R657-59b-4. Certificate of Registration Not Required

(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: (a) the event tank used to hold fish temporarily is completely independent of and separated from any public waterway or waterbody; (b) there is no risk of fish escaping the event tank into a public waterway or waterbody; and (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; (d) the aquaculture product is: (i) delivered to the event tank by a licensed aquaculture facility as defined in Title 4, Utah Agricultural Code, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act; or (ii) the owner, lessee, or operator of the short-term fishing event: (A) possesses documentation from the aquaculture facility verifying the information itemized in Section R657-59b-4 during transport; and (B) assumes legal responsibility for directly transporting the fish from the aquaculture facility to the short-term fishing event; (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 (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) 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).