Medfly Surveillance, Trapping Network

Pomewest Surveillance Trapping Network – 2 year extension of Medfly trapping surveillance network – Donnybrook to Bridgetown.

The current Pomewest Surveillance Trapping Network includes Manjimup and Pemberton. The existing 180 traps in this area will now form a part of an expended pest tapping surveillance network (for fruit flies and moths) as part of the five year DPIRD-Pomewest ‘Systems Approach’ project for improved market access in the region.

Extension of the current Pomewest Medfly trapping surveillance network project after September 2017 targeting the area between Donnybrook and Bridgetown will allow continued collection of Medfly trapping data to ensure this region has a solid 3-year data set (the minimum data set required by national and international market access trade negotiators).

The Pomewest Medfly data set will benefit industry with the knowledge of Medfly prevalence in the area, it will identify Medfly hotspots that require attention and will strengthen industry’s future market access or export strategies and plans. The completed data set could also be used for improved or new market access negotiations.