Division 1 The requirements in relation to biosecurity measures of aquaculture establishments where aquaculture animals are kept with a view to being moved therefrom either alive or as products of aquaculture animal origin as referred to in point (b) of Article 7, shall be the following:

operators shall implement a biosecurity plan in accordance with Article 5, which must take the following elements into consideration:

1. (i)

   disinfection points must be installed at critical locations in the aquaculture establishment;

2. (ii)

   where the following functional units exist within the same aquaculture establishment, they must be separated using appropriate hygiene barriers:

   • hatchery units,

   • fattening units,

   • processing units,

   • dispatch centre;

3. (iii)

   work clothing and footwear for personnel must be kept solely for use at the aquaculture establishment and cleaned and disinfected regularly;

4. (iv)

   equipment must not be shared between aquaculture establishments but where this is unavoidable, an appropriate protocol for cleaning and disinfection of the equipment must be followed;

5. (v)

   visitors to the aquaculture establishment must be controlled in cases where they pose a disease risk; these visitors must either:

   • wear protective clothing and footwear provided at the aquaculture establishment, or

   • clean and disinfect any protective clothing and footwear they bring onto the aquaculture establishment on arrival and in the case of non-disposable clothing and footwear, on departure;

6. (vi)

   dead animals must be removed from all production units at a frequency that ensures infective pressure is kept to a minimum but which is practicable given the production method used, and disposed of in compliance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

7. (vii)

   as far as possible, equipment in the aquaculture establishment must be cleaned and disinfected at the end of each production cycle;

8. (viii)

   where aquaculture establishments receive fertilised eggs from other establishments, and where biologically feasible, these eggs must be disinfected appropriately on arrival and all packaging must be disinfected or disposed of in a biosecure manner;

9. (ix)

   the cleaning and disinfection records of transporters must be verified before aquatic animals are loaded or unloaded at the aquaculture establishment;

operators shall nominate a named person to be in charge of implementing the biosecurity plan for the aquaculture establishment with other personnel reporting to that individual in relation to biosecurity matters.