Annex
Certificate: Health certification requirements for freshwater ornamental (aquarium) fish
Effective 2 August 2019 to 24 August 2019Only fish listed in the list of permitted live freshwater fish suitable for import are included in this consignment, and are documented on the attached invoice.
The fish in the consignment have been inspected within seven (7) days prior to export and show no clinical signs of infectious disease or pests.
The export premises are currently approved for export to Australia as meeting standards under the Department of Agriculture.
All fish being held at the export premises exhibit no clinical signs of significant infectious disease or pests and are sourced from populations not associated with any significant disease or pests within the 6 months prior to certification.
All fish in the consignment have been in approved export premises for 14 days prior to export.
The fish have not been kept in water in common with farmed foodfish (fish farmed for human consumption including recreational fishing) or koi carp.
Adequate quarantine safeguards are in place to maintain the health status of the certified fish until export. The fish are effectively isolated in holding systems that prevent infection by direct contact with other fish or indirect contact via water, equipment or any other means.
Additional health certification requirements if the consignment includes gouramis1, bettas, paradise fish, cichlids, and poeciliids exported to Australia
(Strike through and initial the option 1. or 2. that does not apply):
Source Population Freedom
The fish originate from a country, zone or export premises determined by the Competent Authority to be free from megalocytiviruses consistent with the procedures described in Additional health certification criteria and procedures for gouramis, bettas, paradise fish, cichlids and poeciliids, exported to Australia or
Batch Test Negative
The batch of consigned fish have been tested by the Competent Authority and found negative for megalocytiviruses consistent with definitions and testing methodology described in Additional health certification criteria and procedures for gouramis, bettas, paradise fish, cichlids and poeciliids exported to Australia.
1 Gouramis, bettas and paradise fish include all species belonging to subfamilies Luciocephalinae and Macropodusinae of the family Osphronemidae listed in the list of permitted live freshwater fish suitable for import.
Additional health certification requirements if the consignment includes goldfish (carassius auratus)
The goldfish originate from a country, zone or export premises (the population) determined to be free from spring viraemia of carp virus (SVCV) and Aeromonas salmonicida (other than goldfish ulcer disease strains) based on:
1.1. the absence of clinical, laboratory or epidemiological evidence of these agents in the source fish population in the previous 2 years, and;
1.2. a system of monitoring and surveillance for the previous 2 years acceptable to the Competent Authority and consistent with theAdditional health certification criteria and for goldfish exported to Australia.
All goldfish in the consignment have been treated with an effective parasiticide (e.g. trichlorfon, formaldehyde, sodium chloride) during the seven (7) days prior to export to Australia to eliminate infestation by the gill flukes Dactylogyrus vastator and D. extensus.
[The active ingredients and concentration must be recorded on the health certification.]