Fisheries Management Act 1994 No 38
Historical version for 17 June 2011 to 4 August 2011 (accessed 18 May 2013 at 18:34) Current version
Schedule 6B

Schedule 6B Diseases affecting fish and marine vegetation

(Section 182)

Part 1 Class A diseases

Division 1 Diseases affecting finfish

Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis—EHN virus
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis—European catfish virus, European sheatfish virus
Infectious haematopoietic necrosis
Spring viraemia of carp
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
Channel catfish virus disease
Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy
Infectious pancreatic necrosis
Infectious salmon anaemia
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (Aphanomyces invadans)
Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)
Enteric septicaemia of catfish (Edwardsiella ictaluri)
Piscirickettsiosis (Piscirickettsia salmonis)
Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)
Red sea bream iridoviral disease
Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida)
Aeromonas salmonicida—atypical strains
Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
Enteric redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri—Hagerman strain)
Koi herpesvirus disease
Grouper iridoviral disease

Division 2 Diseases affecting crustaceans

Taura syndrome
White spot disease
Yellowhead disease—yellowhead virus
Gill-associated virus
Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis
Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
White tail disease
Infectious myonecrosis
Milky haemolymph disease of spiny lobster (Panulirus spp)

Division 3 Diseases affecting molluscs

Infection with Bonamia ostreae
Infection with Bonamia species
Infection with Bonamia exitiosa
Infection with Bonamia roughleyi
Infection with Mikrocytos mackini
Infection with Marteilia refringens
Infection with Marteilia sydneyi
Infection with Perkinsus marinus
Infection with Perkinsus olseni
Abalone viral ganglioneuritis
Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis
Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis
Akoya oyster disease
Iridoviroses

Part 2 Class B diseases (Pests or parasites)

Division 1 Finfish

Species

Common name

Oreochromis mossambicus

Mozambique mouthbrooder

Tilapia zillii

Redbelly tilapia

Tilapia mariae

Black mangrove cichlid

Neogobius melanostomus

Round goby

Siganus rivulatus

Marbled spinefoot

Division 2 Crustaceans

Species

Common name

Eriocheir spp

Chinese mitten crab

Charybdis japonica

Lady crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Japanese shore crab, Asian shore crab

Hemigrapsus takanoi

Pacific crab, brush-clawed shore crab

Hemigrapsus penicillatus

Pacific crab, brush-clawed shore crab

Carcinus maenas

European green crab, green shore crab

Balanus improvisus

Barnacle

Division 3 Molluscs

Species

Common name

Mytilopsis sallei

Black-striped mussel

Perna viridis

Asian green mussel

Perna perna

Brown mussel

Perna canaliculus

New Zealand green lipped mussel

Musculista senhousia

Asian bag mussel, Asian date mussel

Potamocorbula amurensis

Asian clam, brackish-water corbula

Varicorbula gibba

European clam

Mya arenaria

Soft shell clam

Ensis directus

Jack-knife clam

Rapana venosa

Rapa whelk

Crepidula fornicata

American slipper limpet, slipper limpet

Maoricolpus roseus

New Zealand screw shell

Division 4 Echinoderms

Species

Common name

Asterias amurensis

Northern Pacific seastar

Division 5 Ascidians

Species

Common name

Didemnum vexillum

Colonial sea squirt

Division 6 Polychaetes

Species

Common name

Marenzelleria spp.

Red gilled mudworm

Sabella spallanzanii

European fan worm

Division 7 Ctenophores

Species

Common name

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Comb jelly, sea walnut

Division 8 Marine vegetation

Species

Common name

Undaria pinnatifida

Japanese seaweed, wakame

Grateloupia turuturu

Red macroalga

Sargassum muticum

Asian seaweed

Codium fragile spp. tomentosoides

Green macroalga, dead man’s fingers

Division 9 Holoplankton

Species

Common name

Pfiesteria piscicida

Toxic dinoflagellate

Pseudo-nitzschia seriata

Pennate diatom

Dinophysis norvegica

Toxic dinoflagellate

Alexandrium monilatum

Toxic dinoflagellate

Chaetoceros concavicornis

Centric diatom

Chaetoceros convolutus

Centric diatom

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