* 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).