R58-17-17. Aquaculture Facilities, Aquatic Animal Processing Plants, Brokers

  (A) COR required:

  A COR is required to operate an aquaculture facility or a aquatic animal processing plant and to act as a broker. A separate COR and fee are required for each facility defined under "aquaculture facility", Section 4-37-103(2), regardless of ownership.

  (B) Live aquatic animals may be sold or transferred:

  The operator of an aquaculture facility with health approval may take the aquatic animals as authorized on the COR from the facility at any time and offer them for sale. Within Utah, live aquatic animals can only be sold to other facilities which have a valid COR for that species. Aquatic animal processing plants dealing with salmonids shall neither hold nor sell live salmonids.

  (C) Fee-fishing facility and/or aquatic animal processing plant allowed: The operator of an aquaculture facility may also operate a fee-fishing facility pursuant to R58-17-18 and/or a aquatic animal processing plant pursuant to R58-17-17 and R58-17-13(G) and (H), provided the fee-fishing facility or the aquatic animal processing plant is within one half mile distance from the aquaculture facility, contains only those species authorized on the COR for the aquaculture facility, and this activity is listed on the COR for the aquaculture facility.

  (D) Receipts required: Any sale, shipment, or transfer of live aquatic animals from an in-state approved source, aquaculture facility or a broker must be accompanied by a receipt. A receipt book or the electronic equivalent will be provided by the Department upon request. Copies of all receipts will be submitted to the Department with the annual report. The receipt will contain:

  (1) Names, addresses, phone numbers, COR numbers, COR expiration dates, aquatic animal health approval numbers and expiration dates of sources.

  (2) Number, strain name, species name, age/size, reproductive capability and weight being shipped.

  (3) Names, addresses and phone numbers of destinations.

  (4) COR numbers and COR expiration dates for destinations excluding private fish pond owners that qualify to operate without a COR.

  (5) Dates of transactions.

  (6) Signatures of seller and buyer or as otherwise required in R657-59.

  (E) Annual reports required:

  Aquaculture facility owners, aquatic animal processing plant owners, and brokers shall submit annual reports of all sales, transfers, and purchases to the Department at the time of the COR renewal, pursuant to R58-17-8(B)(2). Report forms will be provided by the Department.

  (1) The report will contain:

  (a) Names, addresses, phone numbers, COR numbers and health approval numbers of sources.

  (b) Number, size and weight by species.

  (c) Names, addresses, phone numbers, COR numbers of the destinations.

  (d) Dates of transactions.

  (2) Copies of receipts pursuant to R58-17-17(D), shall be submitted as part of the annual report to the Department.

  (3) Reports shall be submitted to the Department by December 31 each year and must be received before a COR will be renewed. If the report, application, receipts and fee are not received by December 31 pursuant to R58-17-8(B), the COR will no longer be valid and regulatory action may be initiated pursuant to R58-17-8(B)(3). For sales made after submittal of the annual report and before January 1, the facility owner shall submit an addendum report that is due by January 31.

  (4) The report made by operators of aquatic animal processing plants shall also contain all purchases and transfers to and from the facility and shall address proper methods of disposal with dates and locations pursuant to R58-17-13(G) and (H).

  (F) Fees assessed:

  The initial and annual renewal COR fee for aquaculture facilities, brokers, and aquatic animal processing plants is $150.00, pursuant to Section 4-37-301.

  (G) The COR holder shall keep a copy of CORs, reports, and records on file for two years pursuant to 4-37-110.