Feds to Compensate Farmers for Infectious Salmon Anemia Losses
Published Date: 1/8/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants to update and keep collecting info about paying farmers when their salmon get sick with Infectious Salmon Anemia. This affects fish farmers who might get paid if their fish are lost to this disease. They’re asking for public comments by March 9, 2026, to help shape the process and keep things fair and clear.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Maine Salmon Producers: Indemnity Program
If you are an Atlantic salmon producer in Maine, APHIS has regulations (9 CFR part 53) to pay indemnity when your fish are destroyed because of infectious salmon anemia (ISA). Payment is available only if funding is available, and you must enroll in the cooperative ISA control program administered by APHIS and the State of Maine to participate.
Program Reporting and Time Burden
If you participate in the ISA indemnity program, you must enroll in the cooperative control program, notify the ISA Program Veterinarian in writing of your accredited veterinarian, develop biosecurity protocols and a site-specific ISA action plan, submit fish inventory and mortality information, and assist with onsite surveillance, testing, and audits. APHIS estimates the public burden averages 2.91 hours per response, with an estimated 13 respondents, 14 responses per respondent annually, 187 total annual responses, and 544 total annual burden hours; OMB approval is requested for an additional 3 years.
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