High levels of PSP toxins have been found in razor clams in Chignik Lagoon and blue mussels in Sand Point, Alaska, making them unsafe to eat and potentially causing paralytic shellfish poisoning, with no known cure.
The Tsunami Warning Center recorded waves of less than 1 foot above normal as a result of the earthquake.
Gradual sea ice reduction and reconfiguration of the coast, have increased the rate of erosion near Port Heiden over the course of several decades. Draining of Goldfish Lake brings memories, loss of community landmark, and many emotions.
Juveniles and sub adults live and migrate in open water at shallow to moderate depths. They move to the bottom as adults when they settle around sea mounts in the North Pacific.
After a very slow beginning to their season, fishermen in Ugashik Bay saw millions of sockeye salmon return in a little over a week in mid-July.
Without ice to provide protection from storm waves, Port Heiden has lost the old town road.
It's about the size of a dinner plate and has a rubbery texture, was told it’s a sea cucumber but I’m not sure.
Port Heiden’s road to its harbor and old village site is crumbling into the sea and the lake on the other side of it will likely breach soon. “The road is basically gone. [Erosion]’s cut right half into the road,” said Scott Anderson, the Native Village of Port Heiden’s Tribal Environmental Director.
Red coral observed near Port Heiden along the Bering Sea coast.
Goldfish Lake near Port Heiden is on the verge of draining into the Bering Sea.
Without sea ice, our beaches are eroding.
Fuel headers leading to bulk fuel farm out of service due to coastal erosion.
No sea ice alone the northside of the Alaska Peninsula.
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