Escapted farmed salmon threatens wild salmon stocks across Northwest Iceland, where it has entered rivers.
Anglers caught dozens of humpback salmon in Eyjafjarðará river yesterday, RÚV reports. Humpack salmon are spreading in Iceland and threatening local fish species in Icelandic rivers.
The marine mammal was seen some 600 miles from where the river empties into the Bering Sea.
A wayward walrus calf, just one month old, was rescued from the North Slope. Workers on the North Slope spotted the baby walrus on tundra, about four miles inland from the Beaufort Sea.
Joe Gaydos found a bluefin tuna washed up on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington state. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the fish usually roam the more temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean.
While north of Iceland sea ice is stretching unusually close to the coast, south of the island sea temperatures are reaching record heights.
While subsistence salmon fishing, community members from Port Heiden found a skate in the net, which is unusual for them.
This bird was a noticed on the beach landing area of the community but not touched.
An elk was spotted swimming to the island of Utö in the Finnish archipelago, marking the first sighting of the animal in 40 years.
Usually found in marshy areas of Alberta, the bird has occasionally been spotted in more southern N.W.T. communities. Last week, one crossed a stretch of the Arctic ocean and found itself in Ulukhaktok, astonishing birders who say it's never been spotted so far north.
This past winter/spring has been incredibly wet here - I wonder if that has something to do with the emergence of this slime mold.
It turns out that Grubby the opossum — who hitched a ride to Alaska in a shipping container in March — had babies.
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?
Nobody I have asked has seen any plant like this. I touched it soon after the picture and it turned into a maroon colored powder.
Tick was found on a dog in Sand Point. Is it an invasive species?
The cormorants moved in when the peregrins did not return this year. "We believe (they did not return) because of the bird flu."
A cormorant was observed in White Mountain. See also recent report from Golovin.
Two Risso’s dolphins washed ashore in Hrútafjörður in Northwest Iceland last week. Risso dolphins are a warm-water species found a bit to the east of Ireland and Northwest Scotland. But the largest number is found further south, in warmer seas.
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.
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