Fish Health (Aquaculture)

   (801)538-7025
   (801) 538-7046
  (801) 538-7029

Mission Statement: The Fish Health Program promotes the practice of aquaculture in order to augment food production, expand employment, and promote economic development, while protecting the aquaculture industry and the public fishery resource from aquatic animal diseases.

Program Description: The UDAF Fish Health Program serves the aquaculture industry by providing fish health and culture information and by enforcing those rules that govern the operation of aquaculture facilities and the spread or introduction of disease. The program registers commercial aquaculture and fee fishing facilities, conducts fish health inspections for those operators wishing to sell live products, issues entry permits for all imports of live fish or eggs into Utah, performs export inspections of brine shrimp, maintains a current listing of those facilities determined to be fish health approved for movement of live fish or eggs, offers limited diagnostic services for operators, and provides advice and information on aquaculture and fish health.

• Utah Aquaculture Act and Administrative Rules
  
  • Utah Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health Rule (R58-17)
  • Utah Aquaculture Act (Utah Code Annotated: Title 4, Chapter 37)
  • Utah Administrative Rule on Collection, Importation, Transportation, and Possession of Zoological Animals (R657-3)
  • Utah Aquaculture and Fish Stocking Rule (R657-16)
  • Compliance Procedures (R58-19)
  • Utah Administrative Rule on Commercial Harvesting of Brine Shrimp and Brine Shrimp Eggs (R657-52)
  • Utah Administrative Rule on Amphibian and Reptile Collection, Importation, Transportation and Possession (R657-53)
  • Private Fish Ponds (R657-59)
    
    
• Aquaculture Lists
  • Current Lists of Approved Utah Fish Growers, Approved Out-of-state Growers, and Utah Brokers
  • Currently Registered Fee Fishing Operators
  • Aquatic Invasive Species List

• Aquaculture Forms
  
  • Notice of Treatment or Testing, Variance and Verification of Distribution of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)
  • Certificate of Registration (COR) Application Form
  • Certificate of Registration (COR) Application Form for Fish Processing Plants
  • Certificate of Registration (COR) Application Form for Special Events
  • Fish Health Approval Form for Warm Water Species - International
  • Fish Health Approval Form for Warm Water Species - National (USA)
  • Fish Health Approval form for Warm Water Crustaceans - National & International
  • Fish Health Statement
  • Livestock and Fish Movement Report
  • Notice of Treatment and Notice of Testing Forms for Asian Tapeworm
  • Year End Report Forms:
    • Brokering Report Form
    • Renewal Purchase Form
    • Renewal Sales Form
    • Fee Fishing Annual Report Form
    • Processing Annual Report Form

• Fish Health Policy Board
  • Classifications of Pathogens
  • Emergency Response Procedures
  • Fish Health Policy Board Members and Related Government Officials
  • Procedures for the Timely Reporting of Pathogens

• UDAF Policies and Procedures
  
  • Importation Requirements for Non-GSL Brine Shrimp Cysts into Utah
  • Instructions for Importing and Delivering Fish to Utah Private Pond Owners
  • Fish Species Approved to be Reared in Utah
  • Fish Species with Approved Sources
  • Fish Health Approval and Inspection
  • Aquatic Invasive Species Policy Statement and Form
  • Dichotomous Key for Warm Water Fish Importation into Utah  (HTML)
  • How to Import Live Aquatic Animals into Utah
  • How to Obtain a Certificate of Registration (COR)
  • How to Obtain a Fish Brokering License
  • UDAF Policy on Asian Tapeworm
    
    

• Aquaculture Reports and Documents
  
  • A Basic Biosecurity Model for Aquaculture Sites
  • Aquatic Nuisance Species in Utah
  • Asian Tapeworm Hosts
  • Color Brochure "Whirling Disease and Aquaculture"  (Large - 12MB)
    
    

• Frequently Asked Questions
  
  • Barley Straw for Algae Control
  • How to Get Rid of Water Weeds and Algae  (HTML)
  • Questions About Whirling Disease  (HTML)
    
    

• Aquaculture News
  
  • December 2007
  • December 2006
  • Spring 2006
  • December, 2003
  • September, 2002
  • January, 2002
  • December, 2000  (HTML)
  • December, 1999  (HTML)
  • July, 1998
  • January, 1997

Links to Other Aquaculture Sites

Biosecurity

• Biosecurity Protection for Fish Operations
• Syndel International Biosecurity Survey

Drugs

• FDA/CFSAN - Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance Ch. 11 Aquaculture drugs
• Aquaculture Drug Approvals: Our Continuing Commitment

Equipment & Supplies

• Aquacenter Inc.
• AquaFarm - aquaculture software & systems design
• Fish Posters of the World
• Point Four Systems Water Oxygenation Equipment
• Rangen Inc.
• Silver Cup Fish Food

Inspection Manuals

• OIE Diagnostic Manual
• Blue Book
• US Fish & Wildlife Service

Labs and Inspectors

• AFS Certified Fish Health Inspectors
• Approved Laboratories for Utah Inspections
• Aquaculture Pathology Lab at University of Arizona
• Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center
• Microtechnologies Inc.
• OIE Reference Labs and Designated Experts for Aquatic Animal Diseases
• Texas Aquaculture diagnostic lab services
• USDA-APHIS list of labs approved to conduct diagnostic testing and export certification of aquaculture species
• USDA-ARS Animal Health Research Labs
• Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL)

Mosquito Abatement

• Utah Mosquito Abatement Districts
• Utah Mosquito Abatement Association

Nuisance Species

• Aquatic Nuisance Species (Federal)
• Melanoides
• USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species

Organizations

• American Fisheries Society
• National Fisheries Institute
• U.S. Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture
• U.S. Trout Farmers Association
• Whirling Disease Foundation
• World Aquaculture Society

Pond Cleaning

• Alken-Murray Products
• Bio-Future

Processing

• Compendium of Fish and Fishery Product Processes, Hazards, and Controls
• FDA/CFSAN - Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance Ch. 3 Potential Species-Related & Process-Related Hazards

Research

• Aquatic Animal Pathogen and Quarantine Information System
• CEFAS - Permanent Advisory Network for Diseases in Aquaculture (PANDA)
• Regional Aquaculture Centers (RACS)
• Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Fisheries Experiment Station (FES)
• Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC)
• National Wild Fish Health Survey

Retailers

• Go Trade Seafood
• Clear Springs Foods (Tommy Trout)

Shrimp

• Aquaculture - Prawns
• High Health Aquaculture
• U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program

Link Lists

• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
• Agriscape
• Aquafind
• AquaNIC
• FishBase
• fishfarming.com
• Master Index of Freshwater Fishes
  

Miscellaneous Links

• Fish Health Management
• AquaNet
• Ichthyogram
• Stirling Aquaculture
• USDA/APHIS
• Utah Code, Title 4
• Aquatic Animal Information - Michigan State University
• Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
• Fish Health
• Fisheries and Aquaculture - British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Aquatic Animal Health Program
• Aquatic Animal Disease information at OIE
• ISAAH Sponsors
• American Fisheries Society Newsletter