MN HF4134

Amends Minnesota aquaculture statutes to update disease testing and import requirements for fish eggs, shifting from disease-specific language (enteric redmouth, whirling disease, furunculosis) to pathogen-based testing standards using scientific names (Yersinia ruckeri, Myxobolus cerebralis, Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, Aeromonas salmonicida)

Allows eggs from sources testing positive for certain pathogens to be imported into Minnesota aquaculture facilities following commissioner-approved treatment protocols

Permits fish or eggs from sources testing positive for Renibacterium salmoninarum (bacterial kidney disease pathogen) to be imported into areas where that pathogen has already been identified as present

Modifies restrictions on fish sales for stocking, allowing eggs from pathogen-positive sources to be transferred between licensed facilities after approved treatment, but removes the provision allowing stocking directly into waters

Applies to trout, salmon, catfish, and species on the VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia) susceptible-species list, with different requirements for standard, containment, and quarantine facilities