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21 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Import of live sturgeon for aquaculture – Biosecurity import risk analysis final report  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has released the final 
report for the Biosecurity import risk analysis of live sturgeon for aquaculture  (the sturgeon BIRA).  
The sturgeon BIRA assessed the biosecurity risks associated with the import of live sturgeon 
(Acipense r and Huso species) from all countries for aquaculture.  
The final BIRA report recommends that Acipenser and Huso species be permitted import into 
Australia, provided they c omply with a range of appropriate biosecurity measures. These measures 
include sourcing from disease -free stocks, pre -export and post -arrival quarantine, parasite treatment, 
egg disinfection and testing for disease agents.  
In addition to the biosecurity me asures required under the Biosecurity Act 2015 , the import of live 
sturgeon and their reproductive material into Australia also have requirements under the Environment 
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999  and under relevant Australian state an d territory 
legislation.  
Before an import permit application to import live sturgeon and their reproductive material for 
aquaculture purposes can be considered by the department or the Department of Climate Change, 
Energy, the Environment and Water, severa l activities need to be completed and the final import 
conditions published on our Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) webpage.  
Please refer to the implementation statement for these activities at 
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity -trade/policy/risk -analysis/animal/live -sturgeon -for-
aquaculture . 
The provisional sturgeon BIRA was notified to WTO Members on 13 March 2024 (G/SPS/N/AUS/582) 
with a referral period ending 11 April 2024.  
The final BIRA report can be accessed at https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity -
trade/policy/risk -analysis/animal/live -sturgeon -for-aquaculture . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification o f adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/AUS/582/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/y y): Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Tel: +(61) 2 6272 3933  
E-mail: sps.contact@aff.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
Tel: +(61) 2 6272 3933  
E-mail: sps.con tact@aff.gov.au  
Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au  
 
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