Natural resource managers in British Columbia discovered several adult male and female European green crabs on Haida Gwaii this past July. Alarm bells immediately went off for biologists in Alaska. The archipelago of Haida Gwaii, off the coast of Prince Rupert in British Columbia, is very close to Alaska. The July discovery is the closest confirmed finding […]
Anchorage, AK –Pilots landing CAP floatplanes or their personal aircraft on water ways are vigilant to check the surface for boats, logs, sandbars, and other impediments to safety. Now, Southcentral Alaskan lakes have a new hazard to avoid: ELODEA. Pilots are encouraged to be attentive to Emergency Order 2-NP-2-16-19 (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/Static-sf/EONR/PDFs/2019/R2/EO%202-NP-2-16-19%20Alexander_final.pdf) regarding the water bodies […]
The 2011 Japanese tsunami set the stage for something unprecedented. For the first time in recorded history, scientists have detected entire communities of coastal species crossing the ocean by floating on makeshift rafts. Nearly 300 species have appeared on the shores of Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast attached to tsunami debris, marine biologists from […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is requesting that sport anglers and commercial fisherman report harvest of Atlantic salmon. On August 20, 2017, a net pen holding 300,000 Atlantic salmon failed at a fish farm near Cypress Island, Washington. It is estimated that thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped into the waters of Puget Sound. […]
Operation Barnacle Buster was an eight-day inspection blitz executed at the Alaskan Port of Alcan on the border of the United States and Canada. The operation was conceived because of the continual threat of invasive species entering the State of Alaska. The Service also used the operation as an opportunity to enforce Federal, State, foreign, […]
A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim, Washington, rekindling concern over the potential for damage to local marine life and shorelines. Staff and volunteers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge, captured a total of 13 European green crab over […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill by Rep. Paul Seaton to continue to adjust the state’s defense plans against aquatic invasive species, like “rock snot” and “sea vomit.” House Bill 38 provides direction to relevant state agencies, the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, the Dept. of Environmental Conservation and […]
Homer, Alaska — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on its recently completed Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) of Caribou Control on Kagalaska Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. This Assessment analyzes the consequences of two alternatives: the proposed action to control invasive caribou on Kagalaska Island to prevent damage to the […]