This season's pink salmon were slightly bigger, but southern Panhandle runs fizzled.
Smelt caught on the Kugkaktlik River were found to have dark spots on the skin. Photo examination suggests that the cause is the same black fungus found in saffron cod in Norton Sound. Continued surveillance for this condition in fish is requested by LEO Network members.
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) with Saprolegnia
Pink salmon die-off, and low water levels at Antone Larsen Creek
Scientists and fishermen have reported more unusual species in Alaska waters, including the subtropical mola mola, or ocean sunfish. It's likely because of warming sea surface temperatures.
Drought and high temperatures have dried the creek and caused thousands of pink salmon and Dolly Varden to die before they could spawn. The event raises questions about vulnerability of area salmon streams to climate change, and for local residents food security.
Majority of the red salmon went up the middle of the Klutina River and tended to weigh a pound or less.
Strange chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
Amazing run of pink salmon.
Causing muted tidal influence
Sablefish an unusual catch
Deformed halibut (Hippoglossus stenoloepis)
Unusual fish catch
Mushy meat texture, and rotten smell found in sockeye salmon and pacific halibut.
The so-called 'warm blob' of water in the North Pacific has brought unusual plankton, which lack the nutrients wild salmon and other marine animals count on.
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