Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry Version 3.0 August 2015 PLANT HEALTH AUSTRALIA | Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry 2015 Location: Level 1 1 Phipps Close DEAKIN ACT 2600 Phone: +61 2 6215 7700 Fax: +61 2 6260 4321 E-mail: [email protected] Visit our web site: www.planthealthaustralia.com.au An electronic copy of this plan is available through the email address listed above. © Plant Health Australia Limited 2006 Copyright in this publication is owned by Plant Health Australia Limited, except when content has been provided by other contributors, in which case copyright may be owned by another person. With the exception of any material protected by a trade mark, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivs 3.0 Australia licence. 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Plant Health Australia and all persons acting for Plant Health Australia in preparing this publication, expressly disclaim all and any liability to any persons in respect of anything done by any such person in reliance, whether in whole or in part, on this publication. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of Plant Health Australia. PLANT HEALTH AUSTRALIA | Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry 2015 Acknowledgements The Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry was coordinated by Plant Health Australia and developed through a partnership approach using government and industry resources and expertise. The following organisations and agencies were involved in the development and finalisation of the plan: Endorsement The Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry (Version 3.0) was formally endorsed by the cotton industry (through Cotton Australia) in July 2015, and the Australian Government and all state and territory governments (through the Plant Health Committee) in August 2015. The Australian Government endorses the document without prejudice for the purposes of industries planning needs and meeting the Department’s obligations under Clause 13 of the EPPRD. In providing this endorsement the Department notes page 38 of the Plan which states: “This Document considers all potential pathways by which a pest might enter Australia, including natural and assisted spread (including smuggling). This is a broader view of potential risk than the IRA conducted by the Department of Agriculture which focus only on specific regulated import pathways.” PLANT HEALTH AUSTRALIA | Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry 2015 Table of contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 10 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 11 Implementing biosecurity for the Australian cotton industry 2015-2020................................ 13 Australian cotton industry - biosecurity preparedness ....................................................... 16 Cotton industry biosecurity statement 2014-2015 .............................................................. 20 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 25 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 26 What is biosecurity and why is it important? ...................................................................... 26 The Plant Biosecurity System in Australia ............................................................................. 26 Plant Health Australia ......................................................................................................... 28 The Industry Biosecurity Plan ................................................................................................ 28 Biosecurity planning ........................................................................................................... 29 Industry Biosecurity Plan development .............................................................................. 30 Review processes .............................................................................................................. 31 Document overview ............................................................................................................... 32 Threat identification and pest risk assessments ................................................................ 32 Risk mitigation and preparedness ...................................................................................... 33 Response management ..................................................................................................... 33 Reference .............................................................................................................................. 33 THREAT IDENTIFICATION AND PEST RISK ASSESSMENTS ............................................ 34 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 35 Exotic Pests of the Cotton Industry ....................................................................................... 36 Threat identification ............................................................................................................ 36 Pest risk assessments ........................................................................................................ 36 Ranking pest threats .......................................................................................................... 38 Description of terms used in pest risk tables ...................................................................... 39 Cotton industry high priority plant pest threat list .................................................................. 41 Current resources for detection and identification of HPPs ............................................... 46 Established Pests of Biosecurity Significance ....................................................................... 48 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 48 Threat identification ............................................................................................................ 48 Prioritising pest threats ....................................................................................................... 48 Weeds of Biosecurity Significance ........................................................................................ 52 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 52 Threat identification ............................................................................................................ 52 Prioritising pest threats ....................................................................................................... 53 References ............................................................................................................................ 55 RISK MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS ........................................................................... 60 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 61 Barrier quarantine .................................................................................................................. 63 PLANT HEALTH AUSTRALIA | Biosecurity Plan for the Cotton Industry 2015 National level – importation restrictions ............................................................................. 63 State and regional level – movement restrictions .............................................................. 67 Farm level – exclusion activities ......................................................................................... 71 Surveillance ........................................................................................................................... 72 National surveillance programs .......................................................................................... 73 State surveillance programs ............................................................................................... 73 Farm surveillance activities ................................................................................................ 77 Training .................................................................................................................................. 78 Awareness