Great Lakes Fish Health
Developed for Resource Information, Dialog and Watershed Regulations

APHIS Indecision Index - October 24, 2006 Federal Order to Interim Rule Announcement

SEE Breaking News Tab!                  ATTENTION SPORT FISHERMEN, AQUACULTURISTS AND MARITIME PERSONNEL: VHSv entry into Wisconsin Watersheds (Wisconsin River and Lake Winnebago) has been confirmed.   Please help in reporting any unusual fish health conditions to your local Natural Resource or Agriculture Agencies upon discovery in other waters of Wisconsin.      Click on tab above for descriptive information.                             

As of Decmber1, 1980, the United States Supreme Court ordered the maximum flow rate of Lake Michigan waters through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to be set at 2 billion gallons per day.  Fish Health issues not only affect the Great Lakes Basin, but also much of the Mississippi Drainage Basin.

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Example: Geographical Distribution of an Invasive Species Starting in the Great Lakes Basin
Will VHSv take a similar path?  Zebra Mussel - One out of 183 introduced to the Basin

State/Provincial Associations

APHIS & Industry         
Working on an Interim Order

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04/04/2008