Observers report unusual sea gull lethargy and die-offs on area beaches.
After experiencing an unprecedented closure of subsistence salmon fishing, the Port Clarence district, including Teller and Brevig Mission, is now open for fishing.
A moose that was killed in Teller last week had been infected with rabies, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed.
Dead tomcod were found on the beach following warm temperatures in Norton Sound, repeating a 2019 mortality event in the same area.
"When we looked over the side of the boat, we saw clumps of mussels floating up the whole Tuksuk channel. No one has ever heard of something like this before."
Widespread mortality events that include more than one fish species are indicators that something is wrong in the environment.
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