No one in Togiak had ever seen a fish like this before. In the photo it looks like a cross between a tad pole and a piranha! With help from ADF&G it has been identified as the smooth lumpsucker fish, found at depths of up to 1000 meters.
Thousands of dead sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) found dead along the beach during a period of warm weather. Additional salmon have been observed in the Togiak River, raising concerns about possible challenges to subsistence harvest.
Thousands of smelts were found dead during low tide in the Togiak slough. Is there an environmental cause?
It is unusual for skates to wash up on the beach.
Drought, causing low waters in Goodnews River, no blackberries, and early cool weather.
Silver salmon, caught 10 miles up the Twin Hills River, had small white patches in flesh.
Fish has bend in spine.
Lesions on this Dolly Varden or Arctic char are most likely furuncles caused by a common bacterial pathogen called Aeromonas salmonicida.
Unknown fish caught this summer in Togiak Bay.
Unknown fish species caught in set-net gear
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