* OIE: Diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health
(Aquatic Animal Health Code, 2017); MN Certifiable Fish Diseases (MN
Statute 17.4982); 2018 Minnow Import Risk Report (Gunderson, 2018);
Hazard Analysis for Bait and Aquaculture Industry (Boersen, 2017); MNDNR
Fish disease webpage (accessible at
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_diseases/index.html)
† Live legal bait species according to the 2018 Minnesota Fishing
Regulations Handbook, accessible at
https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf).
Members of the minnow family, except carp and goldfish; bullheads, cisco
(tullibee), lake whitefish, goldeyes, and mooneyes (not over 7 inches
long); suckers (not over 12 inches long); mudminnows, tadpole madtoms,
and stonecats. “Leeches” are designated “minnows” by the MN Fishing
Regulations Handbook, but are not considered in this hazard assessment.
‡ Fish of concern were defined as any fish species receiving management
attention from the MNDNR, including but not limited to game species,
threatened and endangered species, or species that support commercial
fisheries.
Figure 2: Simulated risk score distributions for selected pathogens
(n=15).