Fish Health News You Can Use (May 2017 Edition)

This inaugural edition of Fish Health News You Can Use covers a variety of topics ranging from total dissolved gas pressure and gas bubble trauma to what different diagnostic tests can tell fish health experts and fish culturalists about Bacterial Kidney Disease to the Wild Fish Health Survey to Pacific Region Fish Health Program staffing updates.   

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Education
Fact Sheet
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Image of a salmon that is being examined for fish health purposes
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.
Program
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...
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...
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.
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Animal health
Aquatic animals
Aquatic environment
Diseases
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes
Freshwater fish