Portions of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Pierce and Thurston County currently have shellfish harvest restrictions due to pollution.

Lobster stocks around Iceland’s coast are so low a fishing ban is not out of the question.

For a few decades now, retired surgeon Jon Reiswig has lived with a perplexing oddity: the water in front of his North Douglas home constantly bubbles.

Previously, regulators monitored the presence of certain toxins and shut down fishing when they exceeded safe limits.

The herds are increasingly moving around in Bristol Bay, perhaps seeking new feeding grounds, a biologist said.

We discovered numerous large marine bivalve shells (and two chiton shells) that had been cracked recently by sea otters. Ocean View Beach is around the southern extent of Vancouver Island and back again north in the Strait of Georgia. The present observation is evidence of sea otters traveling into the Strait of Georgia.

Walrus in Bristol Bay and Port Heiden are not uncommon in summer. The fact they are present in April is unusual and residents believe factors such as the lack of sea ice, lack of food and warming ocean temperatures may be the reason.

Opalescents, also known as market squid, are showing up in waters previously considered too cold for them, and fishermen are paying attention.

In just a few short years, the Northern California waters stretching from Sonoma to Southern Humboldt have undergone a dramatic transformation, with stretches stripped bare of their once varied marine life in a phenomenon known as "urchin barren."

I have never found live shrimp before in King Cove while subsisting for Chiton's not sure if it is unusual or significant.

It's about the size of a dinner plate and has a rubbery texture, was told it’s a sea cucumber but I’m not sure.

At a lab in Kodiak, researchers are working to understand whether crabs can adapt to ocean acidification.

Ocean acidification threatens some of Alaska’s most lucrative crab fisheries. But there’s one ray of hope: it’s possible that crabs might be able to adapt to the changing oceans. The big question scientists are researching at Bob Foy’s lab in Kodiak is – will they have enough time?