Climate Change Is Helping an Invasive Predator Wreak Havoc on Iconic Alaskan Fish
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Inside Climate NewsClimate Change Is Helping an Invasive Predator Wreak Havoc on Iconic Alaskan Fishinsideclimatenews.orgWILLOW, Alaska—Corey Ercolani pulled a northern pike from a gillnet and slit its belly with a knife. Inside its guts lay fresh evidence of a growing biological crime: a dead juvenile salmon. A coho, or silver salmon, to be exact. A technician with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ercolani had set the net […]
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