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Aquaculture

"Aquaculture species" means aquatic animal organisms including, but not limited to, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, reptiles, or amphibians reared or cultured under controlled conditions in an aquaculture facility.

Any movement, importing, or exporting of aquaculture species shall be in compliance with the Animal Industry Act (Public Act 466 of 1988, as amended), being sections 287.701 to 287.747 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

  1. A person shall not import aquaculture into this state without one of the following issued by an accredited veterinarian:
    1. Official Interstate Health Certificate
    2. Official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
    3. Fish Disease Inspection Report

  2. A person shall not import aquaculture from a hatchery or other facility with a record of an emergency fish disease within the past two years. These include, but are not limited to, Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, Infectious Hematopotietic Necrosis, Cerataomyxosis, and Proliferative Kidney Disease.

  3. A person shall not import aquaculture exhibiting clinical signs of disease.

  4. PRIOR ENTRY PERMIT shall be obtained before importing aquaculture into the state. Issuance of a prior entry permit requires the following:

    1. Submmission of an interstate health certificate, certificate of veterinary inspection, or a fish disease, and

    2. Proof (test chart) of a negative test for Viral Hemmorrhagic Septicemia according to aprotocol approved by the USDA.

    Required documents shall be faxed, emailed, or otherwise submitted to the State Veterinarian's office and a prior entry permit issued PRIOR to importation. The prior entry permit number shall be recorded on the interstate health certificate, certificate of veterinary inspection, or fish disease inspection report and a copy shall accompany the shipment throughout transport.

A list of approved species for aquaculture production has been established. Only the aquaculture species on the approved list are allowed for purposes of aquaculture production.

Approved freshwater species are as follows:

(a)

Lake sturgeon (Acipense fulvescens)

(b)

Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

(c)

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

(d)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

(e)

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

(f)

Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

(g)

Splake (Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis)

(h)

Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

(i)

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

(j)

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

(k)

Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

(l)

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

(m)

Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

(n)

Lake herring (Coregonus artedi)

(o)

Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)

(p)

Northern pike (Esox lucius)

(q)

Tiger muskie (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius)

(r)

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

(s)

Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

(t)

Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
(u)

Bowfin (Amia calva)

(v)

Redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos)

(w)

Finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus)

(x)

Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)

(y)

Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)

(z)

Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)

(aa)

Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)

(bb)

Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

(cc)

Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)

(dd)

Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)

(ee)

Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)

(ff)

Channel catfish (Lctalurus punctatus)

(gg)

Flathead catfish (Pylodictis punctatus)

(hh)

Burbott (Lota lota)

(ii)

Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolmieu)

(jj)

Largemouth bass (Micropterus annularis)

(kk)

White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)

(ll)

Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

(mm)

Hybrid crappie (Pomoxis annularis x Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

(nn)

Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)

(oo)

Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)

(pp)

Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)

(qq)

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

(rr)

Hybrid bluegill (Lepomis cyanellus x Lepomis macrochirus)

(ss)

Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)

(tt)

Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)

(uu)

Sauger (Stizostedion canadense)

(vv)

Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)

(ww)

Saugeye (Stizostedion canadense x Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)

(xx)

Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

(yy)

Bigmouth buffalofish (Lctiobus cyprinellus)

(zz)

Black buffalofish (Lctiobus niger)

(aaa)

White perch (Morone americana)

(bbb)

White bass (Morone chrysops)

(ccc)

Tilapia (Genera of Tiliapia--except T. rondeliia--Oreochromis, Sarotheradom, and hybrids thereof)

Approved salt or brackish waters species are as follows:

(a)

Brine shrimp (Atremia sp.)

(b)

Shrimp (All species of the genus Peneaus)

(c)

Mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)

(d)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

(e)

Cod (Gadus sp.)

(f)

Halibut (Hippglossus sp.)

(g)

Snapper (Lutjanidae-Lutjanus sp. Ocyurus sp.)

(h)

Grouper (Serranidae-Epinephelus sp. Mycteroperca sp.)

(i)

Red drum (Sciaenops occellatus)

(j)

Tuna (Thunnusthynnus)

(k)

Flounder (Paralichthys sp.)

(l)

Pompano (Trachinoyus sp.)

(m)

Snook (Centropomus sp.)

(n)
Mackeral (Scomberomorus sp.)
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