BIOLOGISTS ELECTRO-FISHED CARP OUT OF PINTO LAKE YESTERDAY (THURS). ABOUT 60 CARP, MEASURING UP TO 3 FEET, WERE STUNNED BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD AND NETTED, BEFORE BEING EUTHANIZED BY BIOLOGISTS IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE PLAN TO RID THE LAKE OF THE TOXIC algae, known as cyanobacteria, WHICH produces a toxin that can cause rashes, nausea, diarrhea, and liver and kidney damage, and has been LINKED to sea otter fatalities. BIOLOGIST PLAN ON 3 FUTURE ELECTRO-FISHING EVENTS.
