Section 875.10  Definitions

"Affected Regions" – those areas designated by USDA-APHIS as Affected or At-Risk Regions.  Currently, these are the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

"Aquatic Life Farm" − property containing any or a combination of levee ponds, a strip mine lake or other type of lake maintained for the exclusive purpose of rearing aquatic life for harvest and resale.

"Baitfish" – live or dead species of fish or parts of fish, excluding roe, that are used by anglers to catch or attempt to catch fish.

"BlueBook" – Suggested Procedures for the Detection and Identification of Certain Finfish and Shellfish Pathogens, American Fisheries Society, Fish Health Section, Bethesda, Maryland (2005 Edition).

"Department" – the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

"Farm-Raised" – any species of aquatic life that has been reared entirely in captivity on an aquatic life farm.

"Fish Health Inspection Report" or "FHIR" – official document reporting health status of inspected fish issued by a trained, qualified fish health professional in accordance with BlueBook or OIE standards.

"Live Market" − an Illinois business in which commercially captured fish are maintained for a period of time prior to being killed and processed for consumption.

"Lot" – a population of fish as defined in the BlueBook.

"Offal" − the whole or parts of an aquatic animal and aquatic animal products not approved for human consumption, including sludge and sieve material collected during slaughtering.

"OIE" – the World Organization for Animal Health.

"Private Waters" – waters of the State of Illinois that are wholly upon properties held in private ownership and contained on the land of the owner.

"Public Waters" – all other waters of the State of Illinois.

"Resident" – a person who actually resides in Illinois.  For businesses, resident means at least 51% owned by Illinois residents and organized under the laws of Illinois.

"Slaughter Facility" − an Illinois business in which commercially captured fish are immediately killed and processed for consumption.

"Specific Pathogen Free" or "SPF" – a lot of fish that have tested negative for VHS.

"VHS" or "VHSv" – Viral hemorrhagic septicemia or the VHS virus. For purposes of this Part, VHSv and VHS are considered synonymous.

"Wild-Trapped" – any species of aquatic life that has any portion of its life history not under direct control of an aquatic life farm (i.e., those that are not farm-raised).