R58-17-14. Buying, Selling, and Transporting Aquatic Animals

  (A) Buying aquatic animals:

  Live aquatic animals, except ornamental fish and marine aquatic animals as provided in R58-17-4(2), unless the ornamental fish are determined a risk pursuant to R58-17-2(A)(24), may be purchased or acquired only by persons or entities who possess a valid COR that authorizes the animals or as otherwise specified in R58-17-4. This applies to separate facilities owned by the same individual. Live aquatic animals must be purchased only from sources that either are located in-state and have a valid COR for aquaculture or are located outside of Utah. In both cases, the sources must also be on the current aquatic animal health approval list.

  (B) Selling aquatic animals:

  Live aquatic animals, except ornamental fish and marine aquatic animals as provided in R58-17-4(2), unless the ornamental fish are determined a risk pursuant to R58-17-2(A)(24), may be sold only by a person or entity located in-state who possesses a valid COR for aquaculture or by a person or entity located outside of Utah. Current listing for each source and species on the health approval list is also required. Within Utah, an aquaculture facility operator may only sell or transfer live aquatic animals to a person or entity, which has been issued a valid COR to possess such animals or as otherwise specified in R58-17-4.

  (C) Transporting aquatic animals:

  (1) Any person possessing a valid COR may transport the live aquatic animals specified on the COR to the facility named on the COR.

  (2) All transfers or shipments of live aquatic animals within Utah, except ornamental fish and marine aquatic animals as provided in R58-17-4(2), unless the ornamental fish are determined a risk pursuant to R58-17-2(A)(24), must be accompanied by documentation of the source and destination, including:

  (a) Name, address, phone number, COR number and COR expiration date, aquatic animal health approval number and expiration date of source and transfer history.

  (b) Species, size, number or weight being shipped.

  (c) Name, address, phone number, COR number and COR expiration date of the destination or as specified in R58-17-4.

  (d) Date of transaction.

  (3) Live aquatic animals may be shipped through Utah without a COR, provided that the animals will not be sold, released or transferred, the products remain in the original container, water from the out-of-state source is not exchanged or released, and the shipment is in Utah no longer than 72 hours. Proof of legal ownership, origin of aquatic animals and destination must accompany the shipment.

  (4) Any person who hauls aquatic animals may transport a species other than those listed on their COR provided the source facility and destination both have a valid COR to possess that species. Transportation of aquatic animals to a private fish pond may not require a COR pursuant to R657-59-3, but movement and delivery of the aquatic animals is subject to the species restrictions in R657-59-16.

  (5) No person may move or cause to be moved aquatic animals from a facility known to be exposed to or infected with any of the pathogens on the pathogen list, R58-17-15(D)(2) through (4), without first reporting it to the appropriate regulating agency pursuant to R58-17-9 and receiving written authorization to move the aquatic animals.

  (D) Brokers:

  (1) Brokers shall follow the same requirements that other producers follow as to importation, health approval of their facility and their source facilities and assuring that live sales are only made to those with valid CORs.

  (2) To qualify for health approval of their aquatic animals, brokers shall obtain health approval for all source facilities from which they broker aquatic animals.