Fish Health News You Can Use (2023/2024 Winter Edition; Issue 13)

Fish Health News You Can Use (2023/2024 Winter Edition; Issue 13)
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In this edition of Fish Health News You Can Use, Pacific Region Fish Health Program Manager Andy Goodwin shares information about the Aeromonas Bacteria family and its role in a variety of fish diseases; our (new) Service policy requiring Aquatic Animal Health Plans and how to complete them; information about animal welfare, pain, and fish; the impact Probiotics and Prebiotics may--or may not--improve fish health; how the Washington Animal Disease Diagostic Laboratory, also known as WADDL, conducts ELISA assays, and last but not least; informative and fun factoids about fish eyes and ears. 

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Image of a salmon that is being examined for fish health purposes
Pacific Region Fish Health Program
The Pacific Region Fish Health Program protects the health and welfare of fish living in the wild and on Federal and partner hatcheries in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. With healthy fish we can be confident that fish survive in the wild to support the Service’s mitigation and recovery goals.
Conservation Office
Portland,OR
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Program
A fish with a reddish tone body with black spots on upper part of body, this side view of a Chinook salmon shows the salmon swimming right above a gravel riverbed.
Healthy fisheries are core to the conservation work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We are working with partners to protect and enhance the health of fish and other aquatic animals in aquaculture and in the wild.
Program
Bozeman,MT
A man is fishing in a boat with three young girls. The kids are excitedly pulling a fish out of the water.
The Fish and Aquatic Conservation programs work together to deliver resilient habitats, healthy fish, connected people, and strong partnerships. From habitat restoration to aquatic invasive species prevention, captive breeding to population assessment and monitoring, our programs are driven by the...
Program
Falls Church,VA
Orange fish eggs on a white background.
The National Fish Hatchery System raises millions of fish and aquatic wildlife to improve sustainable recreational fishing, support fisheries that have been impacted by a federal dam, recover federally listed threatened or endangered species, fulfill our Tribal Trust responsibilities, and prevent...
Program
Species
A huge school of silver fishes swimming in a stream

ESA (NMFS) status: threatened (June 1997 - southern OR/northern CA population)

Coho salmon are a species of Pacific salmon which inhabit the Pacific coast in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.  These fish are also known as silver salmon...

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Animalia
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Steelhead are usually dark olive in color, shading to silvery white on the underside with a heavily speckled body and a pink-to-red stripe running along their sides.

Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) belong to the family Salmonidae which includes all salmon, trout, and chars. Steelhead are similar to some Pacific salmon in their life cycle and ecological requirements. They are born in fresh water streams, where they spend their first 1-3 years of life....

FWS Focus
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Animalia
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Marine
River/stream
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Aquaculture
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Aquatic environment
Anadromous fish
Animal health
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Fisheries
Fisheries management
Freshwater fish
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Pacific