkok and FAO, Rome.

National Aquatic Animal Health

General

• Biosecurity for Agriculture and Food Production.  FAO Webpage.

National Strategies
Australia

• AFFA. 1999. Aquaplan. Australia’s national strategic plan for aquatic animal health 1998–2003. Canberra, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia, 34 pp.
• DAFF. 2002. Aquaplan. A five year review. Canberra, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia, 40 pp.
• DAFF. 2005. Aquaplan. Australia’s national strategic plan for aquatic animal health 2005–2010. Canberra, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 52 pp.

Canada

• Canada’s National Aquatic Animal Health Program
• Canada’s National Animal Health Strategy

Great Britain

• Animal Health & Welfare Strategy for Great Britain
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 2004. Animal health & welfare strategy for Great Britain. 40 pp.

New Zealand

• Anon. 2002. Guarding Pacific’s triple star. Draft biosecurity strategy for New Zealand. December 2002.  64 pp.

Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Animal Health and Welfare Strategy

Norway

• Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority).
• Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Undated. Reforming the Food Safety Administration in Norway.

United States

• Animal Health. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
• National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. January 2006.

National Aquaculture Legislation Overviews

• FAO, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. National Aquaculture Legislation Overview (NALO) Fact Sheets.
• FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
• FAOLEX
• FAO. Legal Office.
• Spreij, M. 2003. Trends in national aquaculture legislation – part I. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter, FAN, 30: 10–13.
• Spreij, M. 2004. Trends in national aquaculture legislation – part II. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter, FAN, 31: 22–27.

Regional Aquatic Animal Health

Regional Disease Reports

• NACA/FAO Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease (QAAD) Reports
• OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific, Regional Aquatic Animal Disease Report.

Regional Strategies

• Commission of the European Communities. 2007. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on  a New Animal Health Strategy for the European Union (2007–2013) where “Prevention is Better than Cure”. Commission Document COM(2007) 539 Final, 18 pp.

Regional Agreements

• Anon.  2003. SPC-HOF guidelines for the introduction and translocation of aquatic organisms for aquaculture and culture-based fisheries.  Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 3rd SPC Heads of Fisheries. 18–23 August, 2003, Noumea, New Caledonia. Working Paper 8, 8 pp.
• Anon. 2007. Standard operating procedures for health certification and quarantine measures for the responsible movement of live food finfish within ASEAN, 13 February 2007, Association of South-East Asian Nations, Final draft, 39 pp.
• ASEAN. 2007. Standard operating procedures for health certification and quarantine measures for the responsible movement of live food finfish within ASEAN.
• FAO/NACA. 2000. The Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals and the Beijing consensus and implementation strategy FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402, Rome, FAO, 53 pp.

Regional Instruments

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• European Union
• Fish Health Section (FHS) of the Asian Fisheries Society
• Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
• Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center – Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD)
• Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO BIOTROP)

Global Aquatic Animal Health

Global Disease Reports

• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
• Disease Information
• International Database on Aquatic Animal Diseases
• Monthly, annual and multiannual disease reports from the OIE database
• World Animal Health

Global Agreements

• CDB. 1992. Convention on Biological Diversity. 5 June 1992, 29 pp.
• FAO. 1995. Code of conduct for responsible fisheries. Rome, FAO, 41 pp.
• FAO. 1997. Aquaculture development. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 5,  Rome, FAO, 40 pp.
• FAO. 2007. Aquaculture development 2. Health management for responsible movement of live aquatic animals. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 5, Suppl. 2. Rome, FAO, 31 pp.
• ICES. 2005. ICES Code of practice for the introductions and transfers of marine organisms 2005. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen, 30 pp.
• OIE. 2006. Manual of diagnostic tests for aquatic animals. 5th Edn., Paris.
• OIE. 2007. Aquatic animal health code. 10th Edn., Paris.
• WTO. 1994. Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures. In The results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations: the legal texts. pp. 69–84. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Geneva, World Trade Organization.

