A disaster declaration could make the fishery eligible for federal relief funds, although who specifically would receive money would be figured out later. 

Scientists with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say late spawning for capelin had a significant impact on numbers.

Like its old-growth trees, the Northwest’s big, old chinook salmon are largely gone, a new study finds, with implications for Puget Sound’s critically endangered southern resident killer whales.

DFO proposes closing an area from Sheringham Point to East Point

Fifty-three thousand salmon died while being transferred out of a damaged marine pen at a fish farming facility in the West Fjords.

Potential Range Extension. Identification verified by Tom Davis, NSW Department of Primary Industries. Depth: 2 m.

As the tide ebbed down the beach outside his house Friday, Harry Rietze discovered a mysterious sea creature that one scientific paper described as a puzzling fish with soft bones.

Northern Lampfish washed up along the beach at Letnikov Cove

The Alaska Board of Fisheries faces some tough decisions this week. One of those is how to conserve dwindling king salmon stocks in a way that won’t financially cripple Southeast salmon fishermen.

How will climate change affect health in Alaska? Dangerous travel conditions could cause more accidents, warmer temperatures could spread new diseases and the topsy-turvy weather could worsen mental health. Those are some conclusions from a new state report released Monday. Listen now

Areas starved of oxygen in open ocean and by coasts have soared in recent decades, risking dire consequences for marine life and humanity

For more than five years, Southeast’s iconic king salmon have been returning in fewer and fewer numbers. Managers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are recommending Chilkat, Unuk and King Salmon River Chinooks become official “stocks of concern.” Listen now

The bad news was announced by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which sets the catches for more than 25 species in waters from 3 to 200 miles from shore in the Gulf and the Bering Sea. The cod decline is blamed on younger fish not surviving warm ocean temperatures that began in 2014.

Three researchers from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center completed a trawl survey of the Northern Bering Sea in 2017 and found a dramatic increase in pollock. 

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

Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation.

Smart started finding dead fish in his trap near Dull Lake about two or three weeks ago. Now there are hundreds and hundreds of them.Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation. According to the Fish and Game representative a local fisherman forgot to check a blackfish trap and may have dumped the dead fish in Dull Lake.

Akhiok residents report that fish have returned to Akhiok Bay since the outfall was repaired/extended further into the ocean