Industry Update No 2 - Queensland Fruit Fly

A Quarantine Area has been declared in Perth’s southern suburbs to support efforts to eradicate Queensland fruit fly (Qfly). Residents and businesses must take action to help protect gardens and stop the spread of the pest to agricultural areas.

Further information is available by visiting  wa.gov.au/qfly. The move comes after the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) early detection surveillance trapping grid detected Qfly in Willagee and Palmyra.

Quarantine Area

A Quarantine Area (QA) has been gazetted today (6 December) to help prevent any further spread and to eradicate the destructive pest.

Under the National Fruit Fly Management Protocol, area freedom for Qfly has been suspended within the QA and controls on the movement of host fruit now apply.

DPIRD is using a traffic light system to define the QA and the zones within it where actions and restrictions will apply.