There were a plenty of what appeared to be juvenile dead stickle back fish on the top of the embankment of a few ponds.
The commercial Silver harvest in the Norton Sound yielded the lowest numbers since 2002.This trend follows suit from last year as well, which yielded far less than projected. The run was “very poor,” Menard said. The preliminary catch was 7,100 Silvers. That’s less than half caught in the commercial fishery last year.
The prospects are dim for this summer’s Norton Sound commercial fishing and crabbing seasons.
Early snowmelt and low precipitation have led to low river water levels on the southern Seward Peninsula. Low water levels may be a contributing factor in observations of poor fishing, and poor fish health, along the western coast of Alaska.
Early snowmelt and low rainfall contributed to low river levels near Nome, affecting the ability of residents to reach usual fishing spots.
We observed more than 50 otherwise healthy (not spawned out) dead fish including pink and chum salmon and white fish
Warm water near Golovin is hurting pink salmon. Many salmon caught had red speckled dots on flesh, raising concerns about food safety. Female pink salmon were seen dead in the bay.
7-3-14 Kelp greenling - Golovin, Alaska, USA
Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.
Thawing permafrost and river bank collapsed on the Cheenik Creek.
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