date:Aug 03, 2012
that found in humans.
Further work needs to be carried out to establish the exact cause of the cancer but having eliminated other likely factors such as microbial pathogens and marine pollution, UV radiation appears to be the likely cause, explains Dr Sweet.
Studying disease in wild fish populations is very time-consuming and costly so its hard to say how long the disease has been around. However, what we do know is that it is now widespread in the coral trout population effecting three diffe