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This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: BSafe – A New Generation of Fish-Safe Nets
I'd like to know a bit more about how this kills the bacteria and how toxic it is. Does it kill 99% of all bacteria? A large proportion of bacteria is not only beneficial but essential to the environment. What else does it kill?
Stu
Simples! and a lot cheaper. No chance of the law of unintended consequences coming in to play either.The other way of course that's recommended by the EA and CEFAS is to dry all nets in strong sunlight for a few hours
I just get the missus to give them that look.They survive thousands of years in deep ice and even space I believe.
This a as much a question as anything else as I am ignorant of the facts. But, cannot bacteria and viruses survive drying out. They just close down, retain enough moisture to stay alive and then when they find themselves in a benign moist environment again come alive. They survive thousands of years in deep ice and even space I believe.
Would just drying out a landing net be enough?
Mark in simple terms yes “some” bacteria can survive in the conditions you’ve described because they are cellular. A living organism if you like.This a as much a question as anything else as I am ignorant of the facts. But, cannot bacteria and viruses survive drying out. They just close down, retain enough moisture to stay alive and then when they find themselves in a benign moist environment again come alive. They survive thousands of years in deep ice and even space I believe.
Would just drying out a landing net be enough?
I just get the missus to give them that look.
Mark in simple terms yes “some” bacteria can survive in the conditions you’ve described because they are cellular. A living organism if you like.
Viruses can’t they need a host cell to be parasitic on and multiply or they die quite rapidly.
Most fish diseases are viral not bacterial, so I really can’t see the point of producing a bacterial net to attempt to combat viral diseases using a built in bactericide.
As to sunlight killing both bacteria and viruses that are harmful to fish – Viruses as I’ve said die rapidly if they don’t find a host. So they are dead and cause no further problems when net are dried out.
Bacteria can live on, on wet nets for sometime, but if dried in strong sunlight, the UV rays and the desiccation process kills them. That is established scientific fact by CEFAS tested over many years and many experiments.
What many don’t know is that the tap water and bottled water we drink is sanitised by UV light before it reaches us. As its one of the best known ways to man of killing harmful bacteria. The other way is to add chlorine to it.
Doesn't matter as by drying it out after bleaching would anyway! I hate the smell of bleach btw and that bloody wife keeps them in business I'm sure!I don't know if it kills viruses though?