Walruses were found washed up on the beaches from Cape Espenberg to Shishmaref and further west. Samples taken from the intestines of four walrus all had moderate to high levels of saxitoxin.

7-3-14 Kelp greenling - Golovin, Alaska, USA

Unusual fish catch

Last year, 2014, was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. Unlike other worldwide problems from which Canadians might feel relatively safe and isolated, but Canada is actually ground zero of global climate.

Warm water threatens marine habitats off the coast of BC

Unknown fish species caught in set-net gear

Ocean scientists are concerned about dead gray whales that have washed up on the US West Coast this year at the highest rate in almost two decades.

Unknown fish caught this summer in Togiak Bay.

A dead male grey whale that was found floating between Sidney Island and James Island on Thursday has been towed to Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for a necropsy.

2/20/15 Needle fish die-off - Kongiganak, Alaska, USA

A new marine heat wave spreading across a portion of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia resembles the infamous "blob" that disrupted marine life five years ago. 

Needle fish with lesions observed.

If you're wondering why British Columbia experienced such a mild winter and early spring, you could maybe blame it on a mysterious "blob" of warm water in the Pacific Ocean.

Northern sea nettle jellyfish die-off

Sea bird mortality observed on southeast end of Homer Spit

The so-called 'warm blob' of water in the North Pacific has brought unusual plankton, which lack the nutrients wild salmon and other marine animals count on.

The "unprecedented" warm water in the Pacific caused a massive toxic algae bloom from California to Alaska.

Murre deaths reported along the shore of Nanwalek.

One short section of the river that last year at Thanksgiving had more than 100 fish in it, this year on the same weekend had less than 20.

2/15/15 Lantern fish - Haines, Alaska, USA

Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California.

Heavy rains and flooding.

Dataset from Dr. Brian Burke (NOAA; brian.burke@noaa.gov); derived from surface trawls taken during NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center Juvenile Salmon & Ocean Ecosystem Survey (JSOES).

Blue Sail Jellyfish

Sablefish an unusual catch

10-17-13 No ice fishing yet - Shishmaref, Alaska, USA

Pink salmon die-off, and low water levels at Antone Larsen Creek

Residents concern over die-offs persist

Low seal numbers

Persistently high levels of PSP recorded in the Shumagin Islands.

11-4-13 Ice fishing hazardous - Golovin, Alaska, USA

Several ill or dead tufted and horned puffins were found on the shores of St. Paul Island.

1-24-14 Winter plants blooming - Bethel, Alaska, USA

A dead juvenile female humpback whale near Dolgoi Island

Flocks of Common Murres were seen flying overhead, along with dying and grounded birds scampering around the Fish Lake area, just to the southeast foothills of Mount Yealo in the Susitna Valley.

12-31-15 Late coho salmon - Klawock, Alaska, USA

10-24-15 Arctic char with sores and parasites - Quinhagak, Alaska, USA

Jellyfish bloom

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

High PSP level in Sand Point, Alaska

High PSP in clams

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

Commercial and Subsistence Harvest

A fin whale washed ashore in St. George, Pribilofs, Alaska.

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

11-12-14 Late coho salmon run - Cordova, Alaska, USA

11-13-14 Unseasonable warm - Unalakleet, Alaska, USA

Copper River largely open.

Drought and high temperatures have dried the creek and caused thousands of pink salmon and Dolly Varden to die before they could spawn. The event raises questions about vulnerability of area salmon streams to climate change, and for local residents food security.

Marine Mammal

We used to be able to go ice fishing in the lagoon as well as ice skating. Now community members are using a net to get the tomcods.

1-20-14 Snow then rain - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

10-15 13 Too wet for food preservation - Elim, Alaska, USA

More reports of dead Murres observed in the Bristol Bay region.

Amazing run of pink salmon.

But at least there is a stream...

Washing ashore from Kachemak Bay

Early Salmonberries (Rubus chamaemorus)

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

Large shearwater die-off at a Pilot Point beach.

