It is unusual to find a dead shark. And it occurred at a time when there were many other standings of marine mammals and birds.
Chignik Lagoon has been unable to produce enough water from their wells and has been pulling water from a creek since the beginning of June and subsequently have not been able to refill their water storage tank. The issue has been compounded by several substantial leaks in the water system. They have experienced up to 2 feet of water loss from their tank in one day.
The timing coincides with other sea bird deaths reported in St. Paul Island, Pilot Point, and Ugashik.
Historically, pollock are not a commonly observed species in Bristol Bay, but sightings are becoming more common.
Strange tracks between Pilot Point and Ugashik, found near the river may belong to an Alaska hare (Lepus othus)
Fireweed blooming in mid-late September after other plants have gone to seed.
Billie Shraffenberger is a longtime resident of Port Heiden. This is the first time she has caught a fish like the one she found in her subsistence salmon net this summer.
As of Friday afternoon, the sockeye escapement in the Chignik salmon fishery was less than half of what it usually is this time of the year.
After a very slow beginning to their season, fishermen in Ugashik Bay saw millions of sockeye salmon return in a little over a week in mid-July.
There is really only one thing to talk about in Chignik Bay these days: Where are the sockeye?
Two hundred walruses surprised residents on an Alaskan peninsula after arriving en masse on a beach.
Located on the Alaska Peninsula, 424 miles southwest of Anchorage, Port Heiden is a cluster of homes at the mouth of the Meshik River on the shores of Bristol Bay. It's a community on the frontline of climate change in Alaska, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global average.
Residents saw a few hundred walrus hauled out at the beginning of April. By the end of April, they reported seeing about a thousand. On a recent flight over the shoreline, an ADF&G biologist saw only 100.
The walrus count at this location was approximately 500-1000, and looks like they are here to stay well at least for this season of time before they return to the north.
The herds are increasingly moving around in Bristol Bay, perhaps seeking new feeding grounds, a biologist said.
Walrus in Bristol Bay and Port Heiden are not uncommon in summer. The fact they are present in April is unusual and residents believe factors such as the lack of sea ice, lack of food and warming ocean temperatures may be the reason.
Without ice to provide protection from storm waves, Port Heiden has lost the old town road.
It's about the size of a dinner plate and has a rubbery texture, was told it’s a sea cucumber but I’m not sure.
Port Heiden’s road to its harbor and old village site is crumbling into the sea and the lake on the other side of it will likely breach soon. “The road is basically gone. [Erosion]’s cut right half into the road,” said Scott Anderson, the Native Village of Port Heiden’s Tribal Environmental Director.
Red coral observed near Port Heiden along the Bering Sea coast.
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