US – Having healthy fish is at the core of a successful aquaculture operation. With this in mind, the National Aquaculture Association (NAA) alongside USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS Veterinary Services), has created the Commercial Aquaculture Health Programme Standards (CAHPS) to improve the health of fish and shellfish farms across the country and to promote the trade and movement of healthy farm-raised aquatic animals, writes Lucy Towers, TheFishSite Editor.
As voluntary standards, the idea of the CAHPS is to foster development of verifiable and documented aquatic animal health management practices at the farm level and create specific pathogen free zones within the US. Such documented plans, when fully implemented, would improve marketability of live products, and enhance the movement of live animals within the US and internationally.
The standards form a non-regulatory national framework and infrastructure that, not only improves the health of farmed species, but also supports improved health management, environmental sustainability and increased business and trade opportunities…
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