The biggest challenge of climate change for Bristol Bay salmon isn’t necessarily warming temperatures right now.
Fisheries
Forest Service identifies nearly 700 Tongass stream crossings that could block migrating fish
A new federal project seeks to restore all of the crossings in the Tongass that aren’t up to standard.
Unalaska readies to deploy traps for invasive European green crabs
The crabs destroy habitat and outcompete native species.
Portraits of a fishery: Sitka trollers gear up for an unexpected season
The commercial season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska opens on Saturday. For trollers, it’s the equivalent of New Year’s Day.
Southeast troll fishermen help study a warming ocean: ‘Fishermen are natural scientists’
Two new citizen science projects will help troll fishermen take the lead in gathering data about how the waters they depend on are changing.
Crab pots ‘absolutely stuffed’ as Bering Sea Dungeness fishery breaks records
While many Bering Sea crab populations are in freefall, Dungeness crab is breaking records in regions that hardly used to see them.