A highly publicized article in the March 10 issue of the journal Science laid out a finding that many commercial fishermen might already know: The Bering Sea is warming, and its marine life is moving farther north. The article, authored by a team of U.S. and Canadian researchers, says the northern Bering has experienced less ice cover in the past decade, and this is helping usher in a shift from an ice-dominated ecosystem favoring ben-thic or bottom-dwelling sea life to one dominated by pelagic or open-ocean fish such as pollock.
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