The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Wednesday closing the personal-use and sport fishing for Copper River sockeye around Chitina until further notice. It goes into effect on Monday, June 18th.

Opalescents, also known as market squid, are showing up in waters previously considered too cold for them, and fishermen are paying attention.

Last year, 2014, was the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. Unlike other worldwide problems from which Canadians might feel relatively safe and isolated, but Canada is actually ground zero of global climate.

Warm water threatens marine habitats off the coast of BC

Biologists suspect climate change and mild winters may have prompted April's early out migration from Auke Creek.

As of Friday afternoon, the sockeye escapement in the Chignik salmon fishery was less than half of what it usually is this time of the year.