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.
WHAT WE DO
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, 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 Act (Utah Code Annotated: Title 4, Chapter 37)
- Utah Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health Rule (R58-17)
- Utah Administrative Rule on Collection, Importation, Transportation, and Possession of Zoological Animals (R657-3)
- 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)
- Compliance Procedures (R58-19)
Aquaculture Forms
Fish Health Approved Hatcheries
Variance Proposal
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
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
Annual Aquaculture Report & Renewal Form
Excel Worksheets for Annual Aquaculture Report
Annual Fee Fishing Report & Renewal Form
UDAF Aquaculture Policies and Procedures
- Importation Requirements for Non-GSL Brine Shrimp Cysts into Utah
- Instructions for Importing and Delivering Fish to Utah Private Pond Owners
- Aquatic Invasive Species Policy Statement and Form
- Dichotomous Key for Warm Water Fish Importation into Utah
- 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 and host list
Related Links
- Approved Labs for Utah Fish Health Inspections
- Utah Mosquito Abatement Districts
- Utah Mosquito Abatement Association
- Aquatic Nuisance Species (Federal)
- USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
- American Fisheries Society
- U.S. Trout Farmers Association
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Fisheries Experiment Station (FES)
- State of Utah Fish Consumption Advisory
- Fish Health Management
- USDA/APHIS
- Fish Health Management Considerations in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Aquatic Animal Health Program