Oceans

North Alaskan peninsula sockeye returns were so high processors had to limit fishermen’s daily deliveries.

A whale watching vessel sank in Favorite Channel on Sunday afternoon. All of the passengers and crew were rescued.

Equatorial Pacific Ocean finally shows signs of cooling, but the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea are still extremely warm. Latest research indicates both phenomenon helped with each other’s formation between 2013 and 2015.

The United Fishermen of Alaska is working on a project to figure out what issues the salmon fleet is concerned about – and how to reach them.

Researchers think they’ve found a new species of whale in Western Alaska. A new study is identifying the find as a relative of the Baird’s beaked whale.

A French ship docked in Unalaska is bound for Nome, where the crew will lay fiber optic cable.