REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON PATHOLOGY AND DISEASES

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MB OF MARINE ORGANISMS (WGPDMO)

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Contents

Executive summary

1 Opening and structure of the meeting.

2 Terms of Reference, adoption of the agenda, selection of rapporteurs.

2.1 Terms of Reference.

2.2 Adoption of the agenda

2.3 Selection of rapporteurs.

3 ICES items of relevance to WGPDMO

3.1 ICES Annual Science Conference 2004

3.2 ICES Mariculture Committee (MCC)

3.3 ICES Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment (ACME)

3.4 Changes related to ICES Expert Groups

4 Other relevant activities for information.

4.1 Conferences/Workshops

4.2 Projects

5 Produce an update on new disease trends in wild and cultured fish, molluscs and crustaceans,

based on national reports

5.1 Wild fish

5.1.1 Viruses

5.1.2 Bacteria.

5.1.3 Parasites

5.1.4 Other diseases.

5.2 Farmed fish

5.2.1 Viruses

5.2.2 Bacteria.

5.2.3 Parasites

5.2.4 Other diseases.

5.3 Wild and farmed molluscs and crustaceans.

5.3.1 Viruses

5.3.2 Bacteria.

5.3.3 Fungi 17 5.3.4 Parasites

5.3.5 Other diseases.

5.3.6 Miscellaneous.

6 Assess information available in ICES Member Countries on the role of plankton organisms in gill-

related mortality in farmed fish

7 Review current information on the continued increase of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation

affecting farmed salmon

8 Compile information on the distribution, causes and significance of the summer mortality in the

Pacific oyster (Crassosrea gigas) and in other bivalve species

9 Update and assess the current information on the effects of contaminants on the immune

system in fish and shellfish.27

10 Produce an update of current information on sea lice interactions between wild and farmed fish

and examine progress made in related management control methods in ICES Member Countries

11 Provide guidance on the applicability of the various available ‘health indices’ for the

interpretation of data obtained from biological effects monitoring activities and associated research

studies using pathology and disease endpoints

12 Evaluate the availability of data for a risk assessment pilot study on population effects due to

diseases in wild fish, using epidemiological methods and population dynamics modelling.

13 Assess the results of the ICES/OSPAR Workshop on Integrated Monitoring of Contaminants and

their Effects in Coastal and Open-Sea Areas (WKIMON) to resolve any outstanding issues and,

together with WGMS, MCWG, and WGSAEM, finalise a draft set of guidelines for integrated

monitoring for OSPAR [OSPAR 2005/6]

14 To prepare data on the prevalence and type of fish diseases by ICES rectangle for the period

1984 to 2004 where available. The data should be submitted to the secure REGNS website in

preparation for the REGNS Integrated Assessment Workshop from 9–11 May 2005

15 Produce updated ICES publications on pathology and diseases of marine organisms.

15.1 Web-Based report on diseases and parasites of wild and farmed marine fish and shellfish as

part of the ICES Environmental Status Report.

15.2 ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites of Fish and Shellfish

15.3 WGPDMO website

16 Any other business.

16.1 Baltic Sea Regional Project (BSRP)

16.2 Permanent Advisory Network for Diseases in Aquaculture (PANDA).

16.3 Biological Effects Quality Assurance in Monitoring Programmes (BEQUALM).

16.4 Disease Interaction and Pathogen Exchange Network (DIPNET).

16.5 Improvement of working procedures and profile of the WGPDMO.

16.6 Election of a new WGPDMO Chair

17 Analysis of progress with tasks.

18 Future activities.

19 Approval of draft Terms of Reference 2005

20 Approval of the draft WGPDMO Report

21 Closing of the meeting.

Annex 1: List of participants.

Annex 2: Terms of Reference for the 2005 WGPDMO meeting

Annex 3: Working documents.

Annex 4: Agenda.

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Annex 6: Information on the distribution, causes and significance of the summer mortality

syndrome in the Pacific oyster (Crassosrea gigas) and in other bivalve species

Annex 7: Effects of contaminants on the immune system of fish and shellfish.

Annex 8: On the applicability of the various available ‘health indices’ for the interpretation of data

obtained from biological effects monitoring activities and associated research studies using

pathology and disease endpoints

Annex 9: Status of chemical and biological effects monitoring in the OSPAR Coordinated

Environmental Monitoring Programme (CEMP), with emphasis on fish disease aspects (OSPAR Ref.

No. 2004–16)

Annex 10: Data on the prevalence and type of fish diseases for the period 1984 to 2004 for the

REGNS Integrated North Sea Assessment Workshop (9–11 May 2005)

Annex 11: Draft Terms of Reference 2005.

Annex 12: Action Plan Progress Review105