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As climate change and high costs plague Alaska's fisheries, fewer young people take up the trade

Southeast commercial red and blue king crab fishery remains closed for upcoming season

State opens Kuskokwim River commercial fishing to 1 person

Alaska to receive federal funds for fish-friendly culverts

Fish were plentiful, but fishermen scarce for Southeast Alaska’s first summer king opening

Bristol Bay sportfishing regulations change, in response to concerns over king salmon decline

In 'major victory' for Southeast Alaska trollers, federal appeals panel reverses fishery closure

BLM to restore water quality, fish habitat along Upper Yukon River

Indigenous communities in B.C., Alaska, declare state of emergency over Pacific salmon

Salmon are disappearing on the Yukon and Kuskokwim. Here’s what to know about the crisis this summer.

Bering Sea 2019 heatwave produced extreme change

OPINION: The end of an era for Alaska fishing may already be here

10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea. Scientists and fishermen are working to learn why.

Research spotlights the impact of climate change on Pacific salmon migration

Thousands of seals to be hunted — to protect fisheries

Western Alaska chum bycatch limits are moving forward — slowly

Canadian experts decry continuation of Alaska study on parasite afflicting Yukon River chinook salmon

Fish hatcheries, long seen as a last resort, get a new look amid Yukon River salmon crisis

Alaska marine debris experts call for tighter regulation and more cleanup funding

Murkowski, Peltola tell ComFish more needs to be done about ‘crisis’ levels of species decline

Students learn lessons on climate change, pollution through raising salmon

State shutters most Cook Inlet king salmon fishing this summer in unprecedented array of emergency closures

Record-low quota caught as Bering Sea Tanner crab season wraps up

How will the Bering Strait respond to harmful algal blooms?

NOAA denies emergency request to close red king crab savings areas

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange?

Researchers discuss more salmon appearing in Arctic

Dungeness crab summer harvest drops $10M from previous season

St. Paul government declares emergency in attempt to get ahead of looming crab crash

Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons canceled amid population declines

Alaska’s snow crabs have disappeared. Where they went is a mystery.

Subsistence fishers request a decrease of salmon bycatch

New assessment of mercury levels and health risks in Arctic sea and wading birds

Management council declines action on Bering Sea bycatch to address Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon subsistence worries

No sport fishing for salmon on Yukon River again this year, as numbers stay low

Copper River Seafoods no longer buying Cook Inlet salmon amid declining harvests

High water temperatures measured last year at Chilkat Lake weir

Fishery disaster declarations for Kuskokwim and Yukon salmon fisheries

Scientists, politicians, managers, and Tribes try to find common ground on Western Alaska salmon crash

Pacific halibut stock increases after four years of decline

In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is upending a way of life

B.C. fish farms transmit virus to endangered wild Pacific salmon, new study confirms

Farmed salmon virus source, amplifies disease transmission in wild salmon: B.C. study

As halibut decline, Alaska Native fishers square off against industrial fleets

Kalamazoo River Oil Spill: Facts and Environmental Impact

Plastic pollution threatens the Mekong, a wildlife wonderland

Kelp forest off Northern California almost gone

Loss of sockeye diversity threatens Skeena salmon, study finds

Deep water temperatures hit 'scary' highs

Feeding barge “not leaking oil”

Bocaccio rockfish recruitment event

Pink salmon could prosper in warmer Arctic, new study finds

Alaska's salmon are getting smaller, affecting people and ecosystems

COVID-19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

'The bottom has just dropped out': As insect populations plummet, scientists wonder why

Sea lice outbreak in juvenile salmon prompts First Nations leaders to call for fish farm closures

Historic low numbers of large wild Atlantic salmon

The Blob is Warming BC’s Fjords

Pandemic strains management of Yukon River salmon

Global warming fuels algal bloom disrupting fisheries in Arabian Sea

Salmon are getting sick too

Beaver invasion on the Baldwin Peninsula

Marine Heat Wave Linked to Sharp Increase in Whale Entanglements

Record number of salmon eggs found in Maine river

On land, Australia's rising heat is 'apocalyptic'; in the ocean, it's even worse

Tiny shells reveal waters off California are acidifying twice as fast as the global ocean

2019 salmon season fell short in some areas

Microplastics found in the stomach and intestines of Arctic belugas harvested for food

How climate change is triggering a chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific

Australia's lost shellfish reefs are roaring back to life

Climate change and overfishing are boosting toxic mercury levels in fish

Climate change and overfishing are boosting toxic mercury levels in fish

Dwindling catches and soaring prices spell trouble for Hokkaido’s squid town

Large Decline in Pacific Herring Stock