1. (1) A certificate of registration is not required to stock an aquaculture product in an aquaponics facility, provided:

   1. (a) the aquaculture product stocked are accompanied by a valid health approval number issued by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food under Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act;
   2. (b) The facility is located outside the 100 year floodplain of the Colorado River and its tributaries;

   3. (c) In the Virgin River drainage, only the following species may be stocked:

      1. (i) Largemouth Bass;
      2. (ii) Bluegill; and
      3. (iii) Rainbow Trout.

   4. (d) In all other drainages, the following species may be stocked:

      1. (i) bluegill;
      2. (ii) hybrid bluegill (bluegill x green sunfish);
      3. (iii) redear sunfish;
      4. (iv) green sunfish;
      5. (v) striped bass;
      6. (vi) white bass;
      7. (vii) hybrid striped bass or wiper (white bass x striped bass);
      8. (viii) largemouth bass;
      9. (ix) smallmouth bass;
      10. (x) channel catfish;
      11. (xi) yellow perch;
      12. (xii) fathead minnow;
      13. (xiii) black crappie;
      14. (xiv) white crappie;
      15. (xv) rainbow trout;
      16. (xvi) cutthroat trout;
      17. (xvii) brown trout;
      18. (xviii) brook trout;
      19. (xix) tiger trout;
      20. (xx) walleye;
      21. (xxi) white sturgeon; and
      22. (xxii) any aquatic animal species classified as non-controlled for possession and importation under Section R657-3c-5.
2. (3) A certificate of registration must be obtained from the division under Section R657-59c-7 before stocking in any facility that does not meet the definition of an aquaponics facility in Subsection R657-59c-2(2), or meet the criteria in Subsection R657-59c-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