Devising A Method of ‘Expected Damage’ Estimation for a Polyphagous Invertebrate Pest Exotic to Western Australia
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With increasing efficiency in human and freight transport fuelled by the creation of the global
market place, pressure is mounting on quarantine administrators to target their resources
strategically. A managed approach to decision-making is therefore becoming an integral part of
quarantine management since target species and/or entry pathways must be identified and policed
effectively. Using the example of Melon Thrips in Western Australia, this paper presents an
economic framework that allows decision-makers to prioritise exotic pests based on the damage
and production cost increases they are capable of imposing on affected industries. In doing so it
identifies a critical level of expected damage associated with the pest that can then be used as a
ceiling for incursion response expenditure.