White spot disease kills Arctic grayling in Scout Lake

Arctic Grayling. (Alaska Department of Fish & Game photo)
State officials have identified warmer lake temperatures as a possible contributing factor to the die-off of hundreds of Arctic grayling this summer.
The Peninsula Clarion reports a state Department of Fish and Game report says the fish died of a relatively uncommon condition in Alaska known as the white spot disease.
The discovery of the dead fish washed up on the shores of Scout Lake in August was the first incident in Kenai. Biolog