Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 875 - VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA (VHS)
Section 875.10 - Definitions
"Affected Regions" - those areas designated by USDA-APHIS as Affected or At-Risk Regions. Currently, these are the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
"Aquatic Life Farm" - property containing any or a combination of levee ponds, a strip mine lake or other type of lake maintained for the exclusive purpose of rearing aquatic life for harvest and resale.
"Baitfish" - live or dead species of fish or parts of fish, excluding roe, that are used by anglers to catch or attempt to catch fish.
"BlueBook" - Suggested Procedures for the Detection and Identification of Certain Finfish and Shellfish Pathogens, American Fisheries Society, Fish Health Section, Bethesda, Maryland (2005 Edition).
"Department" - the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
"Farm-Raised" - any species of aquatic life that has been reared entirely in captivity on an aquatic life farm.
"Fish Health Inspection Report" or "FHIR" - official document reporting health status of inspected fish issued by a trained, qualified fish health professional in accordance with BlueBook or OIE standards.
"Live Market" - an Illinois business in which commercially captured fish are maintained for a period of time prior to being killed and processed for consumption.
"Lot" - a population of fish as defined in the BlueBook.
"Offal" - the whole or parts of an aquatic animal and aquatic animal products not approved for human consumption, including sludge and sieve material collected during slaughtering.
"OIE" - the World Organization for Animal Health.
"Private Waters" - waters of the State of Illinois that are wholly upon properties held in private ownership and contained on the land of the owner.
"Public Waters" - all other waters of the State of Illinois.
"Resident" - a person who actually resides in Illinois. For businesses, resident means at least 51% owned by Illinois residents and organized under the laws of Illinois.
"Slaughter Facility" - an Illinois business in which commercially captured fish are immediately killed and processed for consumption.
"Specific Pathogen Free" or "SPF" - a lot of fish that have tested negative for VHS.
"VHS" or "VHSv" - Viral hemorrhagic septicemia or the VHS virus. For purposes of this Part, VHSv and VHS are considered synonymous.
"Wild-Trapped" - any species of aquatic life that has any portion of its life history not under direct control of an aquatic life farm (i.e., those that are not farm-raised).
