MN SF4332

Amends Minnesota aquaculture statutes to update fish disease terminology, replacing references to specific diseases (enteric redmouth, whirling disease, furunculosis, bacterial kidney disease, viral hemorrhagic septicemia) with references to the specific pathogens that cause them (Yersinia ruckeri, Myxobolus cerebralis, Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, Aeromonas salmonicida, Renibacterium salmoninarum)

Eggs from sources testing positive for certain pathogens may be imported into Minnesota following commissioner-approved treatment, while fish or eggs from sources positive for Renibacterium salmoninarum may only be imported into areas where the pathogen is already present

Modifies restrictions on fish sales for stocking or aquatic farm transfers, allowing eggs from pathogen-positive sources to be transferred between licensed facilities after approved treatment

Removes the provision allowing stocking of eggs from pathogen-positive sources, limiting such eggs to transfers between licensed facilities only

Authorizes the commissioner to allow transfer or stocking of fish from facilities testing positive for Yersinia ruckeri or Aeromonas salmonicida when it poses no threat to state aquatic resources