Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 10 - Animal Diseases And Movement › Subchapter VIII - Fish › Section ATCP 10.64 - Fish moved within this state

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) VALID HEALTH
				  CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may move any
				  live fish or fish eggs of a species that the department has identified as being
				  susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) from a type 3 fish farm to
				  any other location in this state, unless those fish or fish eggs are covered by
				  a valid health certificate under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.65. A qualified fish health inspector shall issue
				  the health certificate based on an inspection of the fish or fish eggs, or of
				  the farm from which they originate. A health certificate does not cover a
				  movement that occurs after the health certificate expires.
Note:
Species that the department has found to
					 be susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia are listed at:
					 https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Homepage.aspx.
(2) DISEASED FISH. No person may move any
				  live fish or fish eggs between fish farms in this state, or from a fish farm to
				  any other location in this state, if that person knows, or has reason to know,
				  that those fish or fish eggs are infected with or show clinical signs of any
				  reportable disease under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.66.
(3)
				  EXEMPTIONS. Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Live fish or fish eggs moved between type
				  3 fish farms registered under s.
				  ATCP 10.61, if the
				  operator keeps a complete record of the movement under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.61(10).
(b) Fish or fish eggs moved to a food
				  processing plant, retail food establishment, or restaurant, for processing or
				  direct sale to consumers, provided that the receiving entity does not do any of
				  the following:
1. Hold any of the fish or fish
				  eggs for more than 30 days prior to slaughter or direct sale to
				  consumers.
2. Commingle the live
				  fish or fish eggs with fish or fish eggs that may be used for any other
				  purpose.
3. Sell or distribute
				  unprocessed fish or fish eggs to consumers at any place other than the food
				  processing plant, retail food establishment, or restaurant at which the entity
				  first receives them.
4. Discharge
				  to waters of the state any untreated water used to hold or process any of the
				  fish or fish eggs.
5. Dispose of
				  any dead fish, dead fish eggs or fish offal except by rendering, composting,
				  municipal solid waste disposal, or other means approved by the
				  department.
(c) Live fish
				  or fish eggs shipped to a specific location for direct sale to consumers as
				  food, provided that all of the following requirements are met:
1. Records are kept in compliance with s.
				  ATCP
				  10.61(10).
2. No fish leave the event live, except to
				  return to the farm of origin or directly to slaughter.
3. Fish are held in a self-contained
				  enclosure.
4. Fish are not
				  commingled with fish from any other source.
5. No untreated water used to hold the fish
				  or fish eggs is discharged to waters of the state.