One of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response to climate change. This could impact the ecology of northern lakes, which already acutely feel ...

When the 1964 earthquake lifted some Prince William Sound islands by several meters, it created new freshwater ponds. ... according to a species profile from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

A warming climate has scientists wanting to know, more than ever, what’s living in Alaska’s rivers and streams — specifically, what species live in the anadromous freshwater streams where ...

Melissa Erkel, a fish passage biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, looks at a culvert along the north fork of Newaukum Creek near Enumclaw, Wash., June 22, 2015.

Alaska provides the vast majority of the United States’ wild salmon, and their smaller size is reducing the number of eggs that these fish produce and their value to commercial and other fishermen.

In the fall of 2018, officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and their partners celebrated what they thought was a milestone: an end to the infestation of ...

Alaska fish adjust to climate change by following the food. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 12 / 141220234335.htm ...

But recent monitoring surveys of the species conducted by fisheries biologists from the California Department of Fish and ...

The harbor seals of Alaska’s Iliamna Lake, which make up one of only five freshwater seal populations in the world, have long been a subject of fascination for their separateness from the seals ...

It is unique among Alaska freshwater fish in that it spawns mid- to late-winter. For much of the year, burbot live under the ice.