LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T09:57:26Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2Mystery invertebrate in a red crab2024-02-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 13, 2024</p><p>A crab was caught on the ice just offshore in Nome. It had a small invertebrate in the gills of the crab.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7FECC117-2BA7-4502-AE88-257B78EE2B3B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.5106431684668 -165.432303909707uuid:AD5B9C70-D6D2-4B8C-B46C-783A0FD02123Sea Lice Outbreak Claims At Least 1 Million Salmon in Tálknafjörður2023-11-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Talknafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland</h3><p>November 2, 2023</p><p>An unprecedented outbreak of sea lice in Tálknafjörður has led to the loss, or the need to dispose of, at least one million salmon. “Nobody has seen anything like this before. There is a Norwegian veterinarian who has been working in Iceland because of this and he has never seen anything like this in his 30-year career,” Karl Steinar observed.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D934C7E6-B60E-45AB-8420-6B1A5B2B716B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/AD5B9C70-D6D2-4B8C-B46C-783A0FD02123'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.62648 -23.8246uuid:7B7E6778-6E03-4043-A0BD-B19F2ED3136EAlaska cancels snow crab harvest again due to population concerns2023-10-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kodiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 6, 2023</p><p>The snow crab harvest in Alaska has been canceled for the second year in a row due to concerns about population sustainability, but red king crab and Tanner crab will be available for commercial fishermen this season. Last year was the first time in history the U.S. snow crab fishery was closed. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the harvests were closed over concerns about long-term conservation and the sustainability of crab stocks.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7F37528E-8DD5-4FFD-942D-7EC0B3E94CE0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/7B7E6778-6E03-4043-A0BD-B19F2ED3136E'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.79 -152.40722uuid:B5B5D018-49E5-47A8-A561-3060D8CA974DCrab pots 'absolutely stuffed' as Bering Sea Dungeness fishery breaks records2023-06-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 26, 2023</p><p>While many Bering Sea crab populations find themselves in freefall, Dungeness crab is breaking records in regions that used to hardly see them.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/6D5E0252-6F8D-43F3-846B-C47CCAB4C081'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B5B5D018-49E5-47A8-A561-3060D8CA974D'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:F3FB42F8-609D-4FAF-850E-F4B583B647B2High levels of PSP in Blue Mussels2023-06-15T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sand Point, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 15, 2023</p><p>Blue mussels collected on 6/15/2023, were way above the FDA limit for safe consumption of 80 μg/100g. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/88F10C91-78CD-4608-A413-9050E1412D37'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F3FB42F8-609D-4FAF-850E-F4B583B647B2'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.33655 -160.4988uuid:12522060-5C60-42BD-A7C0-54C144A19DACDangerous PSP toxin levels found in some Southwest Alaska clams, mussels2023-06-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chignik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>June 14, 2023</p><p>High levels of PSP toxins have been found in razor clams in Chignik Lagoon and blue mussels in Sand Point, Alaska, making them unsafe to eat and potentially causing paralytic shellfish poisoning, with no known cure.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/1CA1C147-595C-4183-9254-E8D8C13B61A7'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/12522060-5C60-42BD-A7C0-54C144A19DAC'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.29442 -158.4038uuid:2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641Floating Helmet2023-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Tatitlek, Alaska, United States</h3><p>May 19, 2023</p><p>"My son found this helmet floating here in Prince William Sound."</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/78590110-F895-4039-ADC6-B92F77750542'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2C21CF2A-E1A4-4A65-BD83-5C72DF9AB641'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.865582225545 -146.679382972884uuid:B3B1A811-B854-41B9-81D7-B91BA6931639Invasive Pacific oyster spreading rapidly in Norway2023-05-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Oslofjord, Oslo Viken, Norway</h3><p>May 14, 2023</p><p>The invasive Pacific oyster is spreading rapidly in Oslofjord, causing injuries to bathers and threatening local ecosystems, with Oslo municipality now offering a reward for their removal.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/72C73876-0432-4E25-8A60-2C9D4BDE9DE8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B3B1A811-B854-41B9-81D7-B91BA6931639'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.9076710083224 10.6732177734375uuid:3E58C0E8-7BAA-47B5-B318-DD4239A48A02Rare pearl mussels discovered in Highland and Trossachs lochs2023-04-04T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Scotland</h3><p>April 4, 2023</p><p>Scientists said the critically-endangered species had previously only been found in rivers and know pearl mussels have been discovered in the Scotland Lochs. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/648A6DB4-D0CE-4575-97F8-D7C0A548869F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3E58C0E8-7BAA-47B5-B318-DD4239A48A02'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.7165659105079 -4.21792035398229uuid:DFEBB01B-4A21-4C4E-8518-B478490647D4Hawke’s Bay red sea’s final act was to kill sea creatures2023-02-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Hawke's Bay, New Zealand</h3><p>February 2, 2023</p><p>Test results show the bloom was almost certainly to blame for mass deaths of kina as well as crayfish, starfish and sea cucumber which washed ashore at Hardinge Rd, including Sandy Beach, and on a small part of Westshore Beach eight days ago.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/CDC10781-CF4D-4855-8D11-3EFB8F4556B4'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/DFEBB01B-4A21-4C4E-8518-B478490647D4'>Read more...