Scientists observe chum salmon spawning in North Slope rivers

Photo: Joe Spencer/Alaska Department of Fish & Game

University of Alaska Fairbanks associate professor of fisheries Peter Westley is clear that there’s nothing new about salmon straying into Arctic Ocean waters. Westley says the fish have long been occasionally observed and caught, but their numbers appear to be increasing.

He says the movement of a species farther north is a clear signal of climate change.

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