Ten million scallops that have died in the waters near Qualicum Beach due to rising ocean acidity are the latest victims in a series of marine die-offs that have plagued the West Coast for 10 years. . .

High PSP levels in clams near the end of the Aleutian Peninsula, Alaska.

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.

7-26-13 Tadpole shrimp at swimming hole

For a couple years, Sand Point residents have observed an increasing number of the non-native leopard slug.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

5-1-13 PSP levels rising - Old Harbor, Alaska, USA

7-3-12 Barnacle decline - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

3-9-12 Barnacles declining - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA

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.

Of all of the aquatic animals that could be collected in a gillnet on the Kenai River, crawfish are some of the least likely. Why? Because they do not naturally occur in the Kenai River or any other river in Alaska. Unfortunately, crawfish have been collected from the lower Kenai River twice in the last four years, and both times they were leftovers from someone’s dinner.