{"id":115,"date":"2021-02-23T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T11:33:21","slug":"fish-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/fish-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"FISH DISEASE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FISH DISEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disease outbreaks can be restricted to a small number of deaths, and can be difficult to \u00a0identifybetween from the normal mortality, which can be expected as part of the fish stock cycle, particularly during spawning periods.<\/p>\n<p>Even in cases of limited mortality accurate records of the mortality should be recorded and monitored. \u00a0If there are major fish losses, particularly, large fish deaths, then a different level of expertise is needed. Consult with your support (Angling Trust, E.A., Institute of Fisheries Management).<\/p>\n<p>Whilst one or two of your members of the committee or Association may have some knowledge of fish diseases, there will inevitably be cases of\u00a0 insufficient expertise of diseases and causes of disease, which will involve the investigation of the physical condition of the fish, both internal and external (scales, skin, fins, gills, eyes, mouth, etc.). The internal examination may involve fish dissection to determine diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Even though you may have insufficient knowledge within the Association to deal with diagnosis there are some simple actions you can take;-<\/p>\n<p>Liaise with your specialist support as soon as \u00a0significant problems begin to occur, particularly the Environment Agency<\/p>\n<p>Remove dead fish from the water as soon as possible<\/p>\n<p>Record \u00a0 accurate details of\u00a0 species mortality together with their sizes<\/p>\n<p>photograph deformities and disease for your support staff<\/p>\n<p>Agree with your support \u00a0staff suitable places for burial in suitable soil types.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FISH DISEASE Disease outbreaks can be restricted to a small number of deaths, and can be difficult to \u00a0identifybetween from the normal mortality, which can be expected as part of the fish stock cycle, particularly during spawning periods. Even in cases of limited mortality accurate records of the mortality should be recorded and monitored. \u00a0If&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/fish-disease\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FISH DISEASE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheriesmanagement.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}