The unprecedented die-off represents roughly 90 percent of the eastern Bering Sea population

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    In a stable population, 2 would make it to adulthood every generation. If an adult female produces eggs for 10 years, that’s 1:500K make it to adulthood. The ocean has a lot of hungry mouths.