http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/28b6bd62-5433-4fad-b5a1-8ac61eb671b1/ International Technical Seminar/Workshops on Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)

1. FAO TCP/INT/3502 “Reducing and managing the risk of
Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) of Cultured Shrimp”
Session 6:
Round Table/Working Group
MOVING FORWARD
Melba B. Reantaso
Lead Technical Officer:TCP/INT/3502 &
Aquaculture Officer
Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations
Melba.Reantaso@fao.org
Skype: mreantaso
7/24/2017
International Technical Seminar/Workshop “EMS/AHPND: Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
22-24 June 2015, Tryp Hotel, Panama City 1

2. Why are we here??
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+/- 22 government delegates
+/=20 experts
+/=50-60 (?) producers: Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Panama
Different agenda but common interest:
• Share knowledge/experience
• Learn and understand the risks
• Contribute to finding solutions
• Recognize opportunities
• Take actions
• Reach a consensus for cooperation

3. Objectives
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• Draw generic and specific recommendations and
action packages on priority issues addressed to:
• Competent Authorities, regional and international
inter-governmental organizations
• Farmers/producers/producer groups
• Scientists/experts

4. Process
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Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
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• Participants will be divided into 6 groups (in random order, i.e.
counting 1 to 6, same numbers will belong to 1 group)
• Mix of background for each group
• Everyone will have the chance to comment during the
plenary
• Based on the learnings and knowledge gained in Sessions 1-5
– theoretical, practical, contentious issues, etc. – identify
priority issues which need to be addressed by the 3 sectors
and generate action packages to solve these issues.
• Each of the 6 groups will have a designated
Chairperson/presentor, rapporteur /presentor & presentor;
resource speakers will provide clarification and guidance on
the subject of their expertise

5. Process
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Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
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• Participants will be divided into 6 groups (in random
order, i.e. counting 1 to 6, same numbers will belong
to 1 group)
• Each of the 6 groups will have a designated
Chairperson and a rapporteur; Based on the learnings
and knowledge gained in Sessions 1-5 – theoretical,
practical, contentious issues – identify priority issues
which need to be addressed by the 3 sectors and
generate action packages to solve these issues.

6. Process
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Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
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Group Chairperson Rapporteur Presentor
1 Jim Brock
2 Tim Flegel
3 Scott Horton
4 Iddya Karunasagar
5 Laurence Massaut
6 Celia L.Pitogo
Group Members: name, country, sector (government,
farmer/producer/scientist/expert)

7. Presentation template
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Slide 1: Group #, Chair, Members, Rapporteur, Presentor
Slide 2: Priority issues for each stakeholder sector
(government/international org, farmer/producers;
scientists/experts; service providers)
Slides 3-9: Action packages for each issue:
• Priority: high, medium, low
• Time-frame: short term (6mo-1 year); medium terms (1-2
yrs); long term 2-5 years); continuing
Slide 10: Other issues which the group wanted to highlight and
which has not been covered in this technical seminar

8. Process: time-frame
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09:30-12:30 (3 hours): Break out groups
Groups 1 & 2: Salon Contadora I
Groups 3 & 4: Salon Contadora II
Groups 4 & 5: Salon Contadora III
10:30-11:00: Coffee break
12:30-13:30: Lunch break

9. Process: time-frame
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13:30-14:30: Wrap up and preparation of presentations
14:30-16:50: (15 min presentation and 5 min Q&A)
14:30-14:50: Group 1
14:50-15:10: Group 2
15:10-15:30: Group 3
15:30-15:50: Coffee break
15:50-16:10: Group 4
16:10-16:30: Group 5
16:30-16:50: Group 6
16:50-17:10: General discussion
17:10-17:30: Closing

10. What are the core capacities, technical innovations, actions and
public/private sector partnerships needed to support
above actions?
Especially for
countries who
does not yet have
EMS/AHPND?
For countries
already with
EMS/AHPND, how
can the disease be
contained and
prevented from
further spread?

11. 11
Transmission to other cultured species?
Transmission to wild stocks?
Frozen commodity shrimp
Live/fresh feed
Live broodstock/PL
risk
risk
risk
risk
Economic
impacts
???
International Technical Seminar/Workshop “EMS/AHPND:
Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”

12. Hazard and
critical
point
at farm
facility
Value
chain risk
management
Biosecurity governance:
National, regional
international
RISK
Risky areas
in the value
chain
Supplier of
inputs and
products
Trading
practices
• hatchery
• nursery
• grow-out
• processing
plants
Enabling environment
Policies, legislation
and enforcement
AAH services
Extension services
Compliance: GAP
CoC, trading
standards
International Technical Seminar/Workshop “EMS/AHPND:
Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
RISKRISK
Diagnostics, surveillance, emergency
preparedness, contingency plans
Farm facility biosecurity
Breeding programs
SPF/SPR stocks

13. Questions and issues
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• Private sector recognize the presence of the disease but
countries not officially reporting. OIE during the last General
Session (May 2015) already included AHPND in the OIE list:
will this encourage transparent reporting?
• What is the role of inbreeding?
• Can shrimp be bred for tolerance and/or resistance?
• Can SPF/SPR stocks solve the problem?
• Are there lessons from WSSV?
• Can we stop illegal movements?
• Government actions on banning shrimp
trade/importation/movements justified?

14. Questions and issues
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• Will rumours remain as they are – is someone going to
take action?
• Virulence factors? Is there a specific toxin responsible?
Phage or plasmid involved? Stressors from the
environment?
• Precise mechanism of infection? Diagnostics?
• Green water technology, polyculture, immunostimulants,
probotics, quorum sensing, phage therapy, etc.
• Biosecurity for a pathogen that is
ubiquitous in the environment?

15. Expectations
International Technical Seminar/Workshop “EMS/AHPND:
Government, Scientist and Farmer Responses”
Alignment of agenda, partnerships and
actions to achieve set targets