Smaller and fewer other salmon species as well as steelhead trout; Less growth in Alaska’s herring population; A 33% lower birth rate in humpback whales in Southeast Alaska; ...

Matt Bogaard: They are our smallest salmon species. They only return to Washington in odd years. So, last year we saw very few pink salmon, but this year we're expecting to see quite a few.

Commercial harvests for all five species of Alaska salmon statewide were down, according to the McKinley Research Group, which called the across-the-board poor harvest “atypical.” ...