VHS fish disease 7/1/2007

i’ve been working on a piece for the times on the effect this new fish disease called VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia). trying to see what the fishermen think about it in lake Michigan. the disease has caused large scale mortalities in rainbow trout and turbot aquaculture operations in Europe and in Pacific herring and pilchard populations along the Pacific Coast of North America. now it’s headed here.