It was also during the week where a number of dead fish started to occur along the riverine segment.
Hundreds of dead sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) found along the shores of White Sands Beach.
"Our temperatures reached 83 degrees, and seem to be getting hotter! We think that maybe the warm water has something to do with the humpy die-off?"
Village wildlife observers worry that the unusual warmth of oceans off Alaska is causing problems throughout the ecosystem.
Subsistence families along the Kuskokwim River are cutting open fish to find white balls or white streaks deforming the meat.
Southern resident killer whales which are often spotted in the Salish Sea near Vancouver throughout June haven't been seen this season, and scientists believe that could be because of the lack of chinook salmon.
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
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