Reporter Song Wangqun, correspondent Huang Wanli, Jia Xiaobo reported: On February 24, 2018, a total of 290 wild corals (including large-horned corals, Stokes horn-hole corals, corrosive spiny-stemmed corals, vesicle corals, coral reefs, and Balinese brain corals) from 6 major varieties from Indonesia were imported from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and successfully transported to the temporary isolation field in Longhua District, Shenzhen, which is the first batch of ornamental aquatic animals imported by the Longhua Office of Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau since its establishment in June last year. The import of wild corals has expanded the inbound and outbound animal and plant inspection business categories of Longhua Office from the original eight categories to nine categories, and the types of import and export trade in Longhua District have been further enriched.
In order to ensure the smooth development of the quarantine and quarantine of imported corals, the Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau guides importing enterprises to do a good job in the construction of temporary isolation sites, ensures compliance with the "Basic Requirements for the Construction and Management of Designated Quarantine And Quarantine Sites for Imported Ornamental Aquatic Animals", and promotes them to successfully obtain the "Certificate of Use of Designated Quarantine and Quarantine Sites for Imported and Exported Animals"; to monitor potential risk substances of imported coral environmental samples, providing data support for the next improvement of the inspection and quarantine mode of imported corals.
After the corals arrived at the isolation site, the staff of the Longhua Office of the Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau worked overtime to supervise the disinfection of the means of transport and outer packaging of the enterprise, quickly carried out sensory inspection and quarantine of the imported corals and improved the corresponding isolation records to ensure the smooth development of the 14-day isolation period after the corals entered the isolation site.