Project Information

Title: Investigations of Disease Factors Affecting Declines of Pacific Herring Populations in PWS 96162

Project Year and Number: 1996: 96162

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99162-A, 1999: 99162-B, 1998: 98162, 1997: 97162, 1997: 97162-SUPP

Principal Investigator (PI): Richard Kocan (University of Washington)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Chris Kennedy, Gary Marty

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract: Field and laboratory studies will focus on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) and Ichthyophonus hoferi, a pathogenic fungus, to determine their role in the disease and mortality observed in PWS herring since 1993. Herring in PWS will be monitored three times per year for signs of disease and immune status. Specific pathogen-free herring will be used to determine the degree of mortality, blood chemical changes and pathogenicity produced by these organisms alone and in combination with exposure to stressors such as petroleum hydrocarbons, temperature and crowding. (This project was formerly numbered 95320S).


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY96: View (14,950 KB)
Final Report: See Project 98162

Publications from this Project: None Available