A range of wildlife-related events have been occurring this month in Shishmaref and other parts of Norton Sound.
Goldfish compete with native fish for food, potentially threatening an ecosystem.
The fish, likely former aquarium pets, have attracted the attention of invasive-species managers.
Swarms of anchovy can be seen swimming through the South Sound.
Tumor found in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Major sea lice epidemics have erupted on Atlantic salmon fish farms on Vancouver Island’s west coast over the last three months, according to industry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and independent reports.
Drought levels have been raised already for parts of the province and Dave Campbell, with the B.C. River Forecast Centre, says the current forecast points to drought conditions provincewide in the coming weeks.
Widespread mortality events that include more than one fish species are indicators that something is wrong in the environment.
Historically, pollock are not a commonly observed species in Bristol Bay, but sightings are becoming more common.
Conservationists are rejoicing this spring over Steelhead Trout numbers in the Carmel River. "The count is up," said Haley Ohms a project scientist with University of California Santa Cruz.
This catch in a Tatitlek herring net places a school of shiner surfperch about 700 km north of their normal range.
Aerial shots of what appeared to be remnants of an oil spill in the Essequibo River has turned out to be huge beds of sargassum seaweed which is now a
Wildlife officials say populations of the silvery Pacific sardine have plummeted over the past decade.
Frigid north winds blow down from the Arctic Ocean, freeze saltwater and push sea ice south. The ice normally prevents waves from forming and locks onto beaches, walling off villages. But not this year.
Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) caught with "pug head" jaw deformity, usually associated with cold water temperatures during incubation.
Rare hoodwinker sunfish, never before seen in Northern Hemisphere, washes up at Coal Oil Point Reserve
As a result, the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) will not permit fishing of the species this coming season. Capelin is the second most important export species of fish in Iceland after cod.
The stock of arctic char in Elliðavatn lake has almost collapsed. Similar developments are taking place in Norway as well. Hilmar Malmquist, head of the freshwater division at the Marine Research Institute, believe that climate change is the main explanation.
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