Alaska |
Location: Alaska
Description: Includes observation of fish with signs of injury or illness.
Background: Understanding unusual conditions in the health of fish is important for understanding sources of stress or impact on fish and the potential changes to local or regional environment. It is also important for addressing concerns about food safety,
Funding: Open invitation.
Partners: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Observing Guidance: Observes are asked to provide information about the time and location of the observation, as well as the conditions of the fish, and possible contributing factors. Images include detail and close ups are encouraged. Assistance by the observer to preserve fish samples may also be requested.
Source Data: LEO Network Observations
Outputs: Addition to the project map and time line (pending). Consults about fish condition and health when possible.
Project Updates: Pending
Resources: What information sources are relevant for this project, observers or views? Example: reference materials, partner websites, published papers etc. (Pending)
Lead Organization
ANTHC |
Mike Brubaker LeadAnchorage Alaska, United States
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Jayde Ferguson ConsultantAnchorage Alaska, United States
Pathologist
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Ted Meyers ConsultantJuneau Alaska, United States
State Fish Pathologist
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Needle Fish with LesionsChefornak, Alaska, United States
Feb 17, 2014
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Sucker Fish (Catostomus catostomus)St. Mary's, Alaska, United States
Jul 30, 2012
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Skin Illness on Whitefish (Coregonus nelsonii)Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States
Oct 13, 2013
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Growth on Broad Whitefish (C. nelsonii)Selawik, Alaska. United States
May 26, 2014
Event
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Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with ParasitesNew Stuyahok, Alaska, United States
Sep 24, 2014
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Whitefish (C. nelsonii) has Brown SkinBethel, Alaska, United States
Dec 10, 2014
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Sick CodTununak, Alaska, United States
Jun 12, 2014
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Growth in Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)Hydaburg, Alaska, United States
Aug 12, 2013
Event
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Arctic Char with Sores and Parasites (Salmincola)Quinhagak, Alaska, USA
Oct 24, 2014
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Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Filled with PusSt. Mary's, Alaska, United States
Jun 24, 2016
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Deformed BlackfishToksook Bay, Alaska, United States
Feb 27, 2015
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Strange Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)Koyukuk, Alaska, Unites States
Aug 19, 2015
Event
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Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) with Saprolegnia MoldKivalina, Alaska, United States
Nov 3, 2015
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Deformed Whitefish (C. nelsonii)St. Mary's, Alaska, United States
Feb 2, 2015
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Petroleum Smell in Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)Chevak, Alaska, United States
Jun 20, 2012
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Deformed Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)Cape Vancouver, Alaska, United States
Jun 21, 2015
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Growth On Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys) HeartKotzebue, Alaska, United States
Apr 24, 2016
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Black Fungus (phaeohyphomycoses) on SmeltKipnuk, Alaska, United States
Nov 14, 2015
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White Fish (C. nelsonii) with Saprolegnia FungusChefornak, Alaska, United States
Nov 28, 2016
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Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) with deformityGoodnews Bay, Alaska, United States
Feb 9, 2017
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Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) with LesionsGoodnews Bay, Alaska, United States
Feb 8, 2017
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Parasite on a Hooligan's (Thaleichthys pacificus) GillLutak Inlet, Alaska, United States
Apr 28, 2017
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Rotten Smell and Mushy Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)Meshik River, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States
Jun 11, 2015
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Silver Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with CystsTwin Hills, Alaska, United States
Oct 14, 2017
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Phaeohyphomycoses Fungal Infection on Smelt (Hypomesus olidus)Bethel, Alaska, United States
May 23, 2018
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X-Cell Tumor Around the Gills of a Black Rockfish (Sebastes melonops)Unalaska, Alaska, United States
Jul 10, 2018
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