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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 07-2228

NOTICES

VHS-Susceptible Species of Fish

[37 Pa.B. 6478]
[Saturday, December 8, 2007]

   Under 58 Pa. Code § 69.3 (relating to transportation of VHS-susceptible fish out of the Lake Erie watershed), which will go into effect on January 1, 2008, it is unlawful to transport or cause the transportation of fish susceptible to Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) out of the portion of the Lake Erie watershed in this Commonwealth into other watersheds of this Commonwealth except when certain conditions are met. Section 69.3 further provides that for purposes of the section, species of fish that are VHS-susceptible are those species that the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) has defined by the notice published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   For purposes of section 69.3, the Commission has defined the following species of fish as those that are VHS-susceptible, effective January 1, 2008:

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Bullhead catfish (Ameiurus spp)
Burbot (Lota lota)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Crappie (Pomoxis spp)
Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)
Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
Northern pike (Esox lucius)
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
Rainbow trout/steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Redhorse sucker (Moxostoma spp)
Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)
Walleye (Sander vitreus)
White bass (Morone chrysops)
White perch (Morone americana)
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-2228. Filed for public inspection December 7, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]


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