Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R58 - Animal Industry
Rule R58-17 - Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health
Section R58-17-1 - Authority and Purpose

(a) The Fish Health Policy Board establishes this rule regulating the importation of aquatic animals into Utah and establishes requirements for health approval of aquatic animals and their sources. The aquatic animal health program is based on the monitoring of facility operations and aquatic animal movements to prevent the exposure to and spread of pathogens or diseases that adversely affect both cultured and free range aquatic animals.

(b) Aquatic animals that enter the waters of the state or are used in aquaculture facilities, fee-fishing facilities, aquaponics, aquatic animal brokering, aquatic animal reselling, public aquaculture facilities, public fishery resources, private fish ponds, institutional facilities, private stocking, short-term fishing events, displays, or for other activities permitted by the Utah Division of Wildlife, shall comply with this rule.

(c) The Department of Agriculture and Food shall be responsible for granting health approval and assigning a health approval number to private aquaculture facilities in Utah, and to any out-of-state sources pursuant to Subsection 4-37-501(1).

(d) The Division of Wildlife Resources shall be responsible for granting health approval and assigning a health approval number to public aquaculture facilities within the state, and for the movement of live aquatic animals from free range populations in waters of the state pursuant to Subsection 4-37-501(1).