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Arctic Salmon Increase Linked to Ocean Warming

Frankie Dillon displays a chum salmon caught in the Big Fish River, near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, in 2023
Colin Gallagher DFO
Frankie Dillon displays a chum salmon caught in the Big Fish River, near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, in 2023

Researchers have linked warming ocean temperatures to more salmon showing up in the Western Canadian Arctic. KUAC’s Dan Bross reports.