PIRSA has recently declared four additional fruit fly outbreaks in the Riverland since last month – ‘Renmark North’, ‘Loxton North B’ and ‘Loxton North C’ and ‘Murtho’. This takes the total number of Queensland fruit fly outbreaks being managed by PIRSA in the Riverland to eleven.
Of note:
- ‘Loxton North’ outbreak has been renamed to ‘Loxton North (A)’.
- ‘Renmark North’ outbreak is separate, but directly adjacent to the Renmark West outbreak.
- ‘Loxton North (B)’ and ‘Loxton North (C)’ are each separate outbreaks, but directly adjacent to the ‘Loxton North’ (A) outbreak.
- ‘Murtho’ outbreak is separate, but directly adjacent to the ‘Paringa’ and ‘Renmark North’ outbreaks.
The anticipated reinstatement dates for all current Riverland outbreaks (as at 23 May 2022) are as follows:
- Renmark North – 22 December 2022
- Renmark West – 22 December 2022
- Paringa – 22 December 2022
- Pike River – 22 December 2022
- Pike River West – 22 December 2022
- Loxton – 22 December 2022
- Loxton North A – 22 December 2022
- Loxton North B – 22 December 2022
- Loxton North C – 22 December 2022
- Waikerie – 20 December 2022
- Murtho – 22 December 2022
Given vintage is over, Vinehealth advises that it will not be publicising new fruit fly outbreaks in the Riverland via Biosecurity Alerts until the lead up to vintage 2023 when we will also restart generating maps overlaid over our vineyard layer. However, we will maintain advice to industry of changes to South Australia’s fruit fly position updates through our e-news and website.
For the latest map of the outbreaks, refer to PIRSA’s interactive map.