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Originally Posted by burbotman
What parasites/pathogens do Mackeral have that herring do not?.
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Red sea bream iridoviral disease is one such disease I believe.
There are no doubt many more but who has time and money to test all the combinations and permutations. Perhaps better safe than sorry.
It was reasons like this that some places have gone to using only certified bait. They certainly looked at brining that here to Alberta as well. If you recall a couple of years ago there was an online questionnaire and they were asking about support for bringing in a certified bait regulation.