Great Lakes Fish Health
Developed for Resource Information, Dialog and Watershed Regulations

(686 days) October 24, 2006  to September 9, 2008 to Interim Rule Announcement  (Still Counting the Days)

Interim Rule, Support Documents and Comments Link:
 http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0038


Breaking News        Amended FO 04/02/08        VHSv Visible Signs

Public Comments 1/10/07        MDNR Testing Guidance 1/19        VHS in Lake Huron 1/25/07

Modified Order 11/14/06         11/14/06 Press Release        Suseptible Species

SEE Breaking News Tab!                  ATTENTION SPORT FISHERMEN, AQUACULTURISTS AND MARITIME PERSONNEL: VHSv entry into Wisconsin Watersheds (Wisconsin River and Lake Winnebago) has been confirmed.   Please help in reporting any unusual fish health conditions to your local Natural Resource or Agriculture Agencies upon discovery in other waters of Wisconsin.      Click on tab above for descriptive information.                             

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                  



 

 

 





 Great Lakes Maps

 

As of Decmber1, 1980, the United States Supreme Court ordered the maximum flow rate of Lake Michigan waters through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to be set at 2 billion gallons per day.  Fish Health issues not only affect the Great Lakes Basin, but also much of the Mississippi Drainage Basin.

Resource Links

Aquatic Livestock Alliance    VHSv        Testing Labs        OIE Manual

Animal Health Protection Act        AIS-HACCP Workshops

USFWS Aquatic Link        NWFHS Manual        Canada Aquatic Health

Great Lake States        AFS Blue Book        Micro Technologies

APHIS Newsroom        VHS Fact Sheet        New Animal Drugs

USGS        Suggested Reading        Aquatic Consultation

Fish Necropsy Course        Other Pathogens

Example: Geographical Distribution of an Invasive Species Starting in the Great Lakes Basin
Will VHSv take a similar path?  Zebra Mussel - One out of 183 introduced to the Basin

Zebra Mussel Timeline

 

State/Provincial Associations

Indiana Aquaculture    Michigan Aquaculture    Ohio Aquaculture    Wisconsin Aquaculture

Ontario Aquaculture    Save MI Bait Business

 

APHIS & Industry         
Working on an Interim Order


 

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Current Sponsors are: Bob Baldwin, Dan Longnecker and the Michigan Bait Dealers Association

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