Blueberry Maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran) - Update of the Regulated Areas within Canada.

OTTAWA, June 11, 2007-

The Blueberry maggot regulated area within Canada has recently been revised and updated to reflect on-going CFIA surveillance activities. The regulated areas within Canada are now defined as follows:

Nova Scotia - all areas.

New Brunswick - all areas.

Prince Edward Island - all areas.

Ontario - Charlotteville Township, Wainfleet Township, and seven individual producer sites in southwestern Ontario.

Québec - The City of Trois-Rivières and the following municipalities: In the MRC of Le Haut-Saint-Laurent: Saint-Chrysostome, Havelock, Franklin, Ormstown, Howick; in the MRC of Les Jardins-de-Napierville: Saint-Édouard; in the MRC of Le-Haut-Richelieu: Saint-Valentin; in the MRC of Brome-Missisquoi: Frelighsburg, St-Sabine, East Farnham; in the MRC of Joliette: Saint-Thomas; in the MRC of Rivière-du-Loup: Saint-Antonin, Notre-Dame du Portage; in the MRC of Bonaventure: St-Elizéar; also, individual producer sites in the MRC of Haute-Yamaska: Bromont; and in the MRC of Les Jardins-de-Napierville: Hemmingford, St-Patrice-de-Sherrington, St-Bernard-de-Lacolle; in the MRC of Joliette: St-Paul.

Current status of the pest in Canada - present in only some areas and subject to official control.

Regulatory status of the pest in Canada - quarantine pest.

Contacts: Marie-Pierre Mignault, Horticulture Progam Specialist,
Horticulture Section, Plant Health Division, CFIA,
Ottawa, Ontario. mignaultmp@inspection.gc.ca

Links for more information on this pest:
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Michigan State University Extension

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Blueberry Maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran) - Update of the Regulated Areas within Canada.

OTTAWA, June 11, 2007-