Sockeye salmon with a plastic ring cutting into its body

A fisherman holds up a fresh-caught salmon wearing a plastic ring that cut into the fish's back and belly.

Sockeye salmon with a plastic ring cutting into its body

In southwest Alaska, near Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, a fisherman shows a fresh-caught sockeye salmon wearing a plastic ring around its body. The plastic cut into the fish’s back and belly.
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Caz VanDevere/USFWS
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Coastal
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Anadromous fish
Animal migration
Aquatic environment
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Human-wildlife conflicts
Pollution