ODNR, Division of Wildlife Update
Ohio Aquaculture Association
Annual Meeting
Kevin Kayle
ODNR, Division of Wildlife
Today’s Topics
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Introduction and Philosophy
Permits and Licensing
Regulation Update
Future View
• Questions
Introduction and Philosophy
• Career ODW person, but we do have history…
• ODW Mission Statement:
To conserve and improve fish and wildlife
resources and their habitats for sustainable
use and appreciation by all.
Philosophy - Tactical Planning
Conceptual Model
Action/regulation
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Benefit or protect the resource
Benefit or protect opportunity
Be straightforward
Solve problems
No “gotchas”
Permits
• 2016 Aquaculture and Bait Dealer Permits
– You may not receive application in mail
– You can always get materials online at
(wildlife.ohiodnr.gov) or in person/by phone from
your local ODW District office
• Procedure pretty much unchanged from 2015
format…
• Sunfish and bullhead sales still OK’d under Class A
for now (changes likely for 2017; some in current
regs proposal).
Click HERE
Permits (2016)
Or Here
AQ tab
Today’s Topics
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Introduction and Philosophy
Permits and Licensing
Regulation Updates
Future View
• Questions
Aquaculture and Bait Dealer
Regulations
• Two tracks
– ORC, Ohio Revised Code
• Legislative process; needs introduction and hearings;
House, Senate, Governor’s approval
– OAC, Ohio Administrative Code
• Administrative process (ODNR-ODW) ; ODW Chief,
Wildlife Council, JCARR approval.
• Administrative process (Dept of AG) ; Dir Ag, JCARR.
Aquaculture and Bait Dealer
Regulations
• ORC
– Establishment, authority, definitions
– Licenses, permits, fees ($)
– Core reference
– Chapter 1533
• OAC
– Procedures, nuts&bolts, specific details
– Amplifies, clarifies the core
– “It shall be unlawful”s
– Chapter 1501:31
Tootsie Pop
analogy
ORC: Aquaculture
ORC: Bait
OAC: Aquaculture
OAC: Bait
OAC Process
• Proposals (2x per year; winter, summer)
– Developed in house, with stakeholders
– Presented to Chief, Wildlife Council
– Common Sense Initiative review, discussion
– WL Open Houses
– Hearing: Presentation to WL Council (Vote)
– JCARR Approval
• Five-year agency rule review process
DNR Changes Proposed, effective 2017
• Sunfish and Bullheads become bait fish species
– Specifically we include: bluegill, longear, green,
orange-spotted, pumpkinseed, redear and
warmouth; black, brown, yellow bullhead.
– Not LMB, SMB, spotted, rock bass or crappies
• Still working on “off-colored” koi and goldfish:
– 1501: 31-1-02 (UUU): "Minnow" means any fish of
the Cyprinidae family; except carp and goldfish.
– Troublesome exotic? (MN example) … so No for now
• Sale of bullfrog and green frog ‘tadpoles’
– Mired in ORC, OAC definitions (amphibians).
Your chance
to provide
Comments:
CSI by 2/1
Open Hse 3/5
Hearing 3/17
Dept of Ag Changes Proposed,
effective 2016
• 901:1-17-13 - Added VHS testing rules for a list
of species (fish, eggs, sperm) and treatment.
• 901:1-17-14 - Fish Health testing requirements;
now includes PCR testing.
VHS Proclamation (line)
In response to the increased demand for baitfish along the Lake Erie shore
fisheries, the ODNR DOW and Ohio Department of Agriculture reviewed the
existing baitfish regulations pertaining to emerald shiners and discussed
importation of Lake Erie emerald shiners from other states without VHS testing
into bait dealers in the Lake Erie (VHS-positive) zone. The following letter was
sent to Ohio licensed bait dealers on 08/19/2015 from Scott Zody, Chief of the
ODNR, Division of Wildlife:
VHS Proclamation
August 19, 2015
To Bait Dealer and Transportation Permit holders:
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife (ODNR-DOW) has received
confirmation from Tony Forshey, DVM, State Veterinarian, Ohio Department of Agriculture
(ODA) regarding an allowance to the February 3, 2015 Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)
Proclamation.
Beginning immediately, emerald shiners Notropis atherinoides collected from all United
States waters of Lake Erie, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York will no longer
require testing and disease-free certification for VHS as a condition for importation into Ohio
when their final destination is north of the Proclamation Line within the State (north of a line
that that follows US Highway 6 from the Indiana border to the intersection of US Highway 6
and Interstate 90 continuing along Interstate 90 along Interstate 90 to the Pennsylvania
border).
This exception to the ODA VHS Proclamation applies only to emerald shiners under the
conditions specified. Standard importation permits from ODA and specifications for testing of
other species continue to be in effect as identified in the VHS Proclamation. The current VHS
Proclamation is effective until December 31, 2019.
Today’s Topics
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Introduction and Philosophy
Permits and Licensing
Regulation Update
Future View
• Questions
OWLS
New
Customer
Licensing
System –
to debut
in 2017.
Future Improvements
• Improved Permitting Process
– Better inspection procedures
• Definitions
– Better classifications of what you do, your products
– “rearing unit” issue
• Legislation and regulations
– that are appropriate and make sense
– that protect or enhance Ohio’s wildlife and that
promote fishing opportunities and fish culture, health
• Increased Communications
– Admins, professionals, county WO’s, stakeholders,
customers
• Enhanced Fish Health Opportunities
Thank you!
• [email protected]
• 614-265-6347