The thick accumulation of these sea plants on the coastline is apparently causing detrimental effects on certain fish species as residents have reported dead fish along the shores.
Fishing businesses in Mat-Su warned that the rules could hurt the state's tourism economy.
Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers uncovered several key factors contributing to a die-off of South American fur seal pups, including mites, pneumonia and sea surface temperature. The findings, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, help scientists better understand the link between environmental factors and health.
A disaster declaration could make the fishery eligible for federal relief funds, although who specifically would receive money would be figured out later.
Scientists with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say late spawning for capelin had a significant impact on numbers.
Smart started finding dead fish in his trap near Dull Lake about two or three weeks ago. Now there are hundreds and hundreds of them.Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation. According to the Fish and Game representative a local fisherman forgot to check a blackfish trap and may have dumped the dead fish in Dull Lake.
Unidentified, deceased, sea animal washes ashore on Togiak beach
Hundreds of northern lampfish were observed on Nahku Bay beach. The last die-off occurred in March 2011.
Two extreme weather events in 2006 and 2013 caused mass starvation among the reindeer herds, and researchers for the first time have linked these extreme weather events in the coastal mainland in northwest Russia with sea ice loss in the adjoining Barents and Kara seas.
Long-term consequences.
Freak warm weather followed by a freeze in winter 2013-14 caused an ice-over of pastures which led to the deaths of some 70,000 reindeer in a famine. This summer, there was an outbreak of deadly anthrax after the hottest Arctic summer on record.
More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in central Norway.
“The exact reasons why the return fell at the lower end of the forecast range are unknown at this time, but poorer than average marine survival is a leading candidate.”
Large shearwater die-off at a Pilot Point beach.
In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to only 153.
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.
Swimming moose dies
Scientists first caught on to the strange event when they found thousands of purple sea urchins and other organisms dead in their laboratory tanks.
2/20/15 Needle fish die-off - Kongiganak, Alaska, USA
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