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: Based on the latest development of fish diseases referring to the OIE, the fish diseases situation at the regional level of Asia-Pacific based on NACA (Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific), as well as substantial fish diseases for the Indonesian fisheries sector by risk analysis, Indonesia finds the need to revise the Decree of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries No. 91 of 2018 concerning Designation of Kinds of Quarantine Fish Disease, Categories, and Carrier. Based on the studies, discussions and expert consultations, the Ministerial Decree is subject to revision as attached to the draft.
This Decree stipulate kinds of quarantine diseases of fish (QDF), with their categories, carrier as listed in the annex that is an integral part of this Decree. By the stipulation of this decree, the importation into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia shall be free from QDF.
As used in this regulation:
All disease of fish that are not yet present and/or have only been present in specific areas within the territory of Indonesia, potentially communicable, can spread in a rapid phase or short periods relatively, and cause socioeconomic losses or harm to community health; and are determined by the government as needing to be prevented from being introduced into, disseminated within, the territory of the country. Quarantine diseases of fish class I means all quarantine diseases of fish which cannot be free from its carrier because the treatment's technologies have not been mastered. Quarantine diseases of fish class II means all quarantine pests and diseases of fish which can be free from its carrier because the treatment's technologies have been mastered. Carrier of quarantine diseases of fish refer to fish, material of fish origin, product of material of fish origin, fish life media, parts thereof, and/or other carrier (e.g. ballast water, PRG, etc.) capable of harbouring/carrying QDF. Fish means all aquatic biota the life cycle of which takes place whole or partly in water, whether alive or dead, including parts thereof.
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