</a></p></div>-39.4902099 176.917839uuid:0A105BC0-6AD5-484F-A712-F1A8091E6C3EInvertebrates recover at Miller Creek 2022-11-17T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Soldotna, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 17, 2022</p><p>Just over a year ago, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game applied the pesticide rotenone to two lakes and a stream in the remote Miller Creek drainage on the northern Kenai Peninsula to eradicate the last known population of invasive northern pike on the Kenai Peninsula.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A9C6A5A9-1EEF-4847-AF00-C03896260DF3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0A105BC0-6AD5-484F-A712-F1A8091E6C3E'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.48778 -151.05833uuid:B7D87643-3D45-4E15-9545-6811DA48CF4DNOAA trawl survey: Cold pool returns in the Bering Sea2022-11-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Bering Sea</h3><p>November 11, 2022</p><p>The Bering Sea’s cold pool, a critical part of the seafloor ecosystem, had shrunk to a worrying degree in recent years, but it is continuing to slowly return, according to the latest results of NOAA’s bottom trawl survey. Saffron cod, also called tomcod, seems to be bouncing back after a few bad years, and Arctic cod and blue king crab numbers were also better. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/00B57D88-EE7E-4B20-B444-CE2E75CECED6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B7D87643-3D45-4E15-9545-6811DA48CF4D'>Read more...</a></p></div>58.90464570302 -169.459725215517uuid:03E4A7C6-C443-4A4E-BB48-1CEDE2FA4337Saxitoxin detected in regional clam2022-10-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Savoonga, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 6, 2022</p><p>By Diana Haecker</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B40EA052-221D-4E2B-B96E-D50EF4897782'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/03E4A7C6-C443-4A4E-BB48-1CEDE2FA4337'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.69417 -170.47889uuid:9CBC92AB-40F4-4A4C-8B1D-FFD0FE4651ABLots of dead krill washed up on Sarichef Island2022-09-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Shishmaref, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 30, 2022</p><p>Die-offs of krill are in some cases associated with hypoxia (low oxygen) excess sediment suspended in the water column and changes in water temperature. There were recent reports of high levels of Alexandrium in water samples in the areas, and Norton Sound Health Corporation is performing some testing of krill samples (see below). There was also an unprecedented storm event only a week ago, unusual for the storm surge and early season.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2FB9E808-B2E8-4D65-B317-DCFD7F879478'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/9CBC92AB-40F4-4A4C-8B1D-FFD0FE4651AB'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.2369918233895 -166.138011020897uuid:966DE4B5-AF37-43CD-A45C-1F951F082B94Aquaculture: Oyster and mussel growers on Prince Edward Island calculating losses from Fiona 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada</h3><p>September 27, 2022</p><p>James Power doesn’t have a final tally yet on how much post tropical storm Fiona cost Raspberry Point Oysters Ltd., but the damages are likely to be in the ...</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/BDD60471-BE76-4DE8-A10E-B584442608DA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/966DE4B5-AF37-43CD-A45C-1F951F082B94'>Read more...</a></p></div>46.23525 -63.12671uuid:61C8CC17-CD48-497E-9B36-C848C4A1AEF0Storm bounty in clams2022-09-18T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Mertarvik, Alaska, United States</h3><p>September 18, 2022</p><p>Storms can bring a bounty to the beach - driftwood sometimes or in this case, clams! But be careful out there. There are new concerns about emerging levels of harmful algae in Western Alaska waters, which could impact shellfish and human health. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7DF58D97-A6FB-415F-9B02-5C4D2B8C0C7A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/61C8CC17-CD48-497E-9B36-C848C4A1AEF0'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.81099 -164.49911uuid:2BA24238-955A-4330-9CE4-43624C115922Unidentified juvenile crab 2022-08-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Orzinski Bay</h3><p>August 27, 2022</p><p>Juvenille crab was found at a salmon set-net site. Is this a Puget Sound species that has now been found on the Alaska Peninsula?</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/68B7A4BF-A329-4109-8EB0-49004F196C4B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/2BA24238-955A-4330-9CE4-43624C115922'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.7297975644569 -160.132427215576uuid:C85DCBBB-EC60-4571-888C-CEE0FF85E830Norton Sound crab fishery bounces back with record year following fishing hiatus2022-08-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>August 1, 2022</p><p>After no commercial crabbing since 2019, this summer’s Norton Sound Red King Crab fishery had a record year of $3.7 million dollars in ex-vessel value.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/675C41D0-F689-4EEE-AF74-DB64B0B49C95'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C85DCBBB-EC60-4571-888C-CEE0FF85E830'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.50111 -165.40639uuid:E9990CE5-9C2E-48C2-B9E2-F37CAC5B19A6Evidence of invasive crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla2022-07-25T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Metlakatla, Alaska, United States</h3><p>July 25, 2022</p><p>The European Green Crab are a threat to ecosystems and commercial fisheries. They uproot eelgrass beds in search of food, which serve as habitat for herring and salmon.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/631EC016-8E63-4C46-B2FF-A0F4CED01855'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/E9990CE5-9C2E-48C2-B9E2-F37CAC5B19A6'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.12917 -131.57222uuid:29A6C58E-2B0B-4462-B7DD-677E8434DB73B.C.’s sea life is bouncing back, slowly, after the 2021 heat dome 2022-07-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T09:57:26ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>July 11, 2022</p><p>One UBC scientist says his early estimation that a billion creatures died from the 2021 heat dome was too low. Today, life is returning to areas scorched by last year’s unprecedented heat wave. The die off was patchy and the plants and animals in the intertidal zone that survived the heat wave “are the parents to the next generation,” Harley said.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/98C0345E-BA00-48A8-B0D5-A47A726F2377'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/29A6C58E-2B0B-4462-B7DD-677E8434DB73'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.24966 -123.11934