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26 The Front Line Mediterranean fruit fly in fly trap. Image courtesy of Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org. Queensland fruit fly. Image courtesy of Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org. Endemic fruit fly edition IN THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF THE FRONT LINE, WE EXPLAINED PREPAREDNESS MEASURES TO REDUCE FRUIT FLY POPULATIONS IN THE TORRES STRAIT AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS THAT AN INCURSION OF ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY COULD HAVE ON THE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY. IN THIS EDITION, WE INVESTIGATE CURRENT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVES TO CONTROL FRUIT FLY AND RECENT ADVANCES IN THE NATIONAL FRUIT FLY STRATEGY. The annual fiscal impact of fruit fly in Australia, arising from both control costs and loss of market access, is approximately $300 million. It is likely that fruit fly will continue to pose a significant barrier to accessing new export markets due to the wide host range of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) and Mediterranean fruit fly (Med fly). Over 75 per cent of all our fruit and vegetable exports, valued at around $640 million in 2012-13, are susceptible to fruit fly. The economic benefit of a national approach to controlling the pest was demonstrated in 2012 when an Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Benefit- Cost analysis estimated that the benefits of implementing a national strategy against fruit fly would equate to $29-38 million per year. In 2006, the continued spread of Qfly provided an incentive for drafting a National Fruit Fly Strategy (NFFS) to control these pests at a regional level, retain Fruit Fly Free status in key growing areas, and assist international market access. The strategy contains 20 recommendations and 80 strategies across major operational, policy and research areas. It was developed as a guide for the implementation of a viable, cost-effective and sustainable approach to fruit fly management. In 2015, the NFFS benefited from the launch of a joint industry-government initiative between Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) and the Federal and State Governments. Ultimately, three key elements will contribute to a successful realisation of the NFFS. 1. The National Fruit Fly Council 2. SITplus Consortium 3. Adaptive Area Wide Management of Qfly using SIT 1.The National Fruit Fly Council (Fruit Fly Council National Manager Darryl Barbour) The National Fruit Fly Council was officially launched in 2015, with the aim of ensuring recommendations of the NFFS are carried out. The Council will consider fruit fly management systems and activities that will assist in securing entry conditions for horticultural produce into markets, ensuring that regulation and legislative controls for managing fruit flies are in harmony both across Australia and with international standards, and ensuring that Australian R&D provides technically justifiable approaches and innovative solutions to meet the requirements of these areas. 2. SITplus Consortium (Program Director Dan Ryan) The SITplus Consortium is a research group facilitated by Hort Innovation that brings together experts from Macquarie University, Primary Industries and Regions SA’s (PIRSA) Biosecurity SA and South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) divisions, Hort Innovation, the CSIRO Health and Biosecurity Flagship, Plant & Food Research Australia, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries. SIT has been used successfully around the world, including in South Australia
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