10.19.2008

Sarah Palin: Call home


The careful management that helped make Alaskan pollock a billion-dollar industry could unravel as the planet warms. Pollock and other fish in the Bering Sea are moving to higher latitudes as winter ice retreats and water temperatures rise.



Alaskan pollock are becoming Russian pollock, swimming across an international boundary in search of food and setting off what could become a geopolitical dispute.

[From Migrating Alaskan pollock are creating the potential for a new dispute with Russia - Los Angeles Times]


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