By Jerry C Ligon (BonaireTalker - Post #43) on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 6:47 am: |
Pauline Keyes reported a dead moray on 5 August, 2009, and since then, I have had 3 other equally-reputable observers report dead morays, all in the proximity of Bari Reef. Please be diligent in your reporting and inform on this post if you see any acting sick or dead, and report date, species, and dive site with photos if available
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3081) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 3:19 am: |
Jerry,
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By *Tink* (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #444) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:43 am: |
Glen, there was a definitive answer to last summer's problem. CIEE published a report (it's somewhere here on BT). It was a viral or bacterial infection (don't remember which) that only affects eels, thus no other fish died due to the infection.
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By eddie blizzard (BonaireTalker - Post #58) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:43 pm: |
Glen, there was a definitive answer to last summer's problem
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3082) on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 9:07 pm: |
Tink,
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By *Tink* (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #447) on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 10:40 am: |
Eddie, no.
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By *Tink* (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #448) on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 10:45 am: |
It was the Vibrio vulnificus, serovar E virus...only affecting eels. let me see if I can find more before I head to the donut shop.
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By *Tink* (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #449) on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 10:49 am: |
Scroll to page 7.
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By John Gnann (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #129) on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 1:01 pm: |
Minor point - Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium, not a virus.
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By Jerry C Ligon (BonaireTalker - Post #46) on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 1:50 pm: |
Here is a report, albeit, preliminary still, from Dr. Williams, from Puerto Rico, who is one of the fish disease experts in the Caribbean, on what is know thus far on our eel mortality last summer:
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3084) on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 3:43 pm: |
TKS, Jerry.
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2411) on Monday, August 31, 2009 - 6:39 am: |
Very interesting posting Jerry. If I read this correctly the infectious agent is triggered by elevated seawater temps.
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By Tom Reynolds (BonaireTalker - Post #24) on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 1:19 pm: |
I have extensive temperature readings. Who wants them?
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