The UFR Committee urges that the Guidelines be endorsed and adopted (adapted, where necessary) by those state and federal authorities with regulatory responsibilities for fishes, offices with federal oversight (e.g., National Institutes of Health, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare; <a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm)">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm)</a> as well as by universities and other institutions and authorities using