After dismal, back-to-back starts to Alaska’s season of the salmon in 2017 and 2018, there appear to be 2019 reasons for 49th state fishermen to be optimistic. Or should that be 25,523 […]
The fun begins
Metabolic theory
A sweeping study of marine phytoplankton has brought into question the idea that global ocean productivity is declining because of climate change. Swiss scientists who claim to have completed “the first analysis […]
The target
Yet again Alaska appears to be gearing up for a big fight focused on one of the state’s smallest commercial fisheries. The United Fishermen of Alaska, one of the most politically powerful […]
Mixed up ocean
Scientists suggest ocean water mixing could be an important factor in climate change
DOA king fishery
Chinook salmon runs in Upper Cook Inlet have taken a depressing turn back to the future with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game this week announcing the closure of May, June […]
Wobble, wobble
The Blob that was heating up the North Pacific Ocean has been pronounced dead. The polar vortex that spins the jet stream predictably west to east across the Gulf of […]
Son of Blob?
Warm waters in the North Pacific Ocean have some atmospheric scientists speculating The Blob is getting the band back together, and that possibility is sparking all kinds of speculation about West Coast […]
The Humpocalypse
This story has been updated with some Alaska catch information. If “The Blob” was responsible for Alaska’s faltering salmon runs this year as some have suggested despite a lack of any real […]
“The Blab”-ber
News analysis Alaska is going to end the 2018 salmon season with a catch a little over half that of last year despite another phenomenal return of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon. But […]
Oscillations
As Alaska’s 2018 commercial salmon season slides toward its end, 2018 is looking a lot like 2016 – the year of the big bust after the bonanza of 2015. Twenty-fifteen was the […]
