TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL EASTERN FISH HEALTH WORKSHOP MARCH 10-13, 2000     Results Of Natural Fish Population Surveys Conducted In The State Of Vermont   Thomas E. Jones and Barbara L. Johnston     Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, 103 South Main Street, 10 South, Waterbury, VT 05663     In 1997, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife developed and began implementing a “Natural Fish Population  Fish Health Survey” in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wild Fish Health Survey.  Since 1997, when the program started, 50 specific water bodies have been sampled throughout Vermont.  Two fish pathogens of significance have been documented among  salmonids that were tested in 1997.  Atlantic salmon and brook trout tested at Greendale Brook in Weston were found positive for the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida.  The results of 1998 testing revealed the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum in six different locations : Battenkill River, Dog River, John’s River, Lewis Creek, Lulls Brook and the Walloomsac River.  Complete results from the 1999 sampling are not available to date.  Vermont biologists plan to continue surveying additional waters and will continue further studies on natural populations of fish.   Return to 25th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop Return to Leetown Science Center Home Page