Fisheries

Scientists will be able to sit from the comfort of their office or even in a coffee shop, as some of the data is collected in real time.

An environmental nonprofit sponsored a panel discussion to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kachemak Bay oil and gas lease buyback.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it will be up to fishermen to avoid problems with the walrus hauling out near Ugashik north line this summer.

A new study published in the Journal of Physical Oceanography suggests that rising temperatures in the arctic could result in warmer water with density more affected by temperature than salinity.

The state is granting nearly $300,000 to improve water quality in some of Alaska’s most damaged watersheds, including Juneau’s orange-tinted Duck Creek.

Each summer, millions of fish return to Bristol Bay and then swim on to the stream where they were born to spawn, and die. Exactly what compels them to return to the right spot is unknown, but scientists think that some hatchery-raised steelhead in Oregon might hold a clue.