Slimy sculpins (Cottus cognatus) are small, nocturnal, bottom-dwelling fish that lack a swim bladder to help them stay bouyant in the water. Their size and habitat allow them to easily avoid fishing gear designed for salmon.
During the summer of 2019, warm water temperatures lowered the amount of dissolved oxygen in rivers and caused salmon across the state, including Mountain Village, to die before they were able to spawn.
Salmon are dying along the Andreafsky River and Lower Yukon River before spawning out. Water surface temperatures have been unusually warm, at one point reaching 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) caught with a spinal curvature, which may be related to many different factors including genetics, infectious disease, trauma, neoplasm, diet, or changes in the environment.
Two sturgeon were caught in the Yukon River, farther upriver than has been previously reported.
Tumor found in King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Filled with Pus
Nice looking whitefish, but had a bulged out eyeball on one side of head.
4-21-13 Unseasonable chum salmon - St. Mary's, Alaska, USA
First time seeing a sucker fish in the Lower Yukon River.
Observations From Members 