1. (1) A certificate of registration is not required to receive and stock an aquaculture product in an event tank for the purposes of holding a short-term fishing event, provided:

   1. (a) the event tank used to hold fish temporarily is completely independent of and separated from any public waterway or waterbody;
   2. (b) there is no risk of fish escaping the event tank into a public waterway or waterbody; and
   3. (c) the short-term fishing event is being held at a location where the species, sub-species, and sterility of aquaculture product being used for the event is authorized for stocking without a certificate of registration, as described in Section R657-59a-9;

   4. (d) the aquaculture product is:

      1. (i) delivered to the event tank by a licensed aquaculture facility as defined in Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act; or

      2. (ii) the owner, lessee, or operator of the short-term fishing event:

         1. (A) possesses documentation from the aquaculture facility verifying the information itemized in Section R657-59b-4 during transport; and
         2. (B) assumes legal responsibility for directly transporting the fish from the aquaculture facility to the short-term fishing event;
   5. (e) the operator of the short-term fishing event obtains from the aquaculture facility providing the aquaculture product a valid health approval number issued by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food pursuant to Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act; and
   6. (f) the operator of the short-term fishing event provides the aquaculture facility with a signed written statement that the short-term fishing event and aquaculture product received are in compliance with this section.
2. (2) A certificate of registration must be obtained from the division under Section R657-59b-8 before stocking in any facility that does not meet the definition of a short-term fishing event in Subsection R657-59b-2(10), or meet the criteria in Subsection R657-59b-4(1).

KEY: wildlife, aquaculture, fish

Date of Last Change: November 21, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-9-305; 23A-9-203