Parasite forces Md. to kill 80,000 trout
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A parasite that causes trout to swim in circles until they die has been found in two hatcheries in western Maryland, meaning 80,000 fish that would have been stocked in lakes and streams this year will instead be destroyed, an official said Thursday.
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Aluminum could be an unusual savior for Atlantic salmon in prized Scandinavian and Russian fishing rivers because it kills a voracious parasite, researchers said on Friday.
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With spring approaching, Virginia scientists are planning a more comprehensive effort to find the cause of the mysterious fish kills in the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 8--Watermen objected strongly to a proposal to ban the trapping of diamondback terrapins during a public meeting in Annapolis last night.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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Anthrax has killed 18 hippos at a Ugandan national park where nearly 200 of the animals died in the worst mass wildlife deaths from disease three months ago, a government official said on Saturday.
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The parasite that causes river blindness appears to be developing resistance to the only drug widely available to treat it, researchers said on Thursday.
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Canadian wild salmon are being driven to extinction by outbreaks of parasites from fish farms, a study claims.
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Male fish that are growing eggs have been found in the Potomac River near Sharpsburg, a sign that a little-understood type of pollution is spreading downstream from West Virginia, a federal scientist says.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 15--Lucinda Wingard says she's noticed the toll humans are taking on the Crescent Valley Watershed of Gig Harbor.   She lives in the area that scientists consider one of the most biologically diverse in Pierce County.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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By Art Lander Jr., The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 15--The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has issued a Wildlife Disaster Contingency Measure for brown and rainbow trout in the lower 40 miles of the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam.
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MILFORD, N.H. - A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain. The clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish.
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Cow manure and fish guts and maggots. It could all soon be dinner &#151; if you're an Idaho rainbow trout.
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By LEE BERGQUIST  When a deadly fish virus popped up in a pair of lakes last month, it became the latest in a growing tide of Great Lakes invasive species to litter Wisconsin's inland waters.
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A fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems was found in Chicago's Burnham Harbor, alarming state biologists.
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The parasitic worm that causes river blindness may be developing resistance to the drug that is used to treat it.