Slow sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) runs in the Aleutians potentially linked to warming ocean temperatures.
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.
Black Rockfish (Sebastes melonops) caught with X-Cell tumor.
Unusual dark coloration in Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) meat
Sockeye are smaller in size and fewer in number this year than in recent years.
An obstruction has disconnected Morris Cove from ocean waters, preventing salmon from moving upstream.
Blackline Prickleback (Acantholumpenus mackayi) caught along the Bering Sea Coast
Smelt caught in Bethel with fungal infection previously found in the Norton Sound region.
The remains of a possible seal carcass tangled in netting may have come into contact postmortem, "ghost fishing" as a potential cause.
The trout we were gorging on them and the mergansers looked like they had eaten their fill.
It is unusual for skates to wash up on the beach.
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.
Northern Lampfish washed up along the beach at Letnikov Cove
Akhiok residents report that fish have returned to Akhiok Bay since the outfall was repaired/extended further into the ocean
Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.
A resident of the community was near the gravel pit when he came across a number of dead fish.
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