Friday, November 28, 2008
The Spread Of VHS
See: Regulatory action needed now to stop the spread of VHS into Lake Superior
A new map... produced by Geoff Maas of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, makes frighteningly clear why we need immediate action to stop the unregulated discharge of ballast water from spreading invasive species in the Great Lakes. Since 2003, the invasive fish disease Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) has spread through four of the five Great Lakes, with only Lake Superior still unharmed.
