Dear Member,
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have issued a 2022 Joint AGM bulletin to industry produced jointly with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. This bulletin serves as a reminder of the annual AGM program requirements for vessels that have called on regulated areas and then subsequently travel to North American ports. A key change for the 2022 season is the extension of the specific risk periods for Japan and Russian. Details of the extended risk periods can be found in the below table.
Regulated Areas and Specified Risk Periods
| Country | Port or Prefecture | Specified Risk Period* 2021 |
Specified Risk Period* 2022 |
| Russian Far East | Nakhodka, Ol’ga, Plastun, Pos’yet, Russkiy Island, Slavyanka, Vanino, Vladivostok, Vostochny, Zarubino, Kozmino | July 1 to September 30 | June 15 to October 15 |
| People’s Republic of China |
All ports in northern China, including all ports on or north of 31°15´ | June 1 to September 30 | June 1 to September 30 |
| Republic of Korea | All ports | June 1 to September 30 | June 1 to September 30 |
| Japan – Northern | Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Akita, Yamagata | July 1 to September 30 | June 15 to October 15 |
| Japan – Central/Western | Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa | June 25 to September 15 | June 1 – September 30 |
| Japan – Central/Eastern | Fukui, Ibaraki, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie | June 20 to August 20 | June 1 – September 30 |
| Japan – Southern | Wakayama, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime, Kochi, Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima | June 1 to August 10 | May 15 to August 30 |
| Japan – Far Southern | Okinawa | May 25 to June 30 | May 25 to June 30 |
To prevent the introduction of AGM pests to the North American environment, vessels must arrive free of AGM and with pre-departure certification. More specifically, for vessels that have visited the regulated areas during the specified risk period, the following measures are required:
- Vessels should be inspected and certificated free of AGM by a recognized certification body
- Vessels must arrive in North American ports free from AGM
- Vessels must provide two-year port of call data, at least 96 hours prior to arrival in a North American port, to the vessel’s Canadian or U.S. agent
More information regarding uncertified vessels arriving from AGM-regulated areas can be found here.
The CFIA is holding an AGM information session on February 28th from 1200-1230hrs PST/1500-1530hrs EST/1600-1630hrs AST. The CFIA will review the 2021 AGM season and provide an overview of the changes to the specified risk periods for 2022. The Federation will attend this meeting and provide a recap to members, however if you wish to participate directly, below are the meeting details:
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Please direct any questions to the undersigned
Regards,
Director, Marine Operations