DNR Calls for Public's Help in Stemming Spread of Fish Virus
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By Betsy Bloom, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 12--While a fatal fish virus has yet to be detected in the  Mississippi River, those who use the river this summer need to act as if it  has, state wildlife officials said Monday.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 23--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is drafting a new, statewide plan to cope with the VHS virus in fish after the disease was recently found as close as Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.
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SARASOTA -- The Sarasota County Health Department has set up a series of flu clinics to distribute an additional 20,000 doses of adult flu vaccine to high-risk residents.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 2--Destin's charter fi shermen are concerned that new data on red snapper bycatch mortality could come back to bite them.
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By Henry Eichel, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 17--Lancaster County Council members want to hire a consultant to help them protect a rare little shellfish that sits in the way of continued growth in Indian Land.
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Officials from Virginia and the District said yesterday they need better cooperation from federal agencies to ensure that medicine is rushed to key government employees during a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Los Angeles County health officials sent letters to producers and directors in the porn industry, urging them to use condoms during sex scenes to help prevent a repeat of April's HIV outbreak.
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Thai researchers have urged people in Southeast Asia to stop eating raw freshwater fish because they risk becoming infected with a parasitic worm that may predispose them to developing liver cancer.
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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.
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State and federal agencies are taking a number of steps to create better habitat for declining populations of Bonneville cutthroat trout in an effort to keep the fish off the federal endangered species list.
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Bush administration proposes development-friendly policies that it says will protect fish. Environmentalists are outraged. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.
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By Kathe Tanner, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 13--The County Health Department posted a health warning today at Morro Bay City Beach, an ocean shore area near the mouth of Morro Bay Creek.
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Environmentalists urged fishing nations Thursday to do more to protect the rare Patagonian toothfish, dubbed the "white gold" of the sea which is being driven to extinction by rampant poaching.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 3--For a pip-squeak of a fish, Delta smelt are becoming a whale of a threat to California's water supply.
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 22--SWAN POINT -- A combination of disease and last week's sudden cold snap might have caused the death of about 50,000 white perch in the Potomac River near this Southern Maryland community, state officials said.