Warm Springs Fish Health Center was established in 1989 with the capability to provide state-of-the-art fish disease diagnostic and fish health certification services to a variety of national fish hatcheries, state fish hatcheries, and private fish farms.

The fish health center also provide triploid grass carp inspections to private fish farmers in the southeastern states.

About Us

National Fish Hatcheries have been responding to conservation challenges affecting America’s fish and other aquatic species for nearly 150 years. Fish production and habitat conservation continue to be an irreplaceable tools in managing and restoring fisheries.

Warm Springs Fish Health Center works hand in hand with our regional hatcheries, numerous state hatcheries, tribal hatcheries and private fish farm owners to ensure the aquatic species reared and housed in those facilities are receiving the highest standard of care.

What We Do

Fish health staff works with hatchery staff to help maintain a pathogen free water supply, prepare and implement effective biosecurity plans, ensure that the all feed is high quality and pathogen free, and address animal health, husbandry, and water quality concerns

Services
Adult Grass carp
National Triploid Grass Carp Inspection and Certification Program

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers a triploid grass carp inspection service for natural resource agencies in the United States and in other countries, to help States and others protect their aquatic habitats. The inspection program is to provide assurance to these agencies, and others...

Service
Invasive and Injurious Species

Our Organization

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

Latest News

A Service Veterinarian examines the health of juvenile salmon at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
A Rx for Conservation
The agency's Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership program collects data and conducts research to aid in the Food and Drug Administration’s aquatic drug approval process. It is the only program in the United States which is dedicated to obtaining safe and effective medications to improve fish...
a big silver colored fish
Wildlife Management
Wild Fish Health Survey - Protecting Wild Fisheries
Just like in human populations, fish diseases can emerge and spread naturally, or they can be unintentionally spread from one population of fish to another. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s fish health centers have launched a new tool to help in the fight to protect wild fisheries.
Biologists in the process of weighing Lake Sturgeon and recording weight.
Science and Technology
USFWS Region 4 Hatchery Staff Work Together to Monitor Lake Sturgeon Released in the Tennessee River
What happens to hatchery-raised Lake Sturgeon after release in the Tennessee River?
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