 Humboldt
State University’s Department of Fisheries Biology and state and federal
authorities will present 2005 findings about fish disease in the Lower Klamath
River on Thursday, February 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Goodwin Forum,
Nelson Hall.
Officials will present their latest information about mortality rates
of out-migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead at a workshop open to the
public and free of charge. The data concern parasite-borne infectious diseases.
Scientists and pathologists found duel infection rates at or near 100% for
consecutive weeks last April, which is a crucial period for out-migration
of fishes.
Similarly, in 2004, infection rates in juvenile Chinook salmon ranged
from about 20% to 70% with the Ceratomyxa shasta (C. Shasta) parasite, and
40% to 96% for the Parvicapsula minibicornis (P. minibicornis) parasite.
The fish health workshop will be co-hosted by HSU’s Department of Fisheries
Biology, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries and the California
Cooperative Fish Research Unit.
A closed door session will be held the following day, when key representatives
from agencies and Tribes will confer about priorities, coordination and funding
to finance fish health studies for the Klamath in 2006 and beyond.
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