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Article: Deadly fish; virus; in state; Kills in Lake Winnebago system may be just start
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2007
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The deaths last week of hundreds of sheepshead in Lake Winnebago
and Little Lake Butte des Morts signal the presence of a virus
responsible for massive fish kills in Lakes Erie and Ontario, a
state official said.
In a development that surprised Wisconsin natural resources
officials, the virus was confirmed in the water of the Lake
Winnebago system of lakes along the Fox River.
It can kill many other fish species in the chain of lakes, even
threatening the population of ancient sturgeon that thrive there,
said Sue Marcquenski, fish health specialist with the state
Department of Natural Resources.
The unchecked spread of the virus throughout Wisconsin waterways
threatens the state's $2.3 ...