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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9428
• Author: Erdahl, D. A.
• Title: Inland Salmonid Broodstock Management Handbook.
• USFW Year: no dat
• USFW - Doc Type: Bozeman.
• Copyright Material: NO

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Disease Requirements
A requirement of the National- Policy Directive: Number 1 is that
all Service fishery activities be conducted in compliance with the
National Fish Health Policy. It is fundamental and essential to
protect the general health of free-ranging and captive broodstocks
utilized in Service programs.
The National Fish Health Policy Implementation Guidelines has
provisions for selecting non-lethal sampling procedures to monitor
infections in certain circumstances involving imperiled,
threatened, or endangered fishes. Such procedures may be
authorized by the Regional Director to blend specific protection of
scarce stocks with general protection of all stocks.
As defined in the implementation guidelines of the Fish Health
Policy, isolation and/or quarantine can be used as tools to reduce
risks of contamination and to protect the health classification of
brood facilities in special situations. Use of either of these
tools requires strict adherence to acceptable sanitation procedures
and isolation enforced by a combination of distance and barriers to
achieve containment.
National Fish Health Policy
The National Fish Health Policy was developed to reiterate the
commitment of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to responsible
fish health management. Specifics of the National Fish Health
Policy can be found in Appendix A.
Fish Health Policy and Implementation Guidelines
Fish Health Policy and Implementation Guidelines were developed to
provide the technical procedures needed to support the National
Fish Health Policy. Specific requirements for the management of
broodstock stations in the National Fish Hatchery system are in
Sections VII.C. Free-Ranging Broodstocks and VII.E.2. Requirements
for Broodstock (see Appendix B).
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