NOAA and NASA satellites measured an average sea-surface temperature of 68.93 degrees Fahrenheit in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 8, only 0.05 degrees below the all-time record high of 68.98 set in 2012. It is the epicenter of the U.S. lobster fishing industry, an important feeding ground for rare North Atlantic right whales .
Three farmed salmon have been caught in the Westfjords this season. Farmed salmon have a tendency to swim up rivers later in the season than wild salmon, meaning the true number of escapees may not be apparent until the end of the fishing season.
But the appearance of new chemicals is creating an uncertain future for polar bears, orcas and seabirds.
In dives to the seafloor, scientists have noticed big differences in only a few years.
Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation.
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.
Akhiok residents report that fish have returned to Akhiok Bay since the outfall was repaired/extended further into the ocean
New rules to combat sea lice have angered Norway’s important aquaculture industry. But environmental groups want to go much further.
Adam Turnbull found the fish growing around a ring of plastic.
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.
Silver salmon, caught 10 miles up the Twin Hills River, had small white patches in flesh.
I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.
A thin, shimmering fish covered in purple scales and fringed with a red dorsal fin. It turned out to be a massive King-of-the-Salmon fish, measuring about two metres in length.
The rare type of ribbonfish was found by a man walking his dog on Rattenbury Beach.
Researchers from the University of Washington used 80 years of data to figure out how much warming fish could withstand. They discovered fish in the tropics are already living in water at the upper end of their threshold.
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