USDA APHIS Greater Caribbean

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1 Strategies to Follow for Potentially Invasive Pests USDA APHIS Greater Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative Strengthening th the Safeguarding System in the Greater Caribbean Region Potential Invasive Pests Workshop Miami (Coconut Grove), Florida October 11, 2010 Bob Balaam GCSI Florida Program Manager, USDA APHIS PPQ

2 Basic Safeguarding System Elements Permits Exclusion Pest Detection & Rapid Response International Risk Management

3 Private Yachts PATHWAYS Fruits & Vegetables Tourism / Passengers Propagative Material Panama Canal Cut Flowers

4 Background 1999 Safeguarding System, Safeguarding American Plant Resources Stakeholder Review of the APHIS-PPQ PPQ designated an Offshore Initiatives Coordinator in Florida for the Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative (CSI) pilot program PPQ converts CSI from a pilot program in Florida into a national program, the GCSI coordinated by PPQ headquarters

5 Greater Caribbean Region Caribbean Islands Central America Florida French Guiana Guyana Panama Puerto Rico Suriname US Virgin Islands Venezuela

6 GCSI Mission To strengthen the safeguarding system in the Greater Caribbean Region by establishing partnerships with countries in the GCR to prevent, detect, and control existing and emerging plant pest threats.

7 GCSI Vision Collaboratively build and maintain a robust perimeter safeguarding system through a partnership network that actively works to prevent the introduction and control the spread of exotic plant pests of mutual interest into and within the GCR.

8 GCSI Focus Strengthening partnerships Pest detection and control Perimeter approach Collaboration Harmonization: Quarantines Exclusion Other safeguarding initiatives

9 Through GCSI: APHIS seeks to continue building upon the existing efforts and foundation within the GCR by strategically enhancing and strengthening these efforts APHIS offers a coordinated effort to bring issues of mutual concern in the GCR to the forefront within USDA and among other agencies

10 GCSI Strategic Goals Build coordinated framework and partnership network Strengthen pest exclusion activities within GCR Enhance pest detection activities within GCR Strengthen pest mitigation activities within GCR

11 Current GCSI Focus Partnership and network building efforts Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum and Technical Working Groups (TWG) Caribbean Plant Diagnostic Network (CPDN) Caribbean Food Crop Society (CFCS)/Caribbean Invasive Species Working Group (CISWG)

12 Current GCSI Focus Continued Cottonseed bug Red palm weevil Mollusk survey Exotic Fruit Flies such as Bactrocera invadens Emergency preparedness and response Increased communication in the region Plant health legislation and regulations

13 GCSI Pest List - Diptera Scientific Name Anastrepha sp. (Tephritidae) Anastrepha distincta Greene (Tephritidae) Anastrepha fraterculus (Wied.) (Tephritidae) Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Tephritidae) Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Tephritidae) Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann) (Tephritidae) Anastrepha striata Schiner (Tephritidae) Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Tephritidae) Bactrocera sp. (Tephritidae) Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Tephritidae) Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Tephritidae) Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Tephritidae) Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) (Tephritidae) Ceratitis sp. (Tephritidae) Common Name Exotic Anastrepha Fruit Flies Pois-doux fruit fly South American fruit fly Mexican fruit fly West Indian fruit fly Sapote fruit fly Guava fruit fly Caribbean fruit fly Exotic Bactrocera Fruit Flies Melon fly Oriental fruit fly Malaysian fruit fly Olive fruit fly Exotic Ceratitis Fruit Flies

14 GCSI Pest List - Lepidoptera p Scientific Name Common Name Autographa gamma (Linnaeus) (Noctuidae) Silver Y moth Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenée) (Crambidae) Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Tortricidae) Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Costa Lima (Tortricidae) Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Noctuidae) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Noctuidae) Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Noctuidae) Stenoma catenifer Walsingham (Elachistidae) Thaumatotibia Leucotreta Meyrick (Tortricidae) Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Gelechiidae) Castor capsule borer Light brown apple moth Macadamia nutborer Old world bollworm Egyptian cottonworm Cotton cutworm Avocado seed moth False codling moth Tomato leaf miner

15 GCSI Pest List Other Insects Scientific Name Order Common Name Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (Cerambycidae) Coleoptera Citrus longhorned beetle Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver) (Dryophthoridae) Coleoptera Red palm weevil Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus) (Dryophthoridae) Coleoptera South American palm weevil Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Curculionidae) Coleoptera Mango seed weevil Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa) (Oxycarenidae) Heteroptera Cotton seed bug Tibraca limbativentris Stal (Pentatomidae) Heteroptera Rice stulk bug Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell) (Pseudococcidae) Homoptera Coffee mealybug Planococcus minor (Maskell) (Pseudococcidae) Homoptera Passionvine mealybug

16 Pest Interceptions Summary 2010 (Jan-Aug) Origin Quarantine status US Port of Entry Data Filter GCSI Countries Only Actionable and Baggage (reportable) FL, PR, and USVI Where Intercepted Baggage g 59% Cargo 40% Mail 0.1% Top 5 Countries Guatemala 23% Puerto Rico 22% Dominican Republic 13% Haiti 9% Honduras 7% Top 5 Hosts Mangifera indica 15% Citrus aurantiifolia 7% Psidium guajava 4% Citrus sp. 3% Rubus sp. 3% Top 5 Pests Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas) (Diaspididae) idid 13% Anastrepha sp. (Tephritidae) 12% Pseudococcidae, species of 8% Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead (Diaspididae) 6% Tetranychidae, species of 5%

17 Summary of GCSI GCSI strives to serve the needs of agriculture, industries, key stakeholders and civil society in the Greater Caribbean Region, and is committed to safeguarding the region s agriculture and natural resources from the risks associated with plant pests and diseases.

18 Contact Information Bob Balaam USDA APHIS GCSI Florida Program Manager