The Associated Press reports that fish from Lake Winnebago, in Wisconsin, were testing positive in a virus test for a disease that causes fish to hemorrhage to death, according to state officials Friday.
The DNR held that initial test results in seven sheepshead indicated the fish were infected with viral septicemia. Bob Stark, of Fox River Navigational System Authority, said DNR warned him of the results on Friday. Stark maintains he was informed that the Menasha lock had been blocked to avert the further spread of the virus to Lake Winnebago.
Stark said, "It's a terrible thing that has happened."
Thursday, the state’s Natural Resources Board accepted an emergency ruling intended to prevent the contagion from spreading.
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