Certains poissons vivants interdits d'exportation aux USA

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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/10/vhsfish.shtml

USDA Press Release:

Jim Rogers (202) 690-4755
Jerry Redding (202) 720-4623

USDA PROHIBITS IMPORTS FROM TWO CANADIAN PROVINCES AND INTERSTATE MOVEMENTS
FROM EIGHT STATES OF FISH SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006--The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service issued an emergency order today prohibiting
the importation of certain species of live fish from two Canadian provinces
into the United States and the interstate movement of the same species from
the eight states bordering the Great Lakes due to outbreaks of viral
hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS).

This action is in response to the rapid spread of VHS in the Great Lakes
region and the potential impact on a growing number of fish species. VHS is
a destructive pathogen that produces clinical signs in fish including
internal hemorrhaging and death. The disease does not pose a risk to
people, but it has been found to affect a number of fish species previously
not known to be susceptible including baitfish species, Coho salmon and
channel catfish.

In addition to prohibiting the importation of certain species of live fish
from Ontario and Quebec, Canada, the interstate movement of these species
will also be prohibited from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Dead and diseased wild fish have been reported in Lakes Ontario, St. Clair
and Erie as well as the St. Lawrence River. An outbreak was also reported
last month in fish from New York’s Conesus Lake, a body of water in the
Great Lakes watershed but without direct connection to the lower Great
Lakes. It is not known how this disease arrived in the Great Lakes area,
but APHIS will continue to monitor the situation and take whatever actions
are necessary to control its spread.

With the number of the potentially susceptible fish species still growing,
new fish species affected by this emergency order will be updated as
necessary to prevent the further spread of this disease. For a complete
list of live fish included in the emergency order, please visit our Web site
at www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/aqua/.

The emergency order putting these protections in place can be found on our
Website at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/aqua/. An interim rule is
anticipated to be enacted in early 2007 detailing the new requirements.

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