Potentially devastating news from ERIC SHARP at the Detroit Free Press:
"Viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been confirmed in Lake Huron whitefish, walleyes and Chinook salmon, the Department of Natural Resources said Friday, raising concerns the disease soon will reach lakes Michigan and Superior.
Previously known only in saltwater fish in North America, VHS was first recognized in Lake Ontario two years ago. Last summer it spread to lakes Erie and St. Clair. The strain of VHS was very similar to one found in the Canadian Maritime provinces, and many biologists believe it reached the Great Lakes in the ballast water of oceangoing ships..."
Sound familiar? That good old ballast water, does it again!
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