Something has definitely gone wrong with Alaska's largest run of kings. The following article ran in the Anchorage Daily News.

parasitic disease in Yukon kings

35% of the kings are infected, and 60% of those don't make it to spawn! That translates to nearly 90,000 diseased fish with over 50,000 forgone spawners... that's equivalent to the entire Kenai late run.

Wow, that doesnt sound good. Lets hope that the scientists can nip this in the bud. The last thing we want is a fish disease that makes the springs taste like c**p. Worse yet, all those dead springs that wont get to spawn

Kocan is sharp and knows his stuff. He's a fun professor to chat with.