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Marine heat waves likely culprit in Alaska chum declines

By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon December 6, 2023

Successive marine heat waves appear to have doomed much of the chum salmon swimming in the ocean waters off Alaska in the past year and probably account for the scarcities that have strained communities along Western Alaska rivers in recent years, a newly published study found.

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