Prohibited Matter

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This page contains known pests and diseases that have been specifically listed as “notifiable”, meaning any new detection of the disease or pest in Tasmania (or a part of Tasmania where the pest or disease is not known to occur) is a reportable “biosecurity event”.

Section 73 of the Biosecurity Act 2019 (the Act) imposes mandatory notification requirements in respect of biosecurity events, which apply to specified classes of persons and require notification of the biosecurity event to an authorised officer as soon as practicable after the person becomes aware of the biosecurity event.​​

​​D​efinition of "prohibited matter"​​

Sectio​n 20 of the Act defines "prohibited matter" as follows: ​

20. Prohibited matter

​​(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare any biosecurity matter, or class of biosecurity matter, to be prohibited matter if the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that –

(a) the biosecurity matter, or class of biosecurity matter, poses a significant biosecurity risk to Tasmania or a part of Tasmania; and

(b) the declaration is necessary to prevent, eliminate, minimise, control or manage the biosecurity risk posed by the biosecurity matter or class of biosecurity matter.

​(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare any carrier, or class of carriers, to be prohibited matter if the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that –

(a) the carrier, or class of carriers, poses a significant biosecurity risk to Tasmania or a part of Tasmania; and

(b) the declaration is necessary to prevent, eliminate, minimise, control or manage the biosecurity risk posed by the carrier or class of carriers.

​(3) A declaration under this section may make provision for transitional arrangements –

(a) for the lawful disposal, treatment or destruction of any biosecurity matter, or carrier, that becomes prohibited matter as a result of the declaration; and

(b) that specify certain provisions of this Act ​as not applying in respect of such disposal, treatment or destruction of the biosecurity matter or carrier.

​​Prohibited matter is biosecurity matter or carriers assessed to be of greatest biosecurity concern. A person cannot possess or engage in any form of dealing with prohibited matter without a special permit – a prohibited matter permit. ​

​​Current prohibited ​matter is as follows:

​​Invasive animals​

​Animals (invertebrates)​

Coleoptera (beetles & weevils) 

​Scientific name

​Common name

​Bruchus pisorum ​
​pea weevil​
​Heteronychus arator 
​African black beetle, black lawn beetle 
​Hylotrupes bajulus 
​European house borer 
​Scolytus multistriatus 
​elm bark beetle 
​Trogoderma variabile 
​warehouse beetle 


Diptera (flies) 

​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Bactrocera tryoni ​
​Queensland fruit fly, Qfly, QFF ​
​Ceratitis capitata ​Mediterranean fruit fly 
​Liriomyza huidobrensis 
​Serpentine leaf miner 


Hemiptera (bugs, aphids, mealybugs, pysllids, whitefllies & scale insects) 

​Scientific name

​​Common Name

​​Bemisia tabaci ​​
​​silverleaf whitefly, poinsettia whitefly
​Bactericera cockerelli syn. Trioza cockerelli 
​tomato/potato psyllid 
​Daktulosphaira vitifoliae 
​grape phylloxera 


Hymenoptera (ants, bees & wasps) 

​Scientific name

​​Common name

​​Solenopsis invicta 
​red imported fire ant ​


Isoptera

​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Coptotermes acinaciformis​

​subterranean termite

​Coptotermes frenchi

​subterranean termite

​Coptotermes lacteus​

​milk termite, subterranean termite​


Molluscs (snails & slugs) 

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​​​Lymnaea viridis syn. Austrope​plea viridis 
​green pond snail
​Pseudosuccinea columella
​American ribbed fluke snake​


Nematodes 

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Anguina agrostis​ syn. Anguina lolii 
​ryegrass nematode 
​Anguina funesta 
​bent grass nematode
​Globodera rostochiensis
​​yellow potato cyst nematode, PCN ​


​Plant products

Prohibite​​d seeds

Any seed (being a seed that has been dried, preserved or otherwise processed for the purpose of propagation) of the following species of plants, is declared to be prohibited matter for the purposes of the Act:​​​​

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​​Cannabis spp.​

​​Indian hemp

​​​​​Papaver bracteatum ​Lindl (syn. Callomecon brateum, Papaver lasiocalyx, Papaver pollakii, Papaver pulcherrimum)

