Thats great, so they close down the fishing opportunity so they can test it. How does fishing in the lake affect the testing?
Second, if the water does test positive, then what? From what i have read there is no 'fixes' for the disease.
By their logic the only way to stop the spread of either zebra or whirling is to close the body of water to large boats e.g.. (Waterton, etc) and fishing, so if we just stop all boating and fishing then we will never have to worry about the disease and they can go about spending our money on testing for something that if it does exist in that body of water, they have no way of stopping it anyway......Meanwhile there are no fishing or water sports left to partake..
Sounds like a plan......not
Spend the government money on trying to find a solution to these problems. Collaborate with other jurisdictions in Canada and the US that have been experiencing this for years and help them with a solution. This is a north american wide problem and should be dealt with on that scale. Honestly, the enforcement is a good start to slow the spread, but in reality i highly doubt the enforcement of inspections will have much affect on the rate of spread of either Zebra or Whirling. There are too many gaps in the inspections and very few violators will ever get found through the inspection stations. Total speculation, but i bet 1 in every 100 boats on the road go through an inspection station...It is creating awareness and should continue, i just don't think it will drastically affect the speed at which these spread, as they seem to spread very very easily.
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