Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-59b - Short Term Fishing Events
Section R657-59b-4 - Certificate of Registration Not Required
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-59b-4
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) A certificate of registration is not required to receive and stock an aquaculture product in an event tank for the purposes of holding a short-term fishing event, provided:
(a) the event tank used to hold fish
temporarily is completely independent of and separated from any public waterway
or waterbody;
(b) there is no risk
of fish escaping the event tank into a public waterway or waterbody;
and
(c) the short-term fishing
event is being held at a location where the species, sub-species, and sterility
of aquaculture product being used for the event is authorized for stocking
without a certificate of registration, as described in Section
R657-59a-9;
(d) the aquaculture product is:
(i) delivered to the event tank by a licensed
aquaculture facility as defined in Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37,
Aquaculture Act; or
(ii) the owner,
lessee, or operator of the short-term fishing event:
(A) possesses documentation from the
aquaculture facility verifying the information itemized in Section
R657-59b-4 during transport;
and
(B) assumes legal
responsibility for directly transporting the fish from the aquaculture facility
to the short-term fishing event;
(e) the operator of the short-term fishing
event obtains from the aquaculture facility providing the aquaculture product a
valid health approval number issued by the Utah Department of Agriculture and
Food pursuant to Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act;
and
(f) the operator of the
short-term fishing event provides the aquaculture facility with a signed
written statement that the short-term fishing event and aquaculture product
received are in compliance with this section.
(2) A certificate of registration must be obtained from the division under Section R657-59b-8 before stocking in any facility that does not meet the definition of a short-term fishing event in Subsection R657-59b-2(10), or meet the criteria in Subsection R657-59b-4(1).
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