Purse seiner crew scrambles to shovel the huge bycatch of Northern sea nettle jelly fish (Chrysaora melanaster) overboard.

Dead sea otter and star fish

Blue Sail Jellyfish

Alex Hughes is a Fish and Game technician who volunteers with KSWCD. He said based on their studies at the Buskin river, crayfish are successfully breeding. Crayfish are originally from the Pacific Northwest and as with many invasive species, it’s anyone’s guess how they got to Kodiak.

Unusual Mussel Species

11-20-14 Unusual jellyfish - Togiak, Alaska, USA

11-14-14 Jellyfish bloom Haines, Alaska, USA

11-29-14 Mollusks in moose gut - Egegik, Alaska, USA

These ladies found a snail that they had never seen before and brought them.

Persistently high levels of PSP recorded in the Shumagin Islands.

11-7-13 High PSP levels in clams - King Cove, Alaska, USA

11-1-13 Krill die-off - Metlakatla, Alaska, USA

Salmon and crab gear seeing an incredible increase in mussel roe and slime.

A winter storm lashed the sandy beaches at the mouth of the Ninilchik River with ferocious waves, powerful enough to uproot thousands of razor clams.