USAHA/AAVLD Committee on Aquaculture

The purpose of the Committee on Aquaculture is to provide a forum for discussion and Cooperation between members of the diverse aquaculture industries, regulatory and tribal agencies, and the research community, as they address problems and opportunities related to aquatic animal health and well-being, seafood safety, and public health. The committee develops and recommends policies and actions for the USAHA that will facilitate harmonization of aquatic animal health regulations and the activities of stakeholder federal, state, tribal, and local agencies, and in so doing, ensure the economic stability of the aquaculture industries.

Members

Committee Member Directory

Reports

Resolutions

2010: Resolution 6: UNITED STATES NATIONAL LIST OF REPORTABLE ANIMAL DISEASES; Resolution 8: USE OF THE LACEY ACT TO REGULATE ANIMAL PATHOGENS
2009: Resolution 3: FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL PATHOGEN TESTING NETWORK
View the Draft Plan.; Resolution 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH PLAN
2008: Resolution 7: National Aquatic Animal Health Plan; Resolution 8: Federal Funding for an Aquatic Animal Laboratory Network; Resolution 9: Use and Interpretation of Polymerase Chain Reaction Results for Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus
2007: Resolution 6: Funding for Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Surveillance
2006: Resolution 1: Interim Emergency Regulation; Resolution 2: Recommendation to Re-list Oncornynchus Masu Virus Disease (OMVD); Resolution 3: Supply and Distribution of Standardized Diagnostic Reagents for the Listed Disease of Aquatic Animals; Resolution 4: National Aquatic Animal Health Plan
2004: Resolution 12: Adequate Long-Term Financial Support for the State-Federal Infectious Salmon Anemia Program and Indemnification in the Northeastern U.S.; Resolution 14: Risk Assessment in Aquatic Animal Health