A fish virus that was found in 2005 in the Northeast has now been found in all the Great Lakes. The virus is called viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus is a fatal virus found in fish, but it does not harm humans. Researchers have tested 874 fish from all of the Great Lakes. The Deptartment of Agriculture sent out a federal order removing all of the infected fish in order to prevent the virus from spreading to even more fish.
I just think it is good that this virus is not harmful to us. So many people from all different places travel to the Great Lakes and it would not be good it people were spreading this virus to one another like the fish are.
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HOpefully we won't have to worry about any encounters with deadly fish in the future. That's a scary thing having viral fish swimming with you
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