FRDC POMS Project Study Tour to France Final Report

The report summarizes the results of an industry study tour to France to gain first hand information of the effect on the French industry of POMS and the associated virus and the response to this threat by industry, researchers and regulators.

Between 1 and 10 November 2011, the study team travelled from Paris to Normandy, around the French coast to the Mediterranean and back to Paris, meeting with growers, processors, industry representatives, researchers and government agencies.

A daily “blog” for this trip (www.oystertour.wordpress.com) was maintained to provide information in real time to interested parties and to enable them to provide feedback and ask questions during the tour. The blog remains online as a resource to add detail to the contents of this report, which, in turn, provides a summary of the team’s thinking at the end of the tour.

Download the Final Report [PDF 568 KB]