|
Gyrodactylus
Salaris
If you have been fishing abroad in rivers in the European
countries listed above, you can help prevent importing the
disease on equipment such as keep nets, reels, boats and canoes
plus associated items like wetsuits, clothing and footwear,
by doing two simple things:
You
MUST DRY all your equipment
for at least 48 hours. (Drying in sunlight in temperatures
above 20C) or
You
MUST Disinfect all your equipment
by immersing it in seawater or a salt solution (sodium
chloride concentration 3% or more) for a minimum of ten minutes
to kill the parasite. All equipment should then be thoroughly
rinsed in tap water. |
