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FRIDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at Carolina 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Isl. at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 7:30 p.m. N.J. at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Anaheim vs. vanc. at Tokyo...
John Goodall, a river watcher with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, stood on a bridge over a picturesque stretch of King's Creek last week tugging at his bright red fisherman's overalls and frowning as he looked down at his catch. With a single toss of his net, Goodall had pulled up 14 perky-looking menhaden, a finger-length bait fish native to Maryland's Eastern Shore. But on closer inspection, all except one of the fish turned out to have ugly red-brown lesions across their silvery skin, where bacteria were literally eating them alive. "It's just horrific...
King's Creek is one of three Chesapeake Bay tributaries Maryland has closed in the wake of an alarming outbreak of deadly waterborne bacteria. Along with thousands of fish killed and infected, as many as 28 people who have come into contact with the water have developed symptoms including skin rashes, respiratory problems and memory loss. The culprit appears to be an obscure microbe called Pfiesteria piscicida, which under certain circumstances turns toxic. Though the precise trigger remains unclear, suspicion has fallen on agricultural runoffs, particularly from the region's numerous chicken farms. In addition to closing waterways, Governor Parris...
...first sign of trouble in the Chesapeake Bay tributaries came last fall, when local watermen started coming down with unusual health problems. Fishermen also reported sick fish, particularly menhaden, whose schooling habits make them especially vulnerable. But it was two fish kills in the Pocomoke River last month that signaled ecological crisis. In the first, more than 10,000 fish turned up dead. Three weeks later, thousands of distressed menhaden thrashed around the surface as sea gulls swooped down and ate them. The state set up an on-site monitoring station, with orders to close any waterway where more than...
Other states faced with recent Pfiesteria outbreaks have been less aggressive than Maryland. When 14 million fish died in North Carolina in 1995, some state officials publicly mocked the scientist who discovered the bacteria, and the state has resisted adopting major reforms. Across the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia is seeing lesion rates as high as 75% in its Rappahannock River but has decided to keep it open. Glendening says each state must make its own decisions, but that for Maryland the recent outbreak requires stern action. "The Chesapeake Bay is a fundamental part of what Maryland is," he says...