ATCP 10.65(3)(3) Inspection required. A qualified fish health inspector shall issue a fish health certificate based on his or her personal inspection of one of the following, using appropriate inspection, sampling, and diagnostic methods specified in the certificate form:

ATCP 10.65(3)(a)(a) An individual shipment of live fish or fish eggs. The health certificate shall clearly identify the source and contents of the individual shipment. The description shall include the species of live fish or fish eggs, the quantity of live fish or fish eggs of each species, and the size of live fish of each species.

ATCP 10.65(3)(b)(b) A fish farm. The fish health certificate shall include the name and address of the fish farm operator, the name and address of the fish farm, and the fish farm’s livestock premises code if any.

ATCP 10.65 NoteNote: A certificate form that specifies inspection, sampling, and diagnostic requirements under sub. (3) constitutes an order under s. 93.07 (10), Stats., which is subject to review in a contested case hearing under ch. 227, Stats., and ch. ATCP 1, unless the department adopts those requirements by rule. If a fish health certificate does not comply with instructions on the certificate form, the health certificate is invalid.

ATCP 10.65(4)(a)(a) A fish health certificate under s. ATCP 10.62 (1) (d) or (2) (f) shall certify that the listed species of fish and fish eggs in the inspected shipment, or at the inspected fish farm, are free of all of the following:

ATCP 10.65(4)(a)2.2. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis, viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), and whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) if an import shipment covered by the health certificate includes salmonids.

ATCP 10.65(4)(a)3.3. White sturgeon iridovirus if an import shipment covered by the health certificate includes sturgeon.

ATCP 10.65(4)(a)4.4. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) if an import shipment covered by the health certificate includes fish or fish eggs of a species that the department has identified as being susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia and the fish or fish eggs are from a state or province where that disease is known to occur.

ATCP 10.65(4)(a)5.5. Other diseases, if any, specified on the certificate form. The certificate form shall identify the species for which, and circumstances under which, the disease-free certification is required.

ATCP 10.65(4)(b)(b) A fish health certificate issued under s. ATCP 10.61 (3) (g) 2. or 10.63 (1) shall certify that the listed species of fish and fish eggs in the inspected shipment, or at the inspected fish farm, are free of all of the following:

ATCP 10.65(4)(b)2.2. Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) if a fish farm or shipment covered by the health certificate includes salmonids.

ATCP 10.65(4)(b)3.3. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) if the health certificate covers fish or fish eggs of a species that the department has identified as being susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) and the fish or fish eggs are from a wild source or a type 3 fish farm.

ATCP 10.65 NoteNote: A “wild source” under subd. 3. includes a wild source in this state or outside this state. Fish and fish eggs imported from other states (including bait fish and fish eggs) must also comply with import requirements under s. ATCP 10.62. Species that the department has found to be susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia are listed at: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Homepage.aspx. Subdivision 3. applies to additional species if and when the department finds that those species are susceptible.

ATCP 10.65(4)(b)4.4. Other diseases, if any, specified on the certificate form. The certificate form shall identify the species for which, and circumstances under which, the disease-free certification is required.

ATCP 10.65(4)(c)(c) A fish health certificate issued under s. ATCP 10.61 (5m) (b) or 10.64 (1) shall certify that the listed species of fish and fish eggs in the inspected shipment, or at the inspected fish farm, are free of all of the following:

ATCP 10.65(4)(c)2.2. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) if the health certificate covers fish or fish eggs of species that the department has identified as being susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS).

ATCP 10.65 NoteNote: A health certificate under s. ATCP 10.64 (1) is for species of fish or fish eggs that the department has identified as being susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) and are being moved from a type 3 fish farm.

ATCP 10.65(4)(c)3.3. Other diseases, if any, specified on the certificate form. The certificate form shall identify the species for which, and circumstances under which, the disease-free certification is required.

ATCP 10.65(4)(d)(d) A fish health certificate issued under s. ATCP 10.645 shall certify that the listed species of fish and fish eggs in the inspected shipment, or at the inspected fish farm, are free of all of the following:

ATCP 10.65(4)(d)3.3. Other diseases, if any, specified on the certificate form. The certificate form shall identify the species for which, and circumstances under which, the disease-free certification is required.

ATCP 10.65 NoteNote: A fish health certificate is required under s. ATCP 10.645 whenever a bait dealer distributes as bait any of the following fish or fish eggs of a species that the department has identified as being susceptible to VHS:

ATCP 10.65 Note• Fish or fish eggs collected from a wild source (in Wisconsin or elsewhere) within the 12 month period immediately preceding the distribution date.