​Great scarlet poppy, Scarlet poppy, Persian poppy, Iranian poppy

​Papaver somniferum (incl. Papaver sominferum var. paeniflorum)
​​Opium poppy, Oil poppy​, Peony Poppy


​​Plant diseases

​Bacteri​​a​

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​​​Curtobacterium flaccumfa​ciens pv.
flaccumfaciens 
​bacterial blight of legumes ​​​

​Erwinia amylovora 
​fire blight of apples and pears ​
​Pseudomonas syringae pv.
​striafaciens syn. Pseudomonas striafaciens
​bacterial stripe of barley, barley black node ​

​Ralstonia solanacearum syn. Pseudomonas solanacearum 
​bacterial wilt of potato ​
​Xanthomonas campestris pv. cucurbitae
​syn. Xanthomonas cucurbitae
​of cucurbita spp., including pumpkin spot and cucurbits leaf spot ​


​​​​Fu​​​​ngi​

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Alternaria mali 
​apple leaf spot, apple leaf blotch
​Ceratocystis fimbriata 
​None
​Colletotrichum lupini 
​lupin anthracnose ​
​Didymella rabiei ​syn. Ascochyta rabiei
​chickpea blight ​
​Ophiostoma spp. 
​Dutch elm disease ​
​Phacidiopycnis tuberivora 
​potato rot ​
​Urocystis cepulae Frost ​
​onion smut ​

​
Freshwater Algae​

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Aegagropila linnaei
​​Marimo Mossballs
​Didymosphenia geminata
​​Didymo, rock snot

​​
Phytoplasmas​

​Scientific name

​Common name

​Grapevine yellows MLO 
​None

​​​
Viruses​

​​Scientific name

​​Common name

​Capsicum chlorosis virus  
​CaCV ​​​
​Iris yellow spot virus ​
​IYSV 
​Potato spindle tuber viroid ​
​PSTVd 
​Tomato leaf curl virus ​
​see Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (below)
​Tomato yellow leaf curl virus ​
​TYLCV 


​Exotic animal diseases

​Diseases associated with multi​​ple terrestrial animal species​

  • Infection with Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)​​

  • Infection with Australian bat lyssavir​​us

  • Bluetongue (clinical disease)

  • Infection with Borna disease virus

  • Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)

  • Infection with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus

  • Infection with Encephalitides 

  • Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (clinical disease)

  • Infection with foot and mouth disease virus

  • Infection with Ehrlichia ruminantium (Heartwater)

  • Infection with Echinococcus multilocularis

  • Infection with Japanese encephalitis virus

  • ​Infection with Leishmania spp

  • Infection with ovine herpesvirus-2 or alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (malignant catarrhal fever, wildebeest-associated)

  • Infection with rabies virus

  • Infection with Rift Valley fever virus

  • Infection with rinderpest virus

  • Infestation with Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm)

  • Infestation with Chrysomya bezziana (Old World s​crewworm)

  • Infection with Mycobacterium bovis

  • Infection with Mycobacterium caprae

  • Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Infection with Trypanosoma evansi (Surra)

  • Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, chronic wasting disease of deer, feline spongiform ​encephalopathy, scrapie)

  • Infection with Trichinella spp.

  • Trypanosomosis (tsetse fly associated)

  • Infection with Francisella tularensis (Tularaemia)

  • Infection with vesicular stomatitis virus

  • Infestation with Warble-fly (warble-fly myiasis)

  • West Nile virus infection (clinical disease)


​Diseases associa​​ted with cattle

  • Haemorrhagic septicaemia (Infection with Pasteurella multocida serotypes 6:b and 6:e)​​

  • Infection with Brucella abortus

  • Infection with Jembrana disease virus

  • Infection with louping ill virus

  • Infection with lumpy skin disease virus

  • ​Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia)

  • Infection with Theileria parva (East Coast fever) or T. annulata (Mediterranean theileriosis)​

​Diseases associated w​​ith sheep and goats

  • Contagious agalactia (clinical disease)

  • Infection with Brucella melitenisis

  • Infection with Chlamydophila abortus (enzootic abortion of ewes, ovine chlamydiosis)

  • Infection with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (contagious caprine pleuropneumonia)

  • Infection with Nairobi sheep disease virus

  • Infection with peste des petits ruminants virus

  • Infestation with Psoroptes ovis (sheep scab)

