1. Prevention and Verification

2. Prevention Ideas…The Trust: 1.Train government and industry on Good Aquaculture Practice (GAqP) or Best Management Practice (BMP) 2.Train hatcheries, nurseries, and growout pond farmers and technicians on these preventive measures, sanitation, etc 3.Require records to be kept of all probiotics, chemicals and antibiotics used at each step 4.Require records of who you buy from and sell to. One up, one back 5.Register, inspect, and approve feed manufacturers, hatcheries, farms, transporters, processors/exporters. 6.Require letters of guarantees from who you buy from and give to who you sell to. 7.Have penalties for those found in violation Shared Ownership, Responsibility, and Accountability

3. Some Ideas on The Verification 1.Feed mills could be required to have independent certificates of analysis of their feed and components. And consider random unannounced samples collected and analyzed by independent third party. 2.Hatcheries could be required to have the same 3.Farmers have random unannounced samples collected and analyzed by independent third party 4.Having any products available for use on farms labeled, tested and guaranteed to be free of unapproved residues. Prescription required 5.Monitoring or conducting unannounced inspections or audits at each step. These are after they are registered and approved. 6.Followup on all noncompliance..samples, audits, etc. Make the followup public

4. You will need to Decide The standards at each step What is compliance or how to meet the standards How you will train the auditors, sample collectors, laboratories, farmers, ect. How you will measure the success of a prevention and verification program