Unidentified squid caught by rod and reel off the beach.

In a good season, Skinney’s langoustine catch can reach 250-300 tons. This summer, it was only 38.

The threshold for closure is set at 80 parts per million, but concentration in those areas were found to be as high as 1,300 parts per million.The warning applies to oysters, clams, scallops, mussels and geoduck.

Sea Nettle (Chrysaora melanaster) jellyfish washed up on the beach.

Squid are becoming more common on the shoreline over the past few years.

The Whatcom County Health Department is warning residents that PSP a common biotoxin is now at potentially lethal levels in mussels harvested in Bellingham Bay.

The results of the Plate Watch program only indicated one invasive species in the area, Caprella mutica, otherwise known as the Japanese skeleton shrimp.

Ice in the north Bering Sea is diminishing, researchers aboard a Coast Guard ship report.

While their main target appears to be the region's soft-shell clam population, they're also munching through acres of eelgrass, a native flowering plant that shelters and nourishes life under the sea.

The Division of Marine Fisheries is analyzing the clams and expects to have preliminary results in the coming days that might point to a cause.

NOAA and NASA satellites measured an average sea-surface temperature of 68.93 degrees Fahrenheit in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 8, only 0.05 degrees below the all-time record high of 68.98 set in 2012. It is the epicenter of the U.S. lobster fishing industry, an important feeding ground for rare North Atlantic right whales .

But the appearance of new chemicals is creating an uncertain future for polar bears, orcas and seabirds.

In dives to the seafloor, scientists have noticed big differences in only a few years.

Red coral observed near Port Heiden along the Bering Sea coast.

On a more helpful note, fish farts also are giving researchers and managers clues about fish distributions.

There was no evidence of physical harm to the eight-legged creatures, but there was still plenty of concern as to why they were all abandoning their regular ocean home.

An incredibly rare octopus invasion may have been caused by recent storms. Storm Ophelia, quickly followed by Storm Brian caused huge waves and storm surges as gusts of up to 80 mph hit the Welsh coast.

What has eight hairy legs, one eye, no mouth and haunts the frigid waters below the frozen ocean? A speck of a creature you'd never know exists in Canada's Arctic, were it not for one researcher's accidental discovery off the shores of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.