Global Instruments

• Animals Health Standards Commission (of the OIE)
• Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Convention on Biodiversity (CBD).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
• FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
• Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Arthur, J.R., Lavilla-Pitogo, C. & Subasinghe, R.P. (eds.) 2000. Use of chemicals in aquaculture in Asia. Proceedings of the Meeting on the Use of Chemicals in Aquaculture in Asia, 20–22 May 1996, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.
• Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Codex Alimentarius. Current Official Standards.
• Codex Alimentarius. Pesticide Residues in Food. Maximum Residue Limits; Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits.
• Codex Alimentarius. Veterinary Drug Residues in Food. Maximum Residue Limits.
• Fish Contaminants. FAO Webpage.
• Hernández Serrano, P. 2005. Responsible use of antibiotics in aquaculture. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 469. Rome, FAO, 97 pp.
• Karunasagar, I. 2008. Applying risk analysis to food safety and public health risks in aquaculture. In M.G. Bondad-Reantaso, J.R. Arthur & R.P. Subasinghe. (eds.).2008. Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, Rome, FAO. (In press).
• United States Food and Drug Administration. 2007.  How FDA regulates seafood. FDA detains imports of farm-raised Chinese seafood. FDA Consumer Health Information, June 28, 2007, 3 pp.
• World Trade Organization(WTO)
• WTO. 1994. Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures. In The results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations: the legal texts. pp. 69–84. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Geneva, World Trade Organization.

Disease Diagnostics

• Bondad-Reantaso, M.B., McGladdery, S.E., East, I. & Subasinghe, R.P. (eds.) 2001. Asia diagnostic guide to aquatic animal diseases. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402/2, Rome, FAO, 237 pp.
• OIE. 2006. Manual of diagnostic tests for aquatic animals. 5th Edn., Paris.
• Walker, P. & Subasinghe, R. (eds.) 2000. DNA-based molecular diagnostic techniques: research needs for standardization and validation of the detection of aquatic animal pathogens and diseases. FAO  Fisheries Technical Paper No. 395, Rome, FAO, 93 pp.

Surveillance and Reports

• NACA/FAO. 1999–2007.  Quarterly aquatic animal disease reports (Asia and Pacific region).
• Subasinghe, R.P., McGladdery, S.E. & Hill, B.J. 2004. Surveillance and zoning for aquatic animal diseases. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 451, Rome, FAO, 73 pp.
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific.  Regional Aquatic Animal Disease Reports.

Quarantine

• Anon. 2007. Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices. Manual based on experience in India. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 446, Rome, FAO, 110 pp.
• Arthur, J.R., Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Baldock, F.C., Rodgers, C.J. & Edgerton, B.F. 2004. Manual on risk analysis for the safe movement of aquatic animals (FWG/01/2002), 59 pp. APECDoF/NACA/FAO, APEC Publ. No. APEC#203-FS-03.1
• Arthur, J.R. & Subasinghe, R.P.  2008. Manual of procedures for the quarantine of live aquatic animals.  FAO Fisheries Technical Paper.
• FAO/NACA. 2000. The Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals and the Beijing consensus and implementation strategy. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402, Rome, FAO, 53 pp.
• FAO/NACA. 2001. Manual of procedures for the implementation of the Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402, Supplement 1, Rome, FAO, 106 pp.
• Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service. 2003. Health management and biosecurity maintenance in white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) hatcheries in Latin America.  FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 450, Rome, FAO, 64 pp.
• MAF. 2001. Transitional facilities for ornamental fish and marine invertebrates. MAF Biosecurity Authority, Animal Biosecurity, Standard 154.02.06, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Wellington, 23 March 2001, 30 pp.
• OIE. 2007. Aquatic animal health code, Risk analysis Section.

Contingency Plans

• Aquavetplan. – the Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan consists of a series of manuals that outline Australia’s approach to national disease preparedness and propose the technical response and control strategies to be activated in a national aquatic animal disease emergency. Currently there are two Management Manuals (Control Centre and Enterprise Manual), two Operational Procedures Manuals (Destruction and Disposal) and eight Disease Strategy Manuals.
• Arthur, J.R., Baldock, F.C., Subasinghe, R.P. & McGladdery, S.E. 2005. Preparedness and response to aquatic animal disease emergencies in Asia: guidelines. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 486, Rome, FAO, 40 pp.

Responsible Movement

• FAO. 1995. Code of conduct for responsible fisheries. Rome, FAO, 41 pp.
• FAO. 1997. Aquaculture development. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 5, Rome, FAO, 40 pp.
• FAO. 2007. Aquaculture development. 2. Health management for responsible movement of live aquatic animals. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries 5, Supplement 2, Rome, FAO, 31 pp.
• ICES. 2005. ICES Code of practice for the introductions and transfers of marine organisms 2005. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen, 30 pp.
• Turner, G.E. (ed.) 1988. Codes of practice and manual of procedures for consideration of introductions and transfers of marine and freshwater organisms. EIFAC Occasional Paper. No. 23, 44 pp.

