• Ponds are drained and dried between crops

• Any puddles or sumps that still contain water after the drying process are treated with a suitable pond bottom sterilant or piscicide

• No surface water is used (an existing requirement of the Arkansas Certification Program)

• Water may be moved between ponds if the donor pond is known to be Gambusia-free or if the water is passed through a filter of sufficiently small porosity to remove Gambusia fry

• No uncertified broodstock can be used (an existing requirement of the Certification Program)

• Broodstock must be inspected for Gambusia

• Broodstock cannot be used if Gambusia are present

• Gambusia-free broodstock can be hand selected from mixed fish populations

• No uncertified broodstock can be used (an existing requirement of the Certification Program)

• Broodstock must be inspected for Gambusia

• Broodstock cannot be used if Gambusia are present

• Gambusia-free broodstock can be hand selected from mixed fish populations

• When fish are hatched in tanks, eggs mats must be thoroughly disinfected by treatments with 50-100 ppm iodine or 500-1000 ppm formalin prior to hatch and fry transfer.

• If seines, nets, fish haulers and other equipment are to be moved to baitfish production ponds from areas known or suspected to harbor Gambusia, the equipment must first be dried or treated with a suitable piscicide.