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Jul 19 2019

Volunteers carve blubber off a dead gray whale on Surfers Beach in July.

Kodiak whale necropsy adds to the growing body of data about 2019 gray whale deaths

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

According to NOAA, over 180 gray whales have washed up dead along the West Coast so far this year. But each new specimen adds a little more clarity for scientists.

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | July 19, 2019 5:03 pm

Jul 12 2019

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southwest, Weather, Western, Wildlife

Never-before-seen temperatures in the Kuskokwim River likely sent salmon into cardiac arrest. Salmon don’t function well past 70 degrees, and the water had pushed just above that limit.

By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel | July 12, 2019 4:54 pm

Jul 11 2019

Warmer waters believed to be main cause for dead pink salmon in Norton Sound

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | Fisheries, Oceans, Western

Norton Sound residents have reported salmon die-offs in unusually large numbers during the last week.

By Davis Hovey, KNOM - Nome | July 11, 2019 10:25 pm

Jul 11 2019

The Eurodam, a Holland America Line ship, sits in port on Monday, June 24, 2019. Video posted to Facebook on Monday appears to show the ship passing close to a pod of humpback whales. (Photo courtesy of Anjuli Sastry)

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Oceans, Tourism, Wildlife

NOAA Fisheries confirmed that the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement determined Holland America Line’s Eurdoam altered course and slowed speed as it approached the humpback whales on June 24.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 11, 2019 6:12 pm

Jul 09 2019

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather, Wildlife

Residents from two Northwest Alaska villages say they found large numbers of dead mussels and krill washed up along shores in June, contributing to fears that record warm waters may be causing a wide range of ecosystem changes.

By Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News | July 9, 2019 4:57 pm

Jul 01 2019

The Holland America Cruise Ship Westerdam prepares to dock in Juneau July 16, 2012. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)

Governor vetoes funding for Ocean Rangers cruise ship inspectors

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Environment, Oceans, State Government, Tourism

Funding for Alaska’s onboard cruise ship inspectors has been eliminated by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The Ocean Rangers program was created by a ballot initiative and is paid for by cruise ship passengers.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | July 1, 2019 12:08 pm

Jun 27 2019

With 12 gray whale deaths in Alaska waters, biologists race to find the cause

By June Leffler, KSTK - Wrangell | Oceans, Wildlife

Biologists in Southeast Alaska are racing to examine a wave of whale carcasses to try and find what’s killing gray whales up and down the Pacific Coast. Nearly 170 have been reported triggering NOAA Fisheries to launch an investigation.

By June Leffler, KSTK - Wrangell | June 27, 2019 4:14 pm

Jun 24 2019

Feds investigate video of cruise ship in near-miss with humpback whales

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Oceans, Southeast, Tourism, Wildlife

Federal regulators are investigating video footage that appears to show a Holland America Line cruise ship narrowly missing a pod of humpback whales while on its way to Juneau.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | June 24, 2019 6:20 pm

Jun 22 2019

Time for Murkowski to take a stand on Pebble? She says not yet.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | 2 Alaska, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Food, Government, Oceans, Politics, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Wildlife

Opponents of the Pebble Mine are doing all they can to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski on their side. But Murkowski is not ready to make a declaration about the mine, for or against.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | June 22, 2019 11:34 am

Jun 21 2019

The Carnival Miracle arriving in Juneau in 2013.

Court rejects Alaskans’ appeal in Carnival pollution case

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Crime & Courts, Environment, Federal Government, Nation & World, Oceans, Southcentral, Southeast, Tourism

A judge explained in court papers that the harm claimed by the three Alaskans and one Bahamian were general in nature and could’ve applied broadly to others in the region.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | June 21, 2019 12:59 pm

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Kodiak whale necropsy adds to the growing body of data about 2019 gray whale deaths

Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

Warmer waters believed to be main cause for dead pink salmon in Norton Sound

NOAA closes investigation into close call between cruise ship and humpback whales

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

Governor vetoes funding for Ocean Rangers cruise ship inspectors

With 12 gray whale deaths in Alaska waters, biologists race to find the cause

Feds investigate video of cruise ship in near-miss with humpback whales

Time for Murkowski to take a stand on Pebble? She says not yet.

Court rejects Alaskans’ appeal in Carnival pollution case

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