star fish wasting in Pacific Ocean

Here is another article about the wasting of starfish in the Pacific ocean. There is mention of. There  is discussion that the disaster at Fukushima is the cause, and it  is dismissed without reason.   The author suggests that it is related to a virus, but does not explain while this old virus has become so deadly.

http://www.vice.com/read/the-wasting-0000650-v22n5