Deadly fish virus heading toward Lake Michigan

will5 · 04-12-2007, 12:43 AM

Read about it here

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,1956192.story

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Gonzo8 · 04-12-2007, 12:47 AM

Geez thats going to suck. Too bad there couldn't be a Zebera Mussel disease that would infect Lake Michigan.

Blackthumbwoes · 04-12-2007, 02:44 AM

we got a ermm...report last fall at work stating that michigan wont be allowing any native species to cross the state lines in the pet trade to help prevent the transmission of VHS. So we cant get tiger musky, channel cats, sunfish ect.

I wonder how they are going to monitor the trade in bait minnows and fish stocking programs? i hope they do it effeciently the last damn thing we need is a fish plague running around.

jason

spypet · 04-12-2007, 03:11 AM

I saw a PBS special about this nearly 2 years ago. it's old news.
what's not in that story is how they are already restocking the
effected lakes with foreign game fish species that are immune.

AxolotlFarmer · 04-13-2007, 12:52 AM

Granted I do like to go fishing with my dad now and then, I am sick of lakes being stocked witn forgien game fish, reguardless if we are in the USA or Peru or the Philippines. This needs to end, this (and too many dams not created effecively to promote migrations) is how the majority of the United States endangered animals are fishes. Restock with native fishes.
I still have yet to see a wild Muskellunge, but i have seen lake sturgen! Hooray! In wisconsin i saw this crazy fish called a "dogfish". Up in the UP Michigan, There was this little lake we used to catch small panfishes. Well, when they stocked it with Tiger Muskie(a hybrid game fish), well bye bye all fish in the lake. At least I still saw loons and beavers there.

Owen Stubbs · 04-13-2007, 03:05 AM

Great! Disease heading in from the north/north-east, and asian carp coming up the IL river! Not good!

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04-12-2007, 12:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gonzo8 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 59	Geez thats going to suck. Too bad there couldn't be a Zebera Mussel disease that would infect Lake Michigan.

04-12-2007, 02:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blackthumbwoes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Grand Rapids Michigan Posts: 134	we got a ermm...report last fall at work stating that michigan wont be allowing any native species to cross the state lines in the pet trade to help prevent the transmission of VHS. So we cant get tiger musky, channel cats, sunfish ect. I wonder how they are going to monitor the trade in bait minnows and fish stocking programs? i hope they do it effeciently the last damn thing we need is a fish plague running around. jason

04-13-2007, 12:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
AxolotlFarmer Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 200	Granted I do like to go fishing with my dad now and then, I am sick of lakes being stocked witn forgien game fish, reguardless if we are in the USA or Peru or the Philippines. This needs to end, this (and too many dams not created effecively to promote migrations) is how the majority of the United States endangered animals are fishes. Restock with native fishes. I still have yet to see a wild Muskellunge, but i have seen lake sturgen! Hooray! In wisconsin i saw this crazy fish called a "dogfish". Up in the UP Michigan, There was this little lake we used to catch small panfishes. Well, when they stocked it with Tiger Muskie(a hybrid game fish), well bye bye all fish in the lake. At least I still saw loons and beavers there.

04-13-2007, 03:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Owen Stubbs Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 119	Great! Disease heading in from the north/north-east, and asian carp coming up the IL river! Not good!