Pink salmon show up late in Southeast Alaska
Pink salmon are finally showing up in Southeast Alaska, and that’s good news for the commercial fishing industry.
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Petersburg’s OBI Seafoods plant reaches 100,000 cases of fish a little later than last year
Petersburg’s OBI Seafoods processing plant hit an important yearly milestone on Monday, August 12, with 100,000 cases of fish packed. But it hit that mark a little later than usual.
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Many salmon runs expected to be fairly good this year
As commercial salmon fishing gets under way in Southeast Alaska, projections for salmon returns are up.
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Petersburg High School students raise and release pink salmon
Every year, Petersburg High School students vie for the chance to take an aquaculture class, where they learn about fish that sustain the local seafood economy — and they do that by raising and releasing salmon into the wild, themselves.
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Pink salmon are thriving in warmer waters, affecting other species, scientists say
A new scientific paper published this fall shows that the pink salmon population is booming in the North Pacific Ocean – and global warming is helping it happen. The new evidence suggests that pinks are not just outcompeting other salmon species but they’re affecting the whole ecosystem – from the microscopic to large marine whales.
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