Summary: | Shell Disease, Diminishing Catch of Bass, Rockfish, George Noongwook, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission St. Lawrence Island, Arctic warming temperatures Violent weather, ice and temperature change, whaling season, Bering Strait transit, Fishermen and hunters affected, Article presents case studies, research and statistics about the affect of climate change on island and coastal communities across the United States from Alaska, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine. Highlights how violent weather, ice and temperature change, storm surge and more are impacting fishermen, hunters, whalers, landowners and more. Proposals by local islanders, community leaders, nature agencies, engineers, and local and federal government are presented. Explains what communities are doing, or not doing to combat or retreat from environmental changes that impact the island way of life.
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