Guppy Importations No Longer Require AAH Permits
Our colleagues at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have sent the following update regarding the Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals List. Please note that guppies can now be imported without an aquatic animal health import permit.
As per the Notice to Industry (https://inspection.canada.ca/animal-health/aquatic-animals/notices-to-industry/2021-03-31/eng/1617135567150/1617135778550 ) posted by CFIA March 31, 2021, CFIA has made updates to the Health of Animals Regulations and the Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals list. Specifically, CFIA has added 12 species of aquatic animals to the list and removed 7. The 12 added species will now require an aquatic animal health import permit and have aquatic animal health related import requirements, while the 7 removed will no longer require an aquatic animal health import permit or have aquatic animal health requirements. I have detailed the 12 being added and the 7 being removed below, but of particular interest for PIJAC members will be the removal of aquatic animal health and import permit requirements from guppies, Poecilia reticulata. P. reticulata can now be imported into Canada without an aquatic animal health import permit, as it is not susceptible to any diseases of concern to Canada.
12 species being added:
Cyclopterus lumpus lumpfish
Gambusia holbrooki Eastern mosquitofish
Lampetra planeri European brook lamprey
Melanotaenia fluviatilis Murray river rainbowfish
Notemigonus crysoleucas Golden shiner
Pungitius pungitius Ninespine stickleback
Rutilius kutum Kutum
Rutilus frisii Roach
Salmo marmartus Marble trout
Salmo obtusirostris Adriatic salmon
Sander lucioperca European pike-perch
Palaemonetes pugio Daggerblade grass shrimp
7 species being removed:
Acipenser transmontanus white sturgeon
Aulorhynchus flavidus tube snout
Leuciscus idus orfe
Maccullochella peelii murray cod
Poecilia reticulata guppy
Salvelinus leucomaenis east siberian char
Tinca tinca tench
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at Erica.Mitchell@canada.ca