Louisiana State Officials Say White Spot in Crawfish Ponds Not Likely to Spread to Shrimp
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [dailycomet.com] by Garrett Ohlmeyer - June 12, 2017
A shellfish killing disease discovered in crawfish ponds around Louisiana about a month ago isn’t as likely to be a major threat to the shrimp population, state officials say.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Jeff Marx said the virus is most likely in wild populations, but it shouldn’t affect wild shrimp as much as the crawfish because shrimp aren’t in contained spaces like crawfish are.
“The disease is transmitted quite easily in that contained situation...
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