The
Service's Division of the National Fish Hatchery System is working
hand-in-hand with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service and DOC's National Marine Fisheries Service to develop
a National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. The Plan, once completed
in June 2006, will provide the foundation for policies and regulations
to protect our nation's natural aquatic resources and aquaculture
industries from foreign and exotic diseases. Progress of our
inter-departmental efforts are being tracked on USDA-APHIS's
web page: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/aqua/naah_plan.html