Counting salmon is a breeze with airborne eDNA

Counting salmon is a breeze with airborne eDNA

During the annual salmon run last fall, University of Washington researchers pulled salmon DNA out of thin air and used it to estimate the number of fish that passed through the adjacent river. Aden Yincheong Ip, a UW research scientist of marine and environmental affairs, began formulating the driving hypothesis for the study while hiking on […]

2025 Salmon Harvest Summary

2025 Salmon Harvest Summary

(Juneau) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has published preliminary harvest and value figures for the 2025 Alaska Commercial Salmon Fishery. A total of 194.8 million salmon were harvested in the 2025 season, an 88% increase from the 2024 total harvest of 103.5 million salmon. The 2025 commercial salmon fishery harvest for all species […]

Faster Analysis of Data to Evaluate Bycatch Reduction Efforts in Pollock Fishery

Faster Analysis of Data to Evaluate Bycatch Reduction Efforts in Pollock Fishery

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence forms such as computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning assist with processing data. The model was highly accurate at detecting pollock and salmon. Scientists used a model to detect and classify fish in videos more quickly than humans. The detection model is called You Only Look Once, version 11 (or […]

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