Bacterial infection likely cause of Fox River and Bay of Green Bay fish die off

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that fish collected during the recent die-off in the Fox River and lower Green Bay waters were diagnosed with severe cases of the bacterial disease columnaris. Reports of dead fish began June 18, leading DNR staff to conduct a two-week investigation into the cause of death. While it initially appeared that…