The crash in snow crab populations is forcing St. Paul to consider major budget shortfalls, as the Pribilof Island city depends on taxes from fish and crab processing; after a failed attempt in 2020, NOAA Fisheries is currently surveying ice seals in the Bering Sea; and a worrisome new strain of avian flu sweeping through wild bird populations in the Lower 48 has some of Alaska’s bird enthusiasts concerned.
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