LaCrosse
Fish Health Center

Contacting the Center:

Project Biologist: Richard Nelson
e-mail: rick_nelson@fws.gov

555 Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone: 608-783-8441
Fax: 608-783-8450
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)

The Fish Health Center is located in southwestern Wisconsin,
approximately six miles north of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

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Center Facts

• Established: 1962

FY 2002 Budget: $595,000

• Staff: seven permanent; four temporary

Geographic Area Served

• Eight-state region (six ecosystems) in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Basin

Member of a national system of nine fish health laboratories

Center Goals

• Provide fish health inspection services to six national and four tribal fish hatcheries to minimize the risk of introducing disease agents into the wild

Assist state and private fish hatcheries in diagnosing and controlling infectious disease agents

• Provide technical assistance regarding fish health and propagation

Services Provided To

• State and federal agencies

Red Cliff, Lac du Flambeau and Keweenaw Bay Indian Communities

• Fishery research agencies

Commercial hatcheries

Universities

Activity Highlights

• Fish health quality assessments on propagated and wild lake trout

Distribute technical information regarding fish health issues

• Staff instructs a one-week training course for biologists titled, “Introduction to Fish Health”

Staff instructs several fish health courses offered through the Service's National Conservation Training Center

• Research projects on parasitological, viral and bacteriological fish disease agents

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