  • Infection with Sheep pox and goat pox virus

  • Infection with Wesselbron virus

  • Infection with Maedi-visna

  • Infection with Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus


Diseases associated with e​​quines

  • Infection with African horse sickness virus

  • Infection with Babesia caballi B. equi, or Theileria equi (Equine piroplasmosis)

  • Infection with Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)

  • Infection with Eastern, Western or Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis viruses

  • Infection with equine encephalosis virus

  • Infection with equine influenza virus

  • Infection with Getah virus

  • Infection with Hendra virus

  • Infection with Histoplasma farciminosum (epizootic lymphangitis)

  • Infection with Neorickettsia risticii (Potomac fever)

  • Infection with Taylorella equigenitalis (contagious equine metritis)

  • Infection with Trypanosoma equiperdum (dourine)​


Diseases associated w​​ith swine​​

  • Infection with African swine fever virus

  • Infection with Aujeszky's disease virus

  • Infection with Bungowannah virus

  • Infection with classical swine fever virus

  • Infection with Influenza A viruses in swine

  • Infection with Menangle virus

  • Infection with Nipah virus

  • Infection with porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus

  • Infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

  • Infection with Seneca Valley virus (Senecavirus A)

  • Infection with swine vesicular disease virus

  • Infection with Teschovirus encephalomyelitis

  • Infection with transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus

  • Infection with vesicular exanthema of swine virus

  • Post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome​​


Diseases associated with b​irds​

  • Duck virus hepatitis

  • Infection with Influenza A viruses in birds

  • Infection with avian metapneumovirus (Turkey rhinotracheitis)

  • Infection with duck herpesvirus (Anatid heresvirus-1)

  • Infection with Mycoplasma iowae

  • Infection with infectious bursal disease virus (hypervirulent and exotic antigenic variant forms)

  • Infection with Newcastle disease virus (virulent)

  • Infection with Salmonella gallinarum (fowl typhoid)​​


Other diseases and Infections

  • Infection with Brucella canis ​​

  • ​​Infection with camelpox virus

  • ​​Infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

  • ​Infection with Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bats (White nose syndrome)​​​


Diseases associated w​​ith bees

  • Africanised honey bees

  • Infestation of honey bees with Acarapis woodi (Acariasis tracheal mite)

  • Infestation of bees with Tropilaelaps clareae or Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Tropilaelaps mite)

  • Infestation of bees with Varroa destructor or Varroa jacobsoni (Varroosis)​


Diseases associated w​​ith finfish​

  • Bacterial kidney disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)

  • Enteric redmouth disease (Yersinia ruckeri – Hagerman strain)

  • Infection with epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus

  • Furunculosis (Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida)

  • Infection with Singapore grouper iridovirus (ranavirus)

  • Infection with Aphanomyces invadans (epizootic ulcerative syndrome)

  • Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris

  • Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus

  • Infection with salmon alphavirus

  • Infection with infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus

  • Infectious pancreatic necrosis

  • Infection with infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus

  • Infection with Koi herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3)

  • Oncorhynchus masou virus disease

  • Infection with Red sea bream iridoviral disease

  • Sealice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

  • Infection with spring viraemia of carp virus

  • Infection with Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) disease

  • Infection with betanodavirus

  • Infection with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus

  • Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)​


Diseases associated​​ with molluscs​

  • Infection with Bonamia exitiosa​

  • Infection with Bonamia ostreae

  • Infection with Mikrocytos mackini

  • Infection with Marteilia refringens

  • Infection with Marteilia sydneyi

  • Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis

  • Infection with Perkinsus marinus

  • Infection with Perkinsus olseni

  • Infection with Xenohalitotis californiensis

  • Infection with Iridoviroses


Diseases associated with crustaceans

  • Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)​​

  • Infection with Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)

  • Infection with Gill-associated virus

  • Infection with Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague)

  • ​Infection with decapod iridescent virus 1​

  • Infection with Hepatobacter penaei (necrotising hepatopancreatitis)(NHP)​

  • Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus

  • Infection with Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (white tail disease)

  • Infection with myonecrosis virus

  • Infection with Taura syndrome virus

  • Infection with white spot syndrome virus

  • Infection with yellow head virus genotype 1

  • Monodon slow growth syndrome​


Diseases associated with ​​amphibians​

  • Infection with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

  • Infection with Ranavirus species​​

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