Indiana Import Requirements 01/22/2007
VHS Condition Statement for DNR Fish Permits:
Before certain fish species are imported into Indiana from another Great Lakes state the permit holder must obtain importation approval using a Pre-Entry Permit from Indiana's Board of Animal Health (BOAH).
BOAH approval of a Pre-Entry Permit application is needed before the following species can be imported with a DNR Hauler's and Supplier's Permit: Black crappie, Bluegill, Bluntnose minnow, Brown bullhead, Brown trout, Burbot, Channel catfish, Freshwater drum, Largemouth bass, Muskellunge, Northern pike, Rainbow trout, Rock bass, Smallmouth bass, Redhorse sucker (Moxostoma species), Walleye, White bass, Yellow perch.
A Pre-Entry Permit application can be obtained by calling
BOAH toll free at: 877-747-3038, extension 310.
Other documents needed to process this Pre-Entry Permit application
include:
1) a valid VHS fish health inspection report on the lot fish intended
for shipment, and
2) a letter from the competent authority for aquatic animal
health of the state of origin certifying the intended shipment of fish has been
sampled and tested negative for VHS according to approved standards.
An approved Pre-Entry Permit must be in possession of the Fish Hauler's and Supplier's Permit holder while the fish are being transported.
To export fish from Indiana, it is the permittees responsibility to comply with the receiving State's requirements for fish transfers or shipments from Indiana.
The detection of VHS in any fish must be reported immediately to
BOAH and the DNR, Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Web link:
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3719.htm
Denise Derrer
Public Information Director
Indiana State Board of Animal Health
805 Beachway Drive, Ste. 50
Indianapolis, IN 46224-7785
Ph: 317/227-0308
Fax: 317/227-0368
http://www.boah.in.gov
Lang, Randy INDNR
E-mail Address: RLANG@dnr.IN.
Ph: 317-232-4080
Division of Fish & Wildlife
402 W. Washington St., Rm W273
Indianapolis, IN 46204
http://www.dnr.in.gov