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UAF-led Study Finds Safe Mercury Levels in Kotzebue Sound Fish

By Jeff Richardson | UAF on Sep 30, 2019   At Sea, Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

UAF-led Study Finds Safe Mercury Levels in Kotzebue Sound Fish

A new analysis of Kotzebue Sound fish has found that mercury levels in a variety of its subsistence species are safe for unrestricted consumption. The University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study tested 297 subsistence-caught fish, which included eight species — chum salmon, fourhorn sculpin, least cisco, humpback whitefish, starry flounder, Pacific herring, Pacific tomcod and sheefish. […]

Sheefish a Shiny Surprise on Interior River

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Sep 21, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Sheefish a Shiny Surprise on Interior River

ZITZIANA RIVER — Fishing at the spot where this long, squiggly stream mixes with a floury channel of the Tanana River, Alison Beamer feels a thump. Line squeals from her spinning reel as a creature as long as her arm flashes beneath the surface. After a few runs east and west, the fish tires, becoming […]

Moose not Easy to See on Big Alaska River

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 5, 2016   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Moose not Easy to See on Big Alaska River

LOWER TANANA RIVER — On a day like this 121 years ago, a hungry U.S. Army explorer passed here at the mouth of Fish Creek, where clear water collides with the cloudy Tanana. Henry Allen did not stop to fish. He had food, and further exploration, on his mind as he and his party paddled […]

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