Fish

Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Filled with Pus

Early breakup brings early arrivals.

Over the past few months, a massive toxic bloom of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, stretching from central California to the Alaska Peninsula, has resulted in significant impacts to coastal resources and marine life. NOAA has been working closely with federal, state, tribal, academic, and other partners to respond to this unprecedented harmful algal bloom (HAB).

Tapioca like growth identified as larval trematode parasites (digenean metacercariae).

Science has confirmed what fishermen in Clyde River, Nunavut, have been saying for decades: Atlantic salmon do make their way to the hamlet on Baffin Island north of the Arctic Circle.

Estos peces son venenosos y difíciles de ser observados por confundirse muy bien con el ambiente.