Ailing Fish/Pfiesteria in Chesapeake Bay:

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1997 articles

• No Pfiesteria Found in Waters near Ailing Fish
• Maryland Says Microbe May be to Blame for Ailing Fish
• State Expands Effort to Determine Cause of Bay Fish Ailment
• If you see a fish with skin problems, call the MD DNR
• Maryland Vows an All-Out Effort to Identify Culprit Behind Fish Sores
• Science's Search for Tiny Killer; Fish Sores, Ulcers Prompt Federal Grants for Chespeake Bay Study
• Scientists Discuss Fish Lesion Causes
• Chesapeake Bay: Algae Believed to Cause Fish Lesions
• Watermen Worry about Health, Jobs; Runoff, organism are targets of probe into ill men, fish on Pocomoke
• Hopkins, UMD to Examine 8 Watermen; State Health secretary calls in physicians; Medical team to study patients over a month
• Researchers investigating Pocomoke Health Risk
• Thousands of Fish Die in Stream on MD Eastern Shore
• Pfiesteria hits Chesapeake Bay; Maryland Reaction is Swift, Concerted
• Fish Deaths Leave Experts Uncertain
• Watermen Shun Fish from Tainted Pocomoke River
• Chesapeake Bay: Algae Confirmed as Factor in Fish Kill
• Pfiesteria Hurts Seafood Business, too; Markets: Wholesalers and Retailers Reassure Wary Shoppers that their Fish and Crabs aren't from Pocomoke River
• Fish Kills Seen as "Alarm Bell" for Chesapeake, Tributaries; Procedures for Chicken Waste Under Scrutiny
• Microbe Suspected in Skier's Illness
• Chesapeake Bay: Toxic Microbe Apparently Sickens Workers
• Newsweek Magazine Article (8/25 issue) Points to Farm Waste
• Maryland Checking What is Hurting Fish, Fishermen
• NASA Supporting Maryland in Pocomoke River Pfiesteria Research
• Lesions found on Fish in Rappahannock
• MARYLAND RESEARCHERS; `Pfiesteria' tied to memory problems
• Pocomoke River remains closed weeks after fish kill
• Pfiesteria Now Suspected in 1987 Fish Kill in Delaware
• Better treatment for sewage plants; Pollution: Pfiesteria
• Scientists Lean Toward Caution Over Pfiesteria
• Effects of Pfiesteria on humans becoming clearer
• 24 life stages add to mystery of the microbe
• Pfiesteria Creates Unwarranted Fears; Seafood Industry Asks Governors to Calm Consumers' Concerns
• 6 states to study water toxins
• An Agreement on Pfiesteria Despite Disagreement
• Haunting Questions, Suspicions Follow Attacks
• Secret to a Cleaner Bay; Changing the way we live
• The Pfiesteria Scare; Tiny Plants Threaten Bounty of Seas
• Delaware Safe from Deadly Microbe
• Maryland Seafood Sales Sink Under Fears About Pfiesteria
• Pfiesteria News summary from various sources
• US experts to study Pfiesteria toxin
• One Pfiesteria cell found in the Atlantic
• 3 States' U.S. Senators propose bill to pursue research into Pfiesteria
• Scientists Study Links Between Nutrients, Ground Water, Pfiesteria
• Fish woes linked to oysters' decline; Shellfish remove Pfiesteria from water
• Pfiesteria has been around for thousands of years
• Bay's tidal pools could be ancient Pfiesteria habitat (October 10, 1997)
• EPA targets hog, poultry facilities (October 1997)
• MD Commission urges Phosphorus cutbacks (October 1997)
• MD Governor's study on controlling Pfiesteria: Runoff curb by 2002 sought (November 1, 1997)
• various reports