Pink Salmon — Too Much of a Good Thing?

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jun 15, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Of the five species of salmon that swim Alaska waters, the pink is by far the most plentiful. Some scientists think the fish is an overabundant predator that outcompetes other salmon and some seabirds. In the late 1990s, Japanese researchers noticed an intriguing pattern while studying in the Bering Sea just north of the Aleutians. […]