Save Michigan's Bait Business

USDA

• Tina Lam: Weird water weed could move into lakes
• Cornell scientists find quick test to detect deadly fish virus
• Bob Frye: Commission responds to outbreak of fish virus
• Mike Simonson: Wisconsin DNR head favors ballast water bill
• DAN EGAN: Ugly disease seeping inexorably toward Lake Michigan
• Questions and Answers About the VHS Federal Order
• USDA Modifies Restrictions Regarding the Movement of Live Fish Susceptible to VHS
• VHS Susceptible Species

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

• Natural Resources Commission Approves Resolution on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Control
• DNR Confirms Virus in Lake St. Clair Fish
• Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Briefing Paper
• Natural Resources Commission Approves Resolution on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Control

News Articles

• Associated Press: State may ban transport of fish in Lake Erie watershed
• Eric Sharp: DNR: Deadly VHS found in Lake Huron
• Michael Eckert: VHS disease has entered Great Lakes
• Charles Slat: Sick fish may infect shops
• Jim Lynch: New virus killing fish
• **THIS IS A MUST READ** The London Free Press: New bait fish rules gut area industry
• Eric Sharp: Bait shop owners worry spread of VHS disease could decimate minnow sales
• Mike Zielinski: Shipping industry, state lock horns over invaders
• Mike Zielinski: New regulations shouldn't affect anglers
• Fred LeBrun: DEC Confronting troubled waters
• Michael Jiggins: Bait shop owners furious at ministry
• Joe Boomgaard: New fish virus could be a little as 2 years away from Lake Michigan
• Michigan Charter Boat Association: Chairman of House Transportation Vows to Regulate Ships Ballast Water
• The Associated Press: Ontario limits use of live bait fish to curb spread of fish virus
• South Bend Tribune: New disease impacts muskies to minnows
• American Chronicle: Senator George V. Voinovich
• The Grand Rapids Press: Disease looms as next big fish threat
• State of Michigan: DNR Confirms Virus in Lake St. Clair Fish
• Steve Pollick: Fish shipping ban not eased enough
• The Columbus Dispatch: Virus raising concern
• Dayton Daily News: Ban means minnows may be tough to find in Ohio
• Midland Daily News: Fish virus fuels debate over restrictions
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Proposed ballast ban makes waves
• Cornell Univeristy: Deadly virus in freshwater fish is found in Northeast for the first time by Cornell researchers

Other

• Great Lakes Fish Health
• NOAA - VHS Fact Sheet