Their food is moving north, but so are industrial fishing fleets DURHAM, N.C. — As rising global temperatures push Arctic icecaps into retreat, large and small sea creatures and the commercial fishing boats that follow them are also migrating northward. This mass migration toward the relatively narrow Bering Strait could lead to more ship collisions […]
Analysis of a massive database of pink salmon DNA has revealed unexpected details about the abundant salmon species, including its ability to return to spawn at nearly the same spot within streams as their parents. Samuel May, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, led a project that […]
KETCHIKAN – The University of Alaska Southeast Maritime Training Center (MTC) based in Ketchikan recently acquired a new vehicle, funded partially by a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation. With its special promotional graphics promoting the work of the center, “The new truck provides the needed transportation for Maritime faculty, staff and equipment and also increases […]
Researchers have confirmed that salmon are spawning in an Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that at least some salmon species could be expanding to new territory as climate change reshapes their habitat. The University of Alaska Fairbanks-led project found about 100 chum salmon in the Anaktuvuk and Itkillik rivers on Alaska’s North Slope. Both rivers flow […]