1. Gyrodactylus salaris Arthur Griffiths MRCVS Chair of Task Force

2. Gyrodactylus salaris What is it? Where is it? Resilience Risk Factors What action can be taken?

3. Gyrodactylus salaris WHAT IS IT? Notifiable Disease of salmonids Fluke feeding on gills and skin Highly fecund parasite EXOTIC to Scotland Allows secondary bacterial infections

4. Gyrodactylus salaris WHERE IS IT? Norway Northern Russia Western Sweden Northern Finland Status of Western Europe is unclear

5. Gyrodactylus salaris HOW RESILIENT IS GS? Survives 5-7 days off host Killed by freezing, high temperatures, desiccation and seawater Multiplies on salmon, rainbow trout and char Uses many other species for transport Rapidly finds new hosts.

6. Gyrodactylus salaris RISK FACTORS Movements and imports of live fish and ova Movements of people and equipment

7. Gyrodactylus salaris WHAT CAN BE DONE IF GS OCCURS? Nothing Containment Eradication Prevention

8. Gyrodactylus salaris DO NOTHING Probably loose up to 98% of salmon Catchment income slashed Risk infecting other catchments

9. Gyrodactylus salaris CONTAINMENT Movement controls Fish passes Fish Farms Surveillance Cleansing and disinfection Water transfers Leisure pursuits

10. Gyrodactylus salaris ERADICATION Apply all containment measures Rotenone Aluminium sulphate Restocking

11. Gyrodactylus salaris TASK FORCE Set up June 2005 To report by 31 March 2006 Preparation of Contingency Plan

12. Gyrodactylus salaris ISSUES IN PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLAN Prevention Identification, Research and Information Legal Issues Gene banking

13. Gyrodactylus salaris GS CONTINGENCY PLAN SEERAD & Industries preparedness Framework for response SEERAD Enforcement Bodies Fisheries Interests Commercial Water Users Leisure Pursuits

14. Gyrodactylus salaris MAIN ISSUES COVERED Disease response Legislation Management structures Roles and responsibilities Criteria for containment and eradication Operations Manual Communications Strategy Stakeholders Resource provision

15. Gyrodactylus salaris KEY MESSAGES Prevention is better than cure Disease will be costly and damaging Biosecurity is a MUST Keeping control depends on EVERYBODY doing their bit.