My Home Lake Is Dying

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esoxlee

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Back in 2000, I moved into a water-front home in southern Ontario. Thousands of carp have died over the past few weeks creating an unbelievable stench. Based on the bloated and hemorrhenging carcasses, many people believe that the hemorrhagic septicemia virus is respondsible. To make things worse, waterfowl and gulls that usually number in the thousands are nowhere to be found anywhere on the lake:

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/226047

And it seems to be spreading to the neighboring lake within the Kawarthas.


http://www.thepost.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=585896&catname=Local News&classif=

I hope it doesn't spread to game fish.
 
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rndn

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

We are really messing up a good thing nature created. We're having die offs here in Lake Ontario as well. I believe they are calling it bottulism.
 
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bogggar1

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

I have noticed an increase in the amount of dead carp, bullhead, and sunfish-bluegill-pumpkinseed in Seneca lake as well... rndn what species have u noticed???:cool:
 
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valkyr

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

After reading this thread yesterday, I went googling and here is an interesting list I came up with that has been happening over the past couple of years:

Fish dying by the thousands in Canada:

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/226047



Honey Bees disappearing

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1087



Sea Otters Dying

http://homernews.com/stories/100406/news_10001.shtml



Thousands of ducks dying

http://www.sustdev.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1603&Itemid=36



Seabirds dying

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/03/BAGJEP0J8Q1.DTL



Aspen trees dying

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836510/



Birds fall from sky

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21035741-2,00.html



More bird deaths

http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=14007



Frogs Dying

http://www.livescience.com/animals/060112_frog_warming.html



Grey Whales Dying

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/315787_focus20.html



Dying pigs

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/al...deaths-in-china/2007/05/08/1178390306836.html



Monkeys Die in Costa Rica

http://monkeydaynews.blogspot.com/2006/04/experts-investigating-mysterious.html



Seals Dying

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/01/caspianseals_ani.html?category=animals&guid=20070501160030
 
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rndn

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

Anybody know of any other planets we can move to?
 
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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

I've noticed in Victoria Harbour last week, some areas were completely filled with dead baitfish, and I mean large areas.
 
gonefishie

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

If only the carps are affected then send some of them bugs down here to the Missisippi, Missouri and Illinois river. We sure need to thin out the carp population down here.
 
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esoxlee

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bassboy1

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

Man, there was a dead carp down here last month too. Course, he looked as if he had been hit by a prop.:D
 
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dgopetactical

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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

We have a similar issue in the susquahanna in Pa. It lasts about a month may-june everywhere you look there is dead fish I dont think it is to the extent you guys are gettting but it is happening. The pa fish commision said it happens every year and it is a natural bacteral desease due to the water warming, that is "normal" and no need for concern. It is mothers natures way of control...?????:confused:
 
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Re: My Home Lake Is Dying

Here is a link. We now have Viral Hemmoragic Septicemia here is Wisconsin. It looks like it affects all fish. Not good. Like Ebola for fish.

http://www.channel3000.com/news/13477043/detail.html

I was surpirsed to hear that the lake my BIL is on has Zebra Mussels now. Must have been brought in on a boat.
 
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