Thawing permafrost and river bank collapsed on the Cheenik Creek.

The sea is our garden for food and other things.

4-21-13 Unseasonable chum salmon - St. Mary's, Alaska, USA

11-1-12 Late salmon run - Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA

9-13-12 Unusual skate on Arctic beach - Barrow, Alaska, USA

Update: Aug. 16. Mainstream Canada has announced that the Millar Channel fish farm is now empty. The fish, infected with the IHN virus,were taken to a rendering facility. Mainstream Canada is developing a plan for cleaning and disinfecting the farm site, as per the requirements of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. “This is an unfortunate incident, but we are pleased with how smoothly the depopulation procedure went considering the situation,” said Fernando Villarroel, Mainstream Canada’s managing director.

Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is crowing about the opportunities with the 2010 return of sockeye to the Fraser river, calling it a  banner year for Fraser River sockeye salmon. This year's return is currently set at just over 25 million fish, one of the highest returns in the last hundred years. Several fishery openings for Fraser River sockeye have already occurred in 2010 and more are planned, she said.

First time seeing a sucker fish in the Lower Yukon River.

7-12-12 Eel-like fish - Kivalina, Alaska, USA

Some B.C.-farmed salmon is reaching store shelves with a parasite that can liquefy the fish’s flesh into an unappetizing goop.

An unusual skeleton of a fish was found on the tide line in Kasitsna Bay.

6-20-12 Petroleum smell in chum salmon - Chevak, Alaska, USA

6-20-12 Pacific sleeper shark - King Cove, Alaska, USA

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations

The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is very concerned about the conclusive finding of the European Strain of Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISA) in sockeye in Rivers Inlet. The Secwepemc, like "most BC First Nations, have relied on salmon as the life blood of our people. Between 50 and 90 per cent of our people's diet consisted of salmon at the time of contact.

Anchorage anglers got good news this week when Fish and Game reported that pesticide applied to Cheney Lake last October in an effort to wipe out invasive northern pike appears to have worked.

With a sickening thud, another hefty and handsome salmon lands in the waste barrel, headed for the dogs .

Nunavut is not prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change and doesn't have a plan to deal with them, according to the latest report by Canada's auditor general.