Aquatic Organism Disease Control Act.

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the stable production and supply of aquatic organisms, protection of aquatic ecosystems and the enhancement of citizens' health by preparing a comprehensive control system to prevent outbreaks or the spread of aquatic organism diseases. In order to prevent outbreaks and the spread of aquatic organism diseases, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall establish and implement comprehensive control measures every five years. Measures for the control of aquatic organism diseases shall include the following matters: 1) Establishment of a reporting system for the prevention and early detection of aquatic organism diseases; 2) Establishment and implementation of emergency measures for the control of each aquatic organism disease; 3) Cooperation with related agencies in the control of aquatic organism diseases; 4) Education and public relations activities for the control of aquatic organism diseases; 5) Collection and analysis of information about the control of aquatic organism diseases; 6) Nurturing of professional human resources for the control of aquatic organism diseases; 7) Other matters concerning measures for the control of aquatic organism diseases. The text consists of 61 articles.