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Prof. Eismeier's posted article on the opening of striped bass season along the Hudson River and the effect that the ban on the sale of bait fish has had on both fisherman and fishing tackle stores, caused me the need to inform you all about the problem. The reason the sale of live bait is being banned is one that is frightening to many fisherman, viral hemorrhagic septicemia better knows as VHS, not the video tapes, is known to be a fish killer. The New York State Department of Environmental conservation has published an informative report on the spread and outlook for VHS. http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/fish/vhsv.html has a signifacant amount of information about VHS as well as more than a dozen external links to provide even more information about this problem. Sapir's article is strictly explaining the problems that fisherman and bait shops are facing in terms of obtaining bait fish to catch the elusive striped bass. The article fails to address the fact the VHS is a disease that will kill many fish species, “Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus is a serious pathogen of fresh and saltwater fish that is causing an emerging disease in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. VHS virus is a rhabdovirus (rod shaped virus) that affects fish of all size and age ranges. It does not pose any threat to human health. VHS can cause hemorrhaging of fish tissue, including internal organs, and can cause the death of infected fish. Once a fish is infected with VHS, there is no known cure. Not all infected fish develop the disease, but they can carry and spread the disease to other fish. VHS has been blamed for fish kills in Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair (MI), Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and Conesus Lake (Western NY). The World Organization of Animal Health has categorized VHS as a transmissible disease with the potential for profound socio-economic consequences. Because of this, they list VHS as a disease that should be reported to the international community as an exceptional epidemiological (study of diseases in large populations) occurrence.”(from the above DEC link) another topic that is omitted from Sapir’s article is the first occurrence of VHS, “In 2005, a very large die-off of freshwater drum in Lake Ontario and a muskellunge kill in Lake St. Clair were linked to VHS, representing the first documentation of the disease in freshwater in the western hemisphere.”(from the above DEC link). The reality of VHS is something that has affected every fisherman in NYS, whether he/she is unable to buy their favorite bait fish or if there home water has been infected with VHS. And perhaps the scariest part is NYS has no idea how to cure the disease…