312 IAC 9-10-17 - Aquaculture permit
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-27
Sec. 17.
(a) A
person must not import, raise, sell, or transport fish into or within Indiana
without an aquaculture permit issued under this section, except as provided in:
(1) sections 14 and 15 of this rule;
or
(2) subsection (b).
(b) A permit is not required under
this section by a person who possesses fish, other than those listed in
312 IAC 9-6-7, and
who is engaged in either of the following:
(1) The production, importation, or sale of
live fish exclusively for use in the aquarium pet trade.
(2) The importation of live fish exclusively
for confinement and exhibition in a zoo or another public display.
(c) A person shall apply for an
aquaculture permit on a department form. The director may attach any
appropriate conditions to a permit.
(d) A permit issued under this section
expires on December 31 of the year of issuance.
(e) In addition to conditions imposed by the
director under subsection (c), the following conditions apply to an aquaculture
permit to import, produce, raise, sell, or transport triploid grass carp:
(1) No stocking of triploid grass carp may
take place in public waters except as provided in IC 14-22-27.
(2) The seller must deliver and stock the
fish.
(3) A copy of each bill of
sale and triploidy certification must be:
(A)
conveyed to each buyer; and
(B)
retained by the permit holder for two (2) years.
(4) A purchaser of triploid grass carp must
retain the bill of sale and the triploidy certification for at least two (2)
years.
(5) A permit holder must
submit a quarterly report on a departmental form not later than the fifteenth
day of the month following the end of a quarter, regardless of whether fish
have been stocked during the time period.
(6) Fish holding facilities, stocking
reports, stocking trucks, other documents required under this subsection, and
live fish may be inspected at any reasonable time by the division or a
conservation officer. Not more than six (6) fish from a lot or truck load may
be removed by the department for verification of the chromosome
number.
(7) As used in this
subsection and subsection (e), "triploid grass carp" means grass carp certified
to be triploid by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(f) In addition to conditions imposed by the
director under subsection (c), a person who possesses an aquaculture permit to
import, produce, raise, sell, or transport diploid grass carp must comply with
the following conditions:
(1) No stocking of
diploid grass carp may take place in any public or private waters except as
provided in this subsection and IC 14-22-27.
(2) A live diploid grass carp may be
possessed only for the purpose of producing triploid grass carp or producing
diploid grass carp capable of producing triploid grass carp.
(3) A diploid grass carp may be sold only to
a person who holds a valid aquaculture permit.
(4) All diploid grass carp must be held in a
closed aquaculture system.
(5) A
permit holder who imports, produces, raises, sells, or transports diploid grass
carp must submit an annual report to the division on a department
form.
(6) A permit holder who
imports, produces, raises, sells, or transports diploid grass carp must be
capable of accurately determining the number of sets of chromosomes of the fish
in the possession of the permit holder under certification procedures of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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