Biosecurity Advisory 25/2024 - IMPORTANT - Consultation Period Extended for Tasmania's Action Plan for Varroa Mite 2024-2034
29 July 2024
The consultation period for Tasmania’s Action Plan for Varroa Mite has been extended to ensure that all interested parties have sufficient time to provide fulsome feedback on the plan.
The consultation period will now end on Friday 23 August 2024.
The draft plan is available on our website here
To submit feedback please email biosecurity.planthealth@nre.tas.gov.au
If you would like to register for a meeting to discuss the plan, please contact Plant Biosecurity and Diagnostics branch biosecurity.planthealth@nre.tas.gov.au or call 03 6165 3777
Tasmanian Action Plan For Varroa Mite 2024 to 2034 Draft Proposal March 2024 (PDF 182Kb)
The draft action plan has 5 key focus areas including:
1. Prevention: Maintain and improve activities to reduce the risk of varroa mite entry into Tasmania
2. Detection: Assess and upgrade varroa mite detection capabilities in border inspection and post-border surveillance activities.
3. Response: Build enhanced capacity to rapidly respond to varroa mite detections.
4. Combined Actions: Develop actions that contribute to at least two of the core actions of prevention, detection, or response.
5. Plan B: Minimise the impacts of varroa mite if it were to establish.
