3641) Description of the NPPO

Samoa Quarantine Service (SQS) is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), and the Biosecurity Act 2005 mandates …

3642) Expansion of Quarantine Areas for the Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel, and hybrids of these species)

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3643) Guignardia citricarpa (Citrus Black Spot) – APHIS Updates the Quarantine Area in Florida

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3644) Citrus Canker (Xanthomonas spp.) - APHIS Adds Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John Parishes in Louisiana to the domestic citrus canker quarantine

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3645) Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes a Quarantine in the El Ranchito Area of Cameron County, Texas

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3646) Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes a Quarantine in the Donna Area of Hidalgo County, Texas

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

3647) Call for NPPO experts from small island developing States in the Caribbean to join a CBD workshop.

The Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is holding a capacity-building workshop towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, …

3648) Detection of Marchalina hellenica in Victoria and South Australia

This is the first report of Marchalina hellenica in Australia. Preliminary evidence indicates that the pest is restricted in its …

3649) Second stage of the IPPC Phytosanitary Capacity Assessment workshop kicks off in Antanarivo Madagascar

IPPC 2017 – PCE Facilitator Alphonsine Louhouari and workshop participants convene in Antanarivo Madagscar

3650) Tenth Meeting of the IPPC Capacity Development Committee held in Tokyo Japan

IPPC 2017 - CDC members convene in Tokyo Japan