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Importing country requirements
It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements.
Information about the process required to import animals into New Zealand can be found on the
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) website. A permit to import is required for eligible ornamental fish and marine invertebrates.
Refer to the
New Zealand MPI and the Department’s websites for current information about exporting aquatic animals (including any suspensions) to New Zealand.
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Note
- Where an importing country issues an import permit, the exporter must ensure the animal meets any requirements in the permit.
Health requirements
Health certification
The New Zealand website provides
steps to importing aquatic animals. There is an
agreed import health standard for importing ornamental fish and marine invertebrates.
Health certificate
There is an agreed health certificate for importation of ornamental finfish (freshwater and marine) from Australia to New Zealand.
Zoosanitary requirements for Australian (imported) live ornamental finfish to be exported to New Zealand
I, the undersigned Australian government veterinarian have no reason to doubt the attestation provided by the Australian government officer/s undertaking the health inspection and attestation of the live fish in pre-export isolation (PEI) in regards to the number, identity, details of housing, treatments and examination of these animals.
I, Dr ………………………………, a duly authorised government veterinary officer, hereby certify that:
Eligibility
- The consignment consists of species of ornamental fish eligible for importation under New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries (NZMPI) Import Health Standard (IHS)
Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates.
Approval of export system
- The ornamental fish were imported into an Australian Approved Arrangement (AA) site (approval number: ________________) at the exporter's premises. After the minimum pre-export isolation (PEI) period was completed the fish were moved directly to a PEI biosecure area at the exporter's same premises where they were isolated from all other fish and marine invertebrates not of equivalent health status until exported to New Zealand. At no stage prior to export did the fish leave the exporter's premises.
Diagnostic testing, vaccination, and treatment
- All required laboratory testing was conducted according to the requirements of NZMPI IHS
Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates, at a National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) approved laboratory authorised to conduct testing.
- The test methods were pre-approved by NZMPI and are listed in the table "Schedule for High Risk Ornamental Fish Species" in this health certificate.
- For schedule 3 fish that required testing, records of the original or electronic copies of the original laboratory reports were maintained by the exporter and made available for health certification.
- All treatments undertaken to meet specified disease requirements were administered according to the instructions in NZMPI IHS
Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates.
- Records of the approved treatment, dose rate, the product name, manufacturer and active ingredient were maintained by the exporter and made available for health certification.
Pre-export isolation
- On arrival in Australia, the ornamental fish for export to New Zealand were held in PEI for a minimum of:
- four weeks for freshwater fish
- three weeks for marine fish.
- The fish were maintained for the minimum isolation period at an AA site within the exporter's premises supervised by the Competent Authority of Australia, in accordance with the NZMPI Standard
Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates clause 1.11.
- After the fish completed the minimum isolation period in the AA site, the fish were moved directly to a PEI biosecure area at the exporter's same premises where the fish remained until export isolated from all other fish and marine invertebrates not of equivalent health status and in accordance with the NZMPI Standard
Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates clause 1.11 (a(iii), b-g).
- The ornamental fish were observed daily by PEI facility staff for signs of illness and abnormal behaviour during the PEI period and daily records were maintained and made available for certification.
- The ornamental fish were inspected by an Australian government officer every 7 days during the PEI period.
- Within 7 days of export, the ornamental fish were inspected by an Australian government officer and were clinically healthy and showed no clinical signs of disease.
- During PEI, management procedures were used to ensure the ornamental fish in this consignment were isolated in a separate biosecure area from other ornamental fish and marine invertebrates not of an equivalent health status.
Fish listed in Schedule 3
- High risk species of ornamental fish species in this consignment that are listed in Schedule 3 of the NZMPI IHS Ornamental Fish and Marine Invertebrates have met the specified requirements for identified risk organisms.
Schedule for High Risk Ornamental Fish Species
| Identified Risk Organism |
Species to be imported requiring testing and/ or treatment during PEI
(delete non-applicable species)
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Species to be imported requiring attestation of absence of clinical signs and/or mortality rates exceeding 10%
(delete non-applicable species)
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Aquabirnavirus (2.1) | Susceptible fish species listed below were batch tested for aquabirnaviruses as per
Aquatic Birnavirus infections of finfish, McColl KA, Davies KR, Young JG and Crane MstJ, 2009 in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Diagnostic Procedures (ANZDP) using virus isolation.
Design prevalence: 2%
Confidence level: 95%
Test type:
Date of sampling:
Number sampled:
Result:
Susceptible species:
Carassius auratus | Susceptible fish species listed below did not show clinical signs of aquabirnaviruses and/or mortality rates over 10% during PEI.
Susceptible species:
Tanichthys albonubes |
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Iridovirus (2.2) | | Susceptible fish species listed below did not show clinical signs of iridoviruses and /or mortality rates over 10% during PEI.
