With effect from 22 May 2017, it’s no longer a requirement for companies shipping shrimp to Australia to declare that consignments have not been sourced from a farm or fishing zone where white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has been confirmed in order to raise a permit request to export to the market.
On 22 February 2017, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources implemented the requirement for an exporter declaration stating that their shrimp were sourced from a zone free of…