Enforcement Rule of the Aquatic Life Disease Control Act  
 
Article 2. Aquatic Organism Disease  
Diseases “specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries” under the Subparagraph 6 of Article 
2 of ⌜Aquatic Life Disease Control Act ⌟ are as  follows:  
1. Fish : Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis  (Infection with epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus) , 
Infectious salmon anaemia  (Infe ction with HPR -deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus) , 
Gyrodactylosis  (Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris), Infection with salmonid alphavirus  
2. Shellfish : Bonamiosis  (Infection with Bonamia ostreae, Infection with Bonamia exitiosa), Marteiliosis  
(Infection with Marteilia refringens), Perkinsiosis  (Infection with Perkinsus marinus), Infection with 
Xenohaliotis californiensis , Infection with abalone herpesvirus  
3. Crustacean : Crayfish plague  (Infection with Aphanomyces astaci) , Infectious hypodermal and 
haematopoietic necrosis (Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus ), 
Infectious myonecrosis (Infection with infectious myonecrosis virus ), White tail disease  (Infection 
with Macrobranchium rosenbergii n odavirus) , Necrotising hepatopancreatitis  (Infection with 
Hepatobacter penaeis) , Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease  
4. Other aquatic animal diseases  designated and notified  by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries that 
require continuous surveillance and control  
 
Article 28. Exemption from Accompanying Health Certificate  
1. Cases “designated under the law of the MOF” under the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 26 on the 
Act are as :  
1.1. Designated quarantine items from a country without the government institut e for aquatic organism 
quarantine and authorized by the Director General ( DG) of the National Fishery Products Quality 
Management Service ( NFQS ) in advance  
1.2. Import authorized by the DG of the NFQS for experiment or research or for pharmaceutical 
production to diagnose and prevent aquatic organism diseases under the provisions of Paragraph 1 
of Article 24 on the Act  
1.3. Dispatched quarantine under Article 28 on the Act  
1.4. Eliminated (Feb. 8, 2017)  
1.5. Designated quarantine items not subject to aquatic life diseases described in Subparagraph 5 of 
Article 2 on the Act  
1.6. Eliminated (Feb. 8, 2017)  
1.7. Eliminated (Sep. 27, 2012)  
1.8. Eliminated (Sep. 27, 2012)  
1.9. Designated quarantine items subject to aquatic organism diseases indicated in Appendix 3.2  
Designated quarantine items exempt from accompanying health certificate   
(in relation to Article 28 (1) 9)  
1.9.1.  Designated quarantine items subject to the aquatic organism diseases  as below , which are 
the listed diseases in OIE and present in both Korea and exporting country  1.9.1. a. Red Seabream Iridovir al Disease ( RSIVD ) 
1.9.1.b.  Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis ( IHHN) 
1.9.2.  Eel fry for aquaculture  
1.9.3.  Zebrafish , through which test and research is conducted in reported or permitted research 
center in accordance with Paragraph 1 o f Article 22 of ⌜Transboundary Movement, ETC. 
of Living Modified Organisms Act ⌟ 
1.10. Designated quarantine items returned from being denied entry into an importing country  
1.11. Return from display in an exhibition in an importing country