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MICHIGAN AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 199 of 1996
(9) For the purposes of this act, each genetically engineered variant of an aquaculture species shall be considered a distinct aquaculture species. A genetically engineered variant of an aquaculture species is not included on the list of approved aquaculture species under section 5 unless specifically identified on the list or specifically identified in a rule promulgated under section 12 as being included on the list. A genetically engineered organism that is a variant of an aquaculture species is not covered by an aquaculture research permit under section 8 unless specifically identified in the permit. An entry on the list of approved aquaculture species under section 5, a rule promulgated under section 12, or an aquaculture research permit under section 8 may be limited to a genetically engineered organism.

MICHIGAN AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 199 of 1996
(2) Approved freshwater species are as follows:
(a) Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
(b) Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
(c) Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
(d) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
(e) Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
(f) Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
(g) Splake (Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis)
(h) Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
(i) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
(j) Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
(k) Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
(l) Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(m) Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
(n) Lake herring (Coregonus artedi)
(o) Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
(p) Northern pike (Esox lucius)
(q) Tiger muskie (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius)
(r) Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
(s) Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
(t) Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
(u) Bowfin (Amia calva)
(v) Redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos)
(w) Finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus)
(x) Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
(y) Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
(z) Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
(aa) Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
(bb) Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
(cc) Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
(dd) Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
(ee) Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
(ff) Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
(gg) Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
(hh) Burbot (Lota lota)
(ii) Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolmieu)
(jj) Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
(kk) White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
(ll) Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
(mm) Hybrid crappie (Pomoxis annularis x Pomoxis
nigromaculatus)
(nn) Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
(oo) Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
(pp) Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
(qq) Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
(rr) Hybrid bluegill (Lepomis cyanellus x Lepomis
macrochirus)
(ss) Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
(tt) Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
(uu) Sauger (Stizostedion canadense)
(vv) Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)
(ww) Saugeye (Stizostedion canadense x
Stizostedion vitreum vitreum)
(xx) Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
(yy) Bigmouth buffalofish (Ictiobus cyprinellus)
(zz) Black buffalofish (Ictiobus niger)
(aaa) White perch (Morone americana)
(bbb) White bass (Morone chrysops)
(ccc) Tilapia (Genera of Tiliapia (except T. rondeliia),
Oreochromis, Sarotheradom and hybrids
thereof)
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
(2) The department may promulgate rules under this part to prohibit or restrict the importation of any species of game fish or other fish if the importation of that species would endanger the public fishery resources of this state. A prohibition or restriction in rules promulgated under this subsection applies to a genetically engineered variant of a fish species identified in the prohibition or restriction unless the prohibition or restriction specifically provides otherwise. A prohibition or restriction in rules promulgated under this subsection may be limited to a genetically engineered fish.