BMPs, GAPs, SOPs

• ABD/ACIAR/AwF/BFF/FAO/GTZ/IFC/MMAF/NACA/WWF. 2007. Practical manual on better management practices for tambak farming in Ache. Published by Asian Development Bank ETESP, Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, Banda Ache, June 2007, 55 pp.
• Anon. 2007. Guidelines for broodstock management, propagation and culture. Artificial propagation of semah, Tor douronensis, and empuru, Tor tambroides, two species of commercial and conservation value to Sarwak Malaysia. November 2007, 46 pp.
• British Columbia Salmon Growers Association. 2005. Code of practice. February 4, 2005.
• De Silva, S.S., Amarasinghe, U.S. & Nguyen, T.T.T. (eds.) 2006. Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia. ACIAR Monograph No. 120, 96 pp.
• Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service. 2003. Health management and biosecurity maintenance in white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) hatcheries in Latin America.  FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 450, Rome, FAO, 64 pp.
• JIFSAN. 2007. JIFSAN Good Aquacultural Practices Manual Section 14 – Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), 3 pp. Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
• MPEDA/NACA. 2003. Shrimp health management extension manual. Bangkok, NACA, 36 pp.
• NACA. 2008. Shrimp health management brochures. As series of brochures that provide BMPs in a reader friendly format. These brochures are prepared as extension materials through the village based demonstration programme by MPEDA (the Marine Products Export Development Authority of India) and NACA.
• SEAFDEC-AQD. 2007. Biosecurity for shrimp farms. Tigbauan, SEAFDEC-AQD, 4 pp.

Aquatic Animal Risk Analyses  – Completed and In Progress
The risk analyses listed below have been completed or are currently in progress by the Australian Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and are available at the following links:

Molluscs

• Bivalve molluscs:  Current import risk analysis: non-viable bivalve molluscs. Australian Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Crustaceans

• Freshwater crayfish:  Current import risk analysis: freshwater crayfish. Australian Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
• Marine prawns: Current import risk analysis: prawns and prawn products. Australian Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
• Freshwater prawns: Import risk analysis: freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) from Hawaii. New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Giant river prawn: Arthur, J.R., Hurwood, D., Lovell, E.R., Bondad-Reantaso M.G. & Mather, P.B. 2005. Pathogen and ecological risk analysis for the introduction of giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, from Fiji to the Cook Islands. SPC Aquaculture Technical Papers. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Aquaculture Section, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia, August 2004, 58 pp.
• Blue shrimp: Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Lovell, E.R., Arthur, J.R., Hurwood, D. & Mather, P.B. 2005. Pathogen and ecological risk analysis for the introduction of blue shrimp, Litopenaeus stylirostris from Brunei Darussalam to Fiji. SPC Aquaculture Technical Papers. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Aquaculture Section, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia, August 2004, 80 pp.

Finfish

• Freshwater finfish: Current import risk analysis: freshwater finfish. Australian Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
• Marine finfish: AQIS. 1999. Import risk analysis on non-viable salmonids and non-salmonid marine finfish. Canberra, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, 409 pp.
• Ornamental finfish: Khan, S.A., Wilson, D.W., Perera, R.P., Hayder, H. & Gerrity. S.E. 1999. Import risk analysis on live ornamental finfish. Canberra, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, 172 pp.
• Salmonids: Stone, M.A.B., MacDiarmid, S.C. & Pharo, H.J. Import health risk analysis: salmonids for human consumption. Ministry of Agriculture Regulatory Authority, New Zealand, 269 pp.
• Salmonids:  Biosecurity Authority, MAF. 1999. Supplementary import risk analysis – head-on gill-in Australian salmonids for human consumption.  27 September 1999, 24 pp.
• Tilapias: Johnson, C. 2007. Import risk analysis: frozen, skinless and boneless fillet meat of Oreochromis spp. from China and Brazil for human consumption. Draft for public consultation. September 2007.  MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, 95 pp.
• Yellowtail kingfish:  Diggles, B.K. 2002. Import risk assessment: juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) from Spencer Gulf Aquaculture, South Australia.  NIWA Client report: WLG 2002/03.

