Anglers Take Bay Fears in Stride
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In the wee hours Saturday, Mike Krissoff eased the Full Moon into the Annapolis Yacht Club, loaded up a dozen friends and a yardstick, and headed toward deep water.
In a frenzied rite of spring, thousands of Maryland anglers churned onto the bay Saturday for the first day of "trophy season," the start of the recreational season for rockfish, or striped bass. But some on the hunt felt the day was dampened by bad news about Maryland's state fish. Mycobacteriosis is a wasting disease affecting nearly three-quarters of the Chesapeake Bay's rockfish, from bacteria that also can cause a severe skin infection in humans, scientists say. However, wearing gloves can prevent harm. There's no evidence that eating rockfish causes the disease in people, but after a decade of research, scientists have more questions than answers abut the illness that threatens the mid-Atlantic region's most popular sport fish and the $300. million industry surrounding it. |
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