Cormorants and virus

All in a day:

The demise of Loch Leven - supporting up to 700 cormorants -

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=807732006

And a fishing ban on the horizon due to the fish farm virus infection? -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fish/story/0,,1786435,00.html

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John Lloyd, West Midlands, UK.

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wrote:
All in a day:

The demise of Loch Leven - supporting up to 700 cormorants -

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=807732006

And a fishing ban on the horizon due to the fish farm virus infection? -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fish/story/0,,1786435,00.html

It doesn't seem to be a huge problem in wild fish - but very bad news for
farms, stews and hatcheries. According to Defra no other outbreaks have
been found in the area.

http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/news/index.html#0

Cheerio,

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In article , Derek Moody
writes
In article ,
wrote:
All in a day:

The demise of Loch Leven - supporting up to 700 cormorants -

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=807732006

And a fishing ban on the horizon due to the fish farm virus infection? -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fish/story/0,,1786435,00.html

It doesn't seem to be a huge problem in wild fish - but very bad news for
farms, stews and hatcheries. According to Defra no other outbreaks have
been found in the area.

http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/news/index.html#0

Cheerio,


But could the cormorants spread the virus?
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John Lloyd, West Midlands, UK.

In article ,
wrote:
In article , Derek Moody
writes
In article ,
wrote:
All in a day:

The demise of Loch Leven - supporting up to 700 cormorants -

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=807732006

And a fishing ban on the horizon due to the fish farm virus infection? -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fish/story/0,,1786435,00.html

It doesn't seem to be a huge problem in wild fish - but very bad news for
farms, stews and hatcheries. According to Defra no other outbreaks have
been found in the area.

http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/news/index.html#0

Cheerio,


But could the cormorants spread the virus?

Not the ones from Leven 'cos they don't have the virus there.

But in princple I don't see why not - aIui the virus is in the wild at a low
level somewhere - but only becomes a problem when fish are crowded (which
naturally would be at spawning) hence it's really a fish-farm problem rather
than a big threat in the wild.

Cheerio,

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