Fish Health News You Can Use (December 2020 Edition)

Fish Health News You Can Use (December 2020 Edition)
Fish Health News Dec 2020 Final.pdf1.65 MB

This edition of Fish Health News You Can Use focuses on the group of fish parasites know as Digenes (also known as flukes and grubs), along with the chemistry and biology of the chemicals commonly used to treat external diseases in fish--including their side effects. 

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Education
Fact Sheet
Report
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Image of a salmon that is being examined for fish health purposes
Pacific Region Fish Health Program
The Pacific Region Fish Health Program protects the health and welfare of fish living in the wild and on Federal and partner hatcheries in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. With healthy fish we can be confident that fish survive in the wild to support the Service’s mitigation and recovery goals.
Conservation Office
Portland,OR
Program
Juvenile Northern Pike in aquarium at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, South Dakota
The Fish and Aquatic Conservation program leads aquatic conservation efforts for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We are committed to tackling the nation’s highest priority aquatic conservation and recreational challenges to conserve, restore, and enhance fisheries for future generations.
Program
Falls Church,VA
A fish with a reddish tone body with black spots on upper part of body, this side view of a Chinook salmon shows the salmon swimming right above a gravel riverbed.
Healthy fisheries are core to the conservation work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We are working with partners to protect and enhance the health of fish and other aquatic animals in aquaculture and in the wild.
Program
Bozeman,MT
Orange fish eggs on a white background.
The National Fish Hatchery System raises millions of fish and aquatic wildlife to improve sustainable recreational fishing, support fisheries that have been impacted by a federal dam, recover federally listed threatened or endangered species, fulfill our Tribal Trust responsibilities, and prevent...
Program
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Anadromous fish
Animal health
Aquatic animals
Aquatic environment
Diseases
Fishes
Fisheries
Fisheries management
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Pacific