Standard operating procedures: decontamination for commercial abalone divers

Summary

This Primefact presents some key hygiene protocols for abalone divers to help protect abalone stocks in NSW from disease.

These standard operating procedures have been designed to minimise the disease translocation risk posed by abalone fishing.

Topics in this Primefact include:

• Hygiene protocols – standard operating procedures
• Decontamination
  • Decontamination of harvesting equipment
  • Vessel decontamination
  • Decontamination of people and clothing
  • Decontamination of transport containers
• Disposal of abalone shell, meat and gut
• Help to protect abalone in NSW
• Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis
• Perkinsus