As our good MTOA friend, Jim Bertch, will attest, this virus is rare, but real and not a myth. This article from Rapid News Network gives details as well as some dos and don’ts. Any open sores or cuts must avoid contact with salt water on lines, traps, etc.

Health officials warn of rare flesh-eating bacteria on Florida beaches | The
Contributed by ADMIN on June 16, 2015 at 12:28 am
The flesh-eating bacteria, also called vibro vulnificus, is reportedly a bacteria thriving in warm seawater. People with some preexisting medical conditions (especially chronic liver disease) as well as previously compromised immune systems, the bacteria can get into the blood stream and cause fever, chills, septic shock, and blistering lesions on the skin. Sufferers sometimes endure painful skin infections and have their limbs amputated; death results in about half of life-threatening cases.
Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved, rod-shaped (Bacillus), Pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio. Vibrio is a rare cause of human disease, but it is underreported.

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