Unusual dark coloration in Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) meat

Anglers has expressed concerns that this early-arriving green slime signals the end of what was viewed as the summer of plenty for walleye fishermen.

There is really only one thing to talk about in Chignik Bay these days: Where are the sockeye?

A resident said his kids don't want to go swimming at that location because there are so many dead fish in the water.

Sockeye are smaller in size and fewer in number this year than in recent years.

Sleeper sharks are already known to range as far north as the Chukchi Sea, but reports of possible shark attacks on seal and sea lions have increased — and now come from further into the Arctic.

Weak returns forced the latest restriction. Good news: Sockeye fishing at the Russian River is forecast to be good.

Thousands of herring washed up around Piltun Bay in northeastern Sakhalin..

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Wednesday closing the personal-use and sport fishing for Copper River sockeye around Chitina until further notice. It goes into effect on Monday, June 18th.

Capelin have made an appearance on a beach in western P.E.I. — a rare occurrence and also a sign that capelin populations are strong.

Biologists blame the Blob of warm water in the Gulf of Alaska for poor sockeye returns that also led to the second lowest commercial harvest in 50 years.

An obstruction has disconnected Morris Cove from ocean waters, preventing salmon from moving upstream.

A poor return of king salmon on the Anchor River will shut down all sport fishing on the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers and Deep Creek drainages beginning Saturday morning, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced Thursday.

Federal officials have shut down salmon and recreational fishing for the summer in key feeding grounds for killer whales. The closures, which took effect Friday, apply to parts of the southern . . .

Blackline Prickleback (Acantholumpenus mackayi) caught along the Bering Sea Coast

The creeks were so full - I bet the oxygen levels weren't so good for them though.