@article{Seales:256433,
      recid = {256433},
      author = {Seales, Joseph},
      title = {AN UPDATE OF THE WORK BY THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ON  TEPHRITID FRUIT FLIES IN THE CARIBBEAN},
      address = {2009-07-12},
      number = {1876-2017-319},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {At the first meeting of the Plant Health Directors of the  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held during the period 23rd -  25th to April 2008, it was agreed to establish several  technical working groups to address the issues relating to  various pests of importance to the region. The meeting of  CARICOM Technical Working Group on Tephritid Fruit Flies  was held in Georgetown, Guyana during the period 16th "  17th September 2009. The general objective of this group is  to safeguard the Caribbean from the threats and/or the  impacts of introductions, economic damage and spread of  Tephritid Fruit Flies through investigation/research and  the provision of advise on all matters related to these  fruit flies. Several tasks were assigned to Member States  and Organizations, most of which have since been fulfilled  and reported at the Second Meeting of CARICOM Plant Health  Directors held during the period 4th - 5th March 2009.  Achievements include a compilation of a list of existing  confirmed species; identification of newly introduced  species; a listing of species outside the region which pose  a threat to the region; determination of species existing  within the region which pose a threat to non-infested  Caribbean countries; determination and recommendation of  systems for prevention, management and/or eradication at  the ports of entry and the field; keeping up-to-date with  new methods of identification, spread, control and  eradication; making recommendations on emergency  preparedness for outbreaks; and advising on public  awareness.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256433},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256433},
}