2-20-14 Very little snow - Bethel, Alaska, USA

1-3-14 Where is the snow - Solomon, Alaska, USA

4-13-14 River ice treacherous - Bethel, Alaska, USA

South winds blew out most of the sea ice. Going to be bad ice if it refreezes for spring hunt.

A terrible year for berry harvest in the Upper Nushagak River.

Dead gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) reported off the Alaska Peninsula

10-10-14 Unseasonable weather - St. Michael, Alaska, USA

4-30-14 High PSP levels in clams - King Cove, Alaska, USA

Silver salmon, Brant geese and berries.

Never seen before in area.

We are spotting dead baby 'spotted' and 'ringed' seals washing up on the beach with no signs of lesions or signs of gun shots.

7-10-14 Stranded sea otter - McDonald Spit, Alaska, USA

Normally, we have so many feet of snow throughout the village and the mountains would be packed with snow.

Dead murres on beach

Low water on area rivers

Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.

High PSP in clams - Sand Point, Alaska, USA

11-15-14 Unseasonably warm - Kwinhagak, Alaska, USA

This fall freeze-up was somewhat delayed, not just in the Bering Straits region, but all the way up to Barrow.

The paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) results for Sand Point, Alaska (butter clams collected 1/5/2015) had PSP toxin levels of 112 micrograms/100 grams.

Dead seabirds found in Goodnews Bay.

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

Unalakleet River goes out early

Ponds in and around the Nome area are drying up.

Open water interferes with subsistence practices.

A large number of bird die-offs

Dead seagulls, puffins, murres

Hundreds of birds washed up on the shores of St. Lawrence Island.

Dead birds on beach

Abundant herring roe, most ever seen during the low tide - Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Unusual Mussel Species

Dead whale with interesting dolphin-like face.

Getting bigger each sighting.

No sea ice; hunters say it should not be like this today.

This sea lion was seen for over an hour floating along the shore and holding one front and one back flipper in the air.

Dead sea otter (Enhydra lutris) raises concerns of zoonotic pathogen

A highly decomposed whale carcass was identified as a gray whale.

Unusually high PSP toxin levels making shellfish unsafe to eat.

Extremely high PSP levels

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

Poor seabird chick fledging rates

11-6-13 Dead seabirds - Nanwalek, Alaska. USA

Dead orca observed in the Bering Strait region.

Dead Murres At Boat Harbor

Dead walrus observed while assessing for coastal erosion.

At Moses Point, Northeast of Elim, we found a dead beluga whale.

Dead birds in harbor

Had pus on them.

Unusual weather pattern that changes conditions quickly.

The lack of sea ice in Toksook Bay, has allowed for a uniquel sighting - a January beluga whale!

Early Growth of Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis - Highbush)

Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) are in full bloom on Baranof Island.

Bumblebees (bombus polaris), moths, butterflies, mosquitoes (Culicidae) and gnats (Nematocera) are still here.

First toad sighting in years.

Early fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) bloom

Early river break-up and low water

Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Tall Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

Earliest Tokositna River break up ever in Denali State Park.

Loss of shoreline and subsistence camps.

Flies all over Sand Point

Weeks earlier than normal.

Plants

A problem for outboards.

Resident becomes sick after consuming oysters and wonders what is being done to prevent future outbreaks of V parahaemolyticus, this new climate related illness in Alaska.

Early hay crop harvest

Year of the Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)

Majority of the red salmon went up the middle of the Klutina River and tended to weigh a pound or less.

Community wonders about cause of illness.

An abundant harvest of various berries this year.

Early and abundant salmonberries (Rubus chamaemorus)

Sick and bloated sea lion may have been caused by eating rotten fish, noted state DVM.

Fishing for pinks has been really up and down the last few years. In 2014 the catch was really low, and then 2015 it was amazing with more than we had ever seen before. This year's pink salmon return again, was really bad.

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

Red-colored seawater in boat harbor.

I notice fluorescent glowing in the dark: happens to be the tomcods I caught the other day.