Abalone virus control area lifted
A Control Area restricting aquatic activities in waters off Portland to limit the spread of Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis has been lifted. The Control
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A Control Area restricting aquatic activities in waters off Portland to limit the spread of Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis has been lifted. The Control
AREA EXTENDED: The control zone near Cape Bridgewater to manage an abalone viral ganglioneuritis. Picture: AGRICULTURE VICTORIA A CONTROL area to manage an abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) outbreak in Victoria’s south-west has been extended past the western edge of Bridgewater Bay. Further surveillance this week found the aquatic disease, impacting wild abalone in the area, has spread to the control area’s western boundary. The new control area spans from about one kilometre west of Cape Bridgewater Lookout to Cape Grant in the east. Victoria’s chief veterinary officer Dr Graeme Cook...
Modest men of the sea offer a lesson in nobility We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Tony WrightAssociate editor and special writer February 27, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size We sat on a clifftop, watching a ship in distress. It’s not something you could say often these days, though most of us live by the coast on an island continent. And you might imagine a ship in distress would be tossed on stormy seas, ever closer to a jagged reef. The ship that had us transfixed, however, was stationary at the mouth of our local harbour, the port of...