These eggs from a trout caught in the Fish River, had unusual milky translucent capsules in it.
GOLOVIN RESIDENTS ARE IN CLEANUP MODE as their community works to restore power, phone service and clear debris. After the flood waters receded from the weekend’s severe fall storm, some locals are left with feet of sand in their homes. “At my place we’ve got three feet of sand we’re still shoveling out with the crew here, trying to get the sand out of the living area so we can get the sheetrock to go ahead and dry off,” Alaska Senator Donny Olson of Golovin said.
There were a plenty of what appeared to be juvenile dead stickle back fish on the top of the embankment of a few ponds.
Over the past five days there have been increasing reports of unusual behavior in a variety of bird species including brant goose, snow goose, white-fronted goose, and Canada goose.
"While on a field trip for work, we stopped at the beach and you can notice hundreds of dead clams and star fish littering the beach."
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.
We observed more than 50 otherwise healthy (not spawned out) dead fish including pink and chum salmon and white fish
"Its face was down in the mud and it was laboring to breathe. Its body condition was wasted and we could see its ribs."
There has been a lack of snow in the Golovin area ever since the January 2014 warm spell.
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Despite the time of year, there is still no snow on the Seward Peninsula.
Several sightings of dead baby belugas were reported on the shores of the community and in the area over the past few days.
Late freeze-up of sea ice along the shoreline
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