1. 1st Regional Workshop: Improving National and Regional Disease Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting Systems Belgrade, Serbia, 15-19 July 2013 FAO Technical Cooperation Programme TCP/RER/3402 Assistance to Western Balkan Countries for Improving Compliance to International Standards on Aquatic Animal Health Aquaculture and aquatic disease surveillance in Republic of Macedonia Presenter: Biljana Strojmanovska E-mail:bikonomova@fva.gov.mk

2. Land area - 25.713 km²km² 1100 larger sources of water Ohrid lake -358 km² km² Prespa lake –275 km²km² Dojran lake – 43 km²km² Artificial lakes 27 Largest river-Vardar Aquacuture in Republic of Macedonia-Resources

3. Aquacuture in Republic of Macedonia Background of aquaculture Number of registered fish farms (MAFWE) – 84

4. Distribution of fish farms in the Republic of Macedonia

5. Aquacuture in Republic of Macedonia Importance, trends & perspectives

6. COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1251/2008 regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and laying down a list of vector species

7. Aquacuture in Republic of Macedonia - Species of aquaculture animals Breeding – aquaculture production in the Republic of Macedonia:  Rainbow trout,  River trout,  Cyprinus carpio - common carp,  Hypopthalamichthys nobilis-bigheaded carp,  Silurus glanis - catfish, and  Ctenopharyngodon idella- grass carp

8. Aquatic animal diseases Exotic Diseases : Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis (EHN) Non Exotic Diseases : Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) Koi herpesvirus (KHV) Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) Diseases under national control programmes : Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) Gyrodactylus salaris (Gs) Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN)

9. Aquatic animal diseses surveillance-Competent authority FOOD AND VETERINARY AGENCY  Animal Health and Welfare Department,  Veterinary Public Health Department,  Border Inspection Department

10. Animal Health and Welfare Department Veterinary Public Health Department Food of non-animal origin Department Border Inspection Department EU and International cooperation Legal and administrative affairs Professional support Department а Professional support Department а Deputy Director Director Human Resources Unit Unit for internal revision Animal Health Unit Animal Welfare Unit Animal Identification and Registration Unit State Inspection Unit for animal health with Regional Units. State Inspection Unit for animal health with Regional Units. Food safety of animal origin Unit State Inspection Unit for food of animal origin with Regional Units Veterinary Medicinal Products Unit Animal by-products Unit IT Unit Feed Unit Food safety of non- animal origin Unit State Inspection Unit for food of non-animal origin with Regional Units Unit for Food for special nutritive use, enriched foods, food supplements, and additives Unit for GMO, food produced with innovative technologies and ionizing radiation and food contact materials State Border Inspection at a BP Unit International trade and certification Unit EU Legislation Unit International cooperation and communication Legal Affairs Unit Public Procurement Unit Consumers’ protection Unit System Quality Management Unit Archive and office work Unit Strategic Planning Unit Risk Communication Unit Food and Veterinary Agency Internal Audit and Control Unit State Inspection Unit for food of non-animal origin at a BP Contingency Plans Unit Risk assessment Unit Laboratories coordination and control Unit EU Integration and negotiations Unit Unit for Matters related to the Director State Advisor on Legal Affairs State Veterinary Advisor State Advisor on Food Unit for Financial Matters Public relations Unit Food quality of animal origin Unit

11. NATIONAL LEGISLATION FOR AQUACULTURE LAWs:  Law on Veterinary Health (OJ 113/07, 24/11, 136/11 & 123/12)  Law on Identification and registration of animals (OJ 95/2012)  Law on Food Safety (OJ 145/10)

12. Book of Rules:  Book of Rules on conditions for placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products thereof and official controls (OJ 85/13) –Council Directive 2006/88/EC & Commission Regulation EC 1251/2008  Book of Rules on measures for control and eradication of certain diseases in aquaculture animals (OJ 185/11) –Council Directive 2006/88/EC -on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals  Book of Rules on manner and procedure for notification of compulsory notifiable disease and list of compulsory notifiable disease (OJ 110/10)- Council Directive 82/894/EC  Book of rules on the procedure for import and transit list of third countries from which imports and approved transit, the form and content of the veterinary health certificate or other documents accompanying consignments of live animals and aquaculture, products of animal origin and the method and procedure of inspection and control at import and transit of consignments of live animals, aquaculture and animal products (OJ 53/10, 86/10, 144/10, 27/11, 66/11, 72/11, 84/11, 95/11, 114/11, 168/11, 185/11, 4/12, 33/12, 45/12, 65/12, 86/12) – Commission Regulation EC 1251/2008

13. Book of Rules:  Book of rules on technical and technological requirements and procedures for approval of quarantine, period of quarantine, isolation facilities, duration of isolation and quarantine for different species of animals, duration of observation and tests to be made (OJ 88/10) – Commission Decision 2008/946/ECProgrames:  Annual order on animal health for 2013 (OJ 10/13)  Programm for control and eradication of certain contagious disease (OJ 82/2007)

14. Aquatic animal diseses surveillance Annual order for animal health protection: - list of disease in aquaculture - time period for controls and - frequency for controls Contract veterinary practitioners/veterinary clinicscollection of samples Expenses are on the APBs

15. Time period and frequency of controls VHS –Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), samples in trout -at least twice a year in early spring for offspring and late autumn for parent flock; IPN –Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN), examination shall be carried out in June for offspring and in December for parent flock; BKD –Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) samples in trout - in early spring and late autumn; SVC –Spring viremia of carp (SVC), - early spring and KHV –Herpes virus disease (KHV), in July/ August

16. Aquatic animal disease diagnostics Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM)-Skopje - National reference laboratory Has laboratory quality management systems in place - ISO17025, ISO9001, but no accredited methods for any fish diseases diagnostics molecular diagnosis, bacteriology, serology, parasitology 1 PhD researcher on fish diseases and 5 more other laboratory trained researchers in different areas – bacteriology virology, serology, molecular diagnostics

17. Disease Laboratory diagnostics 2011 (positives) 2012 (positives) 2013 (positives) Viral hemorrhagic septicemia in trouts(VHS), ELISA Ag-ELISA (a,b-for diagnosis; d-for targeted surveillance) 19 (0)13 (0)14(0) Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN) Ag- ELISA2 (0)4 (0)0(0) Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) Qualitative immunochromatographic assay 7 (0)3 (0)9 (0) Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) ELISA Ag-ELISA (a,c-for diagnosis; d-for targeted surveillance) 13 (0)16 (0)6(0) Koi Herpes virus disease in carp PCR (a-for diagnosis; b-for targeted surveillance) 0 (0)5 (0)0(0) Prescribed methods of diagnosis for pathogens/diseases

18. Strenghts and weaknesses New legislationEnforcement Registration of APBs (in progress) Authorization/approval of APBs Surveillance programme VIS

19. Opportunities and threats Development of APBs New markets TAIEX –expert mission, workshop Surveillance programe in place

20. Thank you!