Page Springs Fish Hatchery to Close Due to Outbreak

The Page Springs and Bubbling Ponds fish hatcheries near Cornville will close today as Arizona Game & fish Department continues to battle a bacterial outbreak. Fish stockings from Page Springs were suspended in June after the discovery of Lactococus garvieae at the facility. In an Aug. 11 the department outlined steps that have been taken over the summer to mitigate the problem. Staff treated the affected fish with medication but noted the fish “did not respond sufficiently to treatment.” Now they are implementing another approach. The depopulation of fish and disinfection of the Page Springs Hatchery and two ponds at Bubbling Ponds Hatchery.

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