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My Turn: Wake up to the dangers posed by non-native species in Alaska's waters

...spawning and other resources.Another example is the destruction of valuable Alexander Creek king salmon fishery by northern pike from Interior Alaska, which are also suspected in the decline of the Deshka River king salmon fishery.Other invaders...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-05/my-turn-wake-dangers-posed-non-native
Opinion
Invasive species bill advances in House

...challenged with that verbiage."Gattis' legislative district in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough struggles with invasive northern pike, she said.Even Fairbanks, deep inside the Interior, has a problem with freshwater invasive aquatic species: the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-12/invasive-species-bill-advances-house
State
Invasive pike thriving on salmon, other species

...of two Alaska salmon streams indicates that nonnative northern pike can eat significant numbers of salmon smolt and will...do, salmon recovery may depend on suppressing pike.Northern pike were illegally introduced to southcentral Alaska in...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-25/invasive-pike-thriving-salmon-other-spe
State
Alaska asks EPA to intervene in mine contamination

...showed elevated mercury concentrations. The study prompted state health officials to issue warnings for consuming northern pike and burbot for women of childbearing age and young children.According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-26/alaska-asks-epa-intervene-mine-contamin
State
Alaska Board of Fisheries now accepting proposals for the 2012-13 meeting cycle

...Peninsula/Aleutian Islands management areas. Finfish includes: salmon, herring, trout, groundfish, char, burbot, northern pike, whitefish, Pacific cod, sablefish, shark, pollock, etc., but does not include halibut. The proposal deadline...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-03-23/alaska-board-fisheries-now-accepting
Outdoors
Officials try new methods to curb pike

...this summer to control invasive northern pike in a lake on the Kenai Peninsula...of various methods to control northern pike, including water cannon. Fish...has proved effective in herding northern pike or even killing them.Pike are...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-05-23/officials-try-new-methods-curb-pike
State
Taku River task force begins fact finding mission

...that is not seen anywhere else really," Swanton said. All five species of salmon are there, along with steelhead, northern pike and bull trout. Swanton said he even has anecdotal evidence of green sturgeon.Swanton said his primary tool for...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-01-06/taku-river-task-force-begins-fact-findi
Local
State campaign could give trout a fighting chance

...trout in Anchorage area lakes a fighting chance against northern pike. With the 2003 fish stocking under way, state sportfish...Native to Interior Alaska sloughs and backwaters, northern pike were illegally released into Southcentral several decades...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051103/out_trouts.shtml
Outdoors
OUT AND ABOUT

...Dolly Varden (June-Aug.), bear viewing at Pack Creek (June-Sept., peaks July and Aug.), and freshwater Northern Pike (peaks July-Aug.). Trails reports: For the latest information on trails being used for commercial tours, call...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070501/Out_OutAbout.shtml
Out
State lab testing hundreds of fish for contaminants

...every major drainage in the state, plus halibut and various groundfish, and even freshwater species like sheefish and northern pike. "We're sampling just about everything in the ocean," said Grimm, who manages the DEC's seafood testing at...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071002/sta_fishtests.shtml
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