From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Morton Sent: August-11-13 9:46 AM To: Alexandra Morton Subject: [wildsalmonpeople] What is wrong these fish?
Dear Mark Saunders: I am writing to you as the DFO "Manager of Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems", Pacific Biological Station. I have spoken to you in the past and I feel certain you can help me with my question. What is wrong with the herring along northeastern Vancouver Island? Schools of bleeding herring were in eastern Johnstone Strait in June and now they are near Alert Bay and Sointula, I do not know if they are occurring elsewhere. The symptoms are more extreme than I have seen before. If this is being caused by a virus the likelihood that it is spreading to the small sockeye they are swimming with (perhaps from Nimpkish) and the chinook and coho that feed on herring is high. You can view images of these fish at: http://alexandramorton.typepad.com I am writing to ask that you have these fish tested and report back to us with verifiable test results. If you have any trouble locating these fish I can assist you, but I am not going to collect them for you. DFO has recently opened massive commercial herring fisheries and so the health of these fish is paramount to their survival. Herring are essential to the wild salmon that swim to and through British Columbia. I am specifically requesting that in addition to viral testing that genomic profiling be done by Dr. Kristi Miller's lab so that we can understand the state of the immune systems of these fish. Thank you, Alexandra Morton ---------- ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: [email protected] To be removed from the list, send any message to: [email protected] For all list information and functions, see: http://npogroups.org/lists/info/wildsalmonpeople [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Native News North List info{all lists}: http://nativenewsonline.org/natnews.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NatNews-north/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NatNews-north/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
