According to the news available the Irish Seminar is said to explore new and emerging threats facing Irish fish farmers today including sea lice, sleeping disease in rainbow trout, Francisella in cod and rhabdovirus infections in perch. The Fish Health Seminar will also include international speakers outlining current management practices in countries such as Norway, the UK and the Faroe Islands and will include overviews of lessons learned in dealing with disease outbreaks such as infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), pancreas disease and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS).
This seminar is organised as part of the AquaPlan project and it will be the first annual Fish Health Seminar in Ireland and part of a National Strategy for Fish Health. The Sea Change funded project aims to increase the level of expertise available in Ireland on fish health issues through a range of initiatives including the production of a Fish Health Handbook, Information leaflets on diseases and biosecurity, and the development of accreddited training courses.
Good health of fish assure good return and the fish farmers are more aware than ever of the need to have a fish health management plan in place with the introduction of the Fish Health Directive 2006/88/EC last year which requires all fish farmers to obtain Authorisation from the Marine Institute.