Susceptible species:
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia sphenops
Poecilia velifera
Xiphophorus hellerii
Xiphophorus maculatus
Apistogramma agassizii
Apistogramma alacrina
Apistogramma albertini
Apistogramma ambiacus
Apistogramma amoenum
Apistogramma arua
Apistogramma atahualpa
Apistogramma bitaeniata
Apistogramma brevis
Apistogramma cacatuoides
Apistogramma caetei
Apistogramma celeste
Apistogramma cruzi
Apistogramma curutu
Apistogramma diplotaenia
Apistogramma elizabethae
Apistogramma eremnopyge
Apistogramma esmerald
Apistogramma eunotus
Apistogramma galaxis
Apistogramma geisler
Apistogramma gephyra
Apistogramma gibbiceps
Apistogramma gossei
Apistogramma guttata
Apistogramma hauswell
Apistogramma hippolytae
Apistogramma hoignei
Apistogramma hongsloi
Apistogramma huallaga
Apistogramma inconspicua
Apistogramma iniridae
Apistogramma juruensis
Apistogramma laulate
Apistogramma linkei
Apistogramma luelingi
Apistogramma maciliense
Apistogramma macmasteri
Apistogramma marine
Apistogramma martini
Apistogramma meinkeni
Apistogramma melgar
Apistogramma mendezi
Apistogramma moae
Apistogramma morthentaler
Apistogramma napo
Apistogramma nijsseni
Apistogramma norberti
Apistogramma ortmanni
Apistogramma panduro
Apistogramma papagallo
Apistogramma paracas
Apistogramma paucisquamis
Apistogramma payaminonis
Apistogramma personata
Apistogramma pertensis
Apistogramma pevas
Apistogramma piauiensis
Apistogramma pucallpensis
Apistogramma pulchra
Apistogramma regani
Apistogramma resticulosa
Apistogramma rubrolineata
Apistogramma rupunui
Apistogramma rupununi
Apistogramma sanchesi
Apistogramma shishita
Apistogramma staecki
Apistogramma steindachner
Apistogramma taeniata
Apistogramma trifasciata
Apistogramma uaupesi
Apistogramma urteagai
Apistogramma viejita
Pterophyllum altum
Pterophyllum leopoldi
Pterophyllum scalare
Helostoma temminkii
Colisa chuna
Colisa lalia
Trichogaster labiosus
Trichogaster leerii
Trichogaster microlepis
Trichogaster trichopterus |
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Cyprinid herpesvirus-3 (koi herpesvirus) (2.4) | Susceptible fish species listed below had continuous separation since birth from all other carp species; and originate from one the following countries:
- Sri Lanka
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Indonesia
Susceptible species:
Carassius auratus | |
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Spring viraemia of carp virus (2.5) | Susceptible fish species listed below had continuous separation since birth from all other carp species; and originate from one the following countries:
- Sri Lanka
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- China
Susceptible species:
Carassius auratus | |
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Aeromonas salmonicida (2.8) | Susceptible fish species listed below were batch tested for Aeromonas salmonicida as per the NATA procedures listed in the
Clinical Bacteriology Procedures Manual, Version 1.0, 15 February 2013, (pages 10–14) using bacterial culture.
Design prevalence: 5%
Confidence level :95%
Test type:
Date of sampling:
Number sampled:
Result:
Susceptible species:
Carassius auratus | |
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Aphanomyces invadans (2.9) | | Susceptible fish species listed below did not show clinical signs of
Aphanomyces invadans and/or mortality rates over 10% during PEI
Susceptible species:
Macropodus opercularis
Colisa chuna
Colisa lalia
Trichogaster labiosus
Trichogaster leerii
Trichogaster microlepis
Trichogaster trichopterus
Toxotes jaculatrix
Labeo chrysophekadion
Puntius arulius
Puntius bimaculatus
Puntius cumingii
Puntius everetti
Puntius fasciatus
Puntius filamentosus
Puntius hexazona
Puntius lateristriga
Puntius lineatus
Puntius nigrofasciatus
Puntius oligolepis
Puntius pentazona
Puntius sachsii
Puntius titteya
Carassius auratus
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Hoferellus carassii (2.10) | All
Carassius auratus samples submitted for batch testing of other risk organisms, as required by this health certificate, were histologically examined and found negative for
Hoferellus carassii. |
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Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (2.11) | Susceptible fish species listed below have been treated for
Bothriocephalus acheilognathi with an MPI approved treatment.
Approved treatment:
Date of treatment:
Susceptible species:
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia reticulata
Xiphophorus hellerii
Xiphophorus maculatus
Carassius auratus
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Argulus foliaceus (2.12) | Susceptible fish species as listed below have been treated for
Argulus foliaceus with an MPI approved treatment.
Approved treatment:
Date of treatment:
Susceptible species:
Carassius auratus | |
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Note
- The above species have agreed testing and treatment for importation from Australia into New Zealand. A full list of eligible species for importation can be found in the New Zealand
import health standard for importing ornamental fish and marine invertebrates (ORNAMARI.ALL).
Harmonised system (HS) code(s): 0301
CITES:
SER:
Special conditions
There are special conditions for the importation of ornamental fish and marine invertebrates into New Zealand and you should check the requirements on the website and import permit carefully.
Permission to move aquatic animals out of Australia
You may need permission under wildlife trade laws to move aquatic animals out of Australia. Refer to the Department’s International and wildlife trade requirements.
- Email
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wildlifetrade@dcceew.gov.au
Export from Australia of Australian native hatchery bred fingerlings or ova should be accompanied by approval of the hatchery facility from the appropriate State or Federal authority. Refer to the Department’s Exporting fish and fish products from Australia for information about exports for human consumption.
Basis for Micor entry
Based on Health certificate agreed on 28 March 2021 and importing country website information.
Entry last reviewed 8 December 2023.
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