Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 870 - AQUACULTURE, TRANSPORTATION, STOCKING, IMPORTATION AND/OR POSSESSION OF AQUATIC LIFE › Section 870.50 - Unlawful Acts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Release of
			 Aquatic Life
It is unlawful to release (or allow escape of) any aquatic life
				into the waters of this State without first securing permission of the
				Department to do so, except that the owners of a body of water or their agents
				may release aquatic life on the Approved List
into waters that are
				wholly on their property. All aquatic life may be immediately returned
				unharmed
to waters
from
where they were
				taken
[515 ILCS
				5/10-100(a) ]. Permission will be
				based upon the potential detriment to the aquatic resource.
b) Transportation
It is unlawful for any person to transport, ship or convey
				within the State any live grass carp/white amur (Ctenopharyngodon idella),
				black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis),
				silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), tilapia (Oreochromis species) or any
				hybrid of these species, or any other species not on the Approved List, unless
				that person possesses a Restricted Species Transportation Permit issued by the
				Department.
c) It is
			 unlawful to transport, ship or convey live trout, salmon or char into the State
			 unless a salmonid import permit has been issued to the source hatchery, as
			 required by Section 10-105 of the Code. A copy of the salmonid import permit
			 must accompany each shipment. A salmonid import permit will be issued only if
			 the source hatchery has been inspected by the Department within the last 12
			 months and found free of the following disease agents: VHS - Viral Hemorrhagic
			 Septicemia Virus; IHN - Infectious Hematopoetic Necrosis Virus; CS -
			 Ceratomyxosis (Ceratomyxa shasta); PKD - Proliferative Kidney Disease agent;
			 and/or any other disease agents that are not known to be present in the Great
			 Lakes Basin.
1) A salmonid import permit may
			 be issued for a period of up to 6 months following the inspection of the source
			 hatchery. The salmonid import permit will be reissued if the owner/operator of
			 the source hatchery certifies that there has been no change in the disease
			 status of the source hatchery in the 6 month period following the annual
			 inspection. A bill of sale, listing quantity, species, and hatchery of origin
			 shall be provided to and retained by the final recipient of the fish, until the
			 fish are disposed of.
2) The
			 Department recognizes persons inspecting hatcheries using the methods of
			 diagnosis found in "Suggested Procedures for the Detection and Identification
			 of Certain Finfish and Shellfish Pathogens" 4th ed.,
			 Version 1 (1994), published by the Fish Health Section of the American
			 Fisheries Society or the "Manual of Compliance to the Fish Health Protection
			 Regulations of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada (1988) (no
			 further amendments or editions are included), as competent in the diagnosis of
			 fish diseases, unless a clearcut conflict of interest exists (such as the
			 inspector being related to the hatchery owner by blood, adoption, marriage or
			 economic interest).