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 fromwhere 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).
d)
No live aquatic life not on the Approved List produced at the facilities
operated or owned by an aquaculture permit holder may be removed from the site
unless it is being transferred to another permit holder who has permission to
possess them, or to a fish market as food, or to an aquarium shop.
