Report of the Working Group on Pathology and Diseases of

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MB Marine Organisms (WGPDMO)

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ID International Council for the Explorations of the Sea

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

1 OPENING AND STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING.

2 TERMS OF REFERENCE, ADOPTION OF AGENDA, SELECTION OF RAPPORTEURS

2.1 Terms of Reference

2.2 Adoption of the Agenda.

2.3 Selection of Rapporteurs

3 ICES ANNUAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2003, ITEMS OF RELEVANCE TO WGPDMO

3.1 ICES Annual Science Conference 2003

3.2 ICES Mariculture Committee (MARC)

3.3 ICES Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment (ACME).

4 OTHER RELEVANT REPORTS/ACTIVITIES FOR INFORMATION

4.1 Conferences/Workshops

4.2 Projects.

5 ANALYSE NATIONAL REPORTS ON NEW DISEASE TRENDS IN WILD AND CULTURED FISH,

MOLLUSCS AND CRUSTACEANS

5.1 Wild Fish

5.2 Farmed fish

5.3 Wild and Farmed Shellfish

6 REVIEW AND REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMMES AND

ASSOCIATED QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING STUDIES ON PATHOLOGY

AND DISEASES OF MARINE ORGANISMS

6.1 National monitoring programmes.

6.2 Research-oriented projects related to monitoring activities

7 PROVIDE A RECOMMENDED TECHNIQUE TO DIFFERENTIATE AMONG PERKINSUS SPP.,

INCORPORATING INPUT RECEIVED FROM WEB-BASED INTERNATIONAL SOLICITATION OF

COMMENTS

8 REVIEW THE EXISTING INFORMATION ON VIRAL DISEASES OF CRUSTACEANS WITH

EMPHASIS ON COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES

9 RECOMMEND ON THE USE OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF

DISEASES AND THE RISK OF POPULATION EFFECTS.

10 EVALUATE CURRENT INFORMATION ON DISEASE/PARASITE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN

WILD AND FARMED FISH AND ADVICE ON RELATED MANAGEMENT CONTROL METHODS.

11 MAINTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPREAD OF ICHTHYOPHONUS IN HERRING STOCKS

AND THE DISTRIBUTION AND POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) OF THE M74 SYNDROME

11.1 Ichthyophonus

11.2 M74 syndrome.

12 ADVISE ON THE MODIFICATIONS MADE TO RELEVANT ICES DATABASES AND THE

REVISED ICES ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORTING FORMAT (VERSION 3.2)

13 PRODUCE UPDATED ICES PUBLICATIONS ON PATHOLOGY AND DISEASES OF MARINE

ORGANISMS.

13.1 Web-based report on diseases and parasites of wild and farmed marine fish and shellfish as

part of the ICES Environmental Status Report

13.2 Manuscript on methods for the statistical analysis of fish disease data for submission to the

ICES TIMES series

13.3 Status of the ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites of Fish and Shellfish.

13.4 Review progress in the digitisation of the Disease Leaflets by the Secretariat.

13.5 Status of the report on Trends in Important Diseases Affecting the Culture of Fish and

Molluscs in the ICES Area 1998–2002.

14 DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DETAILED BACKGROUND MATERIAL TO BE

USED BY THE 2005 ICES/OSPAR WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED MONITORING OF

CONTAMINANTS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN COASTAL AND OPEN-SEA AREA [OSPAR 2004/2]

15 START PREPARATIONS TO SUMMARISE DATA ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF NORTH SEA

BIOTA FOR THE PERIOD 2002–2004, AND ANY TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASES

OVER THE RECENT DECADES FOR INPUT TO REGNS IN 2006.

16 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

16.1 “Prestige” oil spill

16.2 Permanent Advisory Network for Diseases in Aquaculture (PANDA)

16.3 WGPDMO Web Site

16.4 Questionnaire from the ICES Study Group on Information Needs for Coastal Zone

Management (SGINC)33 16.5 Improvement of working procedures of the WGPDMO.

17 PROGRESS WITH TASKS

18 FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF WGPDMO

19 APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

20 APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT WGPDMO REPORT.

21 CLOSING OF THE MEETING

ANNEX 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

ANNEX 2 TERMS OF REFERENCE

ANNEX 3 WORKING DOCUMENTS

ANNEX 4 AGENDA.

ANNEX 5 RAPPORTEURS.

ANNEX 6 NEOPLASTIC DISEASE IN BIVALVIA FROM THE GULF OF GDAŃSK (BALTIC SEA,

POLAND)43 ANNEX 7 US ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMMES AND ASSOCIATED

QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING STUDIES ON PATHOLOGY AND

DISEASES OF MARINE ORGANISMS.

ANNEX 9 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DISEASES AND

POPULATION EFFECTS RISK.

ANNEX 10 INFORMATION ON DISEASE/PARASITE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WILD AND

FARMED FISH AND RELATED MANAGEMENT CONTROL METHODS

ANNEX 11 OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE M74

SYNDROME

ANNEX 12 DATA ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF NORTH SEA BIOTA AS INPUT TO THE ICES

REGIONAL INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE NORTH SEA ECOSYSTEM

ANNEX 13 ANALYSIS OF PROGRESS WITH TASKS.

ANNEX 14 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ICES COUNCIL