Guidance and Manuals
The following links provide access to key sources of guidance on implementing pathogen risk analysis for aquatic animal commodities:

• Anon. 2003. National code on introductions and transfers of aquatic organisms. September, 2003. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada, 54 pp.
• Arthur, J. R. 2008. General principles of the risk analysis process and its application to aquaculture. In M.G. Bondad-Reantaso, J.R. Arthur & R.P. Subasinghe. (eds.) 2008. Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, Rome, FAO.
• Arthur, J.R., Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Baldock, F.C., Rodgers, C.J. & Edgerton, B.F. Manual on risk analysis for the safe movement of aquatic animals (FWG/01/2002).  59 pp. APECDoF/NACA/FAO, APEC Publ. No. APEC#203-FS-03.1
• Arthur, J.R. & Reantaso, M.B. (eds.) 2004. Capacity and awareness building on import risk analysis for aquatic animals (FWG/01/2002). Report of the Joint APEC/FAO/NACA/OIE/DoF- Thailand/ INP/CONPESCA/SAGARPA Workshops, Bangkok, Thailand 1–6 April 2002 and Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 12–17 August 2002. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC Fisheries Working Group. 203 pp.
• Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 2007. Import risk analysis handbook 2007. Canberra,49 pp.
• Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 2003. Import risk analysis handbook 2003. Canberra, 45 pp.
• Biosecurity New Zealand. Risk analysis procedures. Version 1. 12 April 2006, 104 pp.
• Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., Arthur, J.R. & Subasinghe, R.P. (eds.) 2008. Study on understanding and applying risk analysis in aquaculture production. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper Rome, FAO.
• FAO. 1996. Precautionary approach to capture fisheries and species introductions. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 2, Rome, FAO, 54 pp.
• FAO. 1997. Aquaculture development. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 5, Rome, FAO, 40 pp.
• FAO. 2007. Aquaculture development. 2. Health management for responsible movement of live aquatic animals. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries 5, Supplement 2, Rome, FAO, 31 pp.
• FAO/NACA. 2000. The Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals and the Beijing consensus and implementation strategy. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402, Rome, FAO, 53 pp.
• FAO/NACA. 2001. Manual of procedures for the implementation of the Asia regional technical guidelines on health management for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 402, Supplement 1, Rome, FAO, 106 pp.
• MacDiarmid, S.C. 2000. Process for conducting import risk analyses for animals and animal products. extract from Biosecurity, 21, 2 pp.
• OIE. 2007. Aquatic animal health code, Risk analysis Section.
• Society for Risk Analysis.
• Turner, G.E. (ed.) 1988. Codes of practice and manual of procedures for consideration of introductions and transfers of marine and freshwater organisms. EIFAC Occasional Paper. No. 23, 44 pp.

Databases and On-line Publications Useful for Hazard Identification

Checklists

• Arthur, J.R. & Ahmed, A.T.A.  2002. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh.  FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 392/1.
• Arthur, J.R. & Shariff, M. 2008, Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Singapore. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 392/4, Rome, FAO.
• Arthur, J.R. & Shariff, M. 2008. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Malaysia. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 392/3, Rome, FAO.
• Arthur, J.R. & Lumanlan-Mayo, S.L. 1997. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 369, Rome, FAO, 102 pp.
• Arthur, J.R. & Te, B.Q. 2006. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Viet Nam. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 369/2, Rome, FAO, 133 pp.
• Kirjušina, M., & Vismanis, K. 2007. Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Latvia.  FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 369/3, Rome, FAO, 106 pp.

Databases

• Aquatic Animal Pathogen and Quarantine Information System (AAPQIS).
• Bower, S.M. & McGladdery, S.E.  2003. Synopsis of infectious diseases and parasites of commercially exploited shellfish.
• International Database on Aquatic Animal Diseases.
• NACA/FAO. 1999–2007.  Quarterly aquatic animal disease reports (Asia and Pacific region).
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific.  Regional Aquatic Animal Disease Reports.

Risk Management Guidance

• AGDAFF. 2007. Aquatic animal diseases significant to Asia–Pacific: identification field guide. Canberra, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
• Anon. 2007. Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices. Manual based on experience in India. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 446, Rome, FAO, 110 pp.