These eggs from a trout caught in the Fish River, had unusual milky translucent capsules in it.
There were a plenty of what appeared to be juvenile dead stickle back fish on the top of the embankment of a few ponds.
Early snowmelt and low precipitation have led to low river water levels on the southern Seward Peninsula. Low water levels may be a contributing factor in observations of poor fishing, and poor fish health, along the western coast of Alaska.
We observed more than 50 otherwise healthy (not spawned out) dead fish including pink and chum salmon and white fish
Warm water near Golovin is hurting pink salmon. Many salmon caught had red speckled dots on flesh, raising concerns about food safety. Female pink salmon were seen dead in the bay.
Norton Sound residents have reported salmon die-offs in unusually large numbers during the last week. According to the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC), dead pre-spawned pink salmon were found in multiple river systems over the weekend.
Traditional knowledge keepers and ADFG identify as a chum salmon.
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7-3-14 Kelp greenling - Golovin, Alaska, USA
Hunters noticed some herring were starting to spawn near Cape Denbigh. The herring scheduled to arrive on May 25th, are over a week early.
Thawing permafrost and river bank collapsed on the Cheenik Creek.
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