Fish health service
As a fish health service in Germany, various institutions operate at the level of the federal states to provide veterinary support for fish farming and pond management as well as angling and, in some cases, aquaristics .
The form of organization is different in the federal states. In most countries the fish health services are departments of the state investigation offices. In Bavaria he is in the state and solidarity subsidized Tiergesundheitsdienst Bayern e. V. incorporated. In Lower Saxony it operated for a long time as the “State Fish Disease Control Service”. In all federal states, the fish health services prefer to work with fish veterinarians . With the inclusion of fish in disease law at EU level, fish health services have increasingly played a role in investigating animal diseases and in preparing for the certification of disease-free status for establishments and areas.
In the GDR, the fish health service was part of all state-owned fish farms and cooperatives and its main task was to monitor production with regular fish and water tests and to initiate appropriate measures in the event of problems.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) fulfills the function of the Fish Health Service in Canada. This authority deals with requirements for the food fish and their monitoring.