Biosecurity
Auckland Fruit Fly incursion response
Kauri dieback
Biosecurity
Assure Quality (AQ), Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Provide management, GIS services and on-the-ground operational support to the biosecurity response to fruit fly incursions at Devonport, Northcote and Ōtara.
Rapid biosecurity response to the incursion of an unwanted organism which has huge financial implications to New Zealand if it were to establish. Trapping and mapping to delineate the extent of Fruit Fly incursion. Sampling to assess the possibility of establishment of breeding populations. Design, implementation and auditing of movement control restrictions. Eradication of organisms which have entered the environment.
Successful implementation of Controlled Area Notice across affected areas. Eradication of biosecurity threat.