Puget Sound coho woes this season definitely are a cause for concern, but anglers who put wheels under their boat — in other words, a boat trailer — will have enough decent summer chinook options. “It ...

The closure of central Puget Sound to salmon fishing on Oct. 18 after only reopening for a little more than two weeks was like an unseen punch in the gut for many anglers, but there was reason for ...

90% of all seafood consumed in U.S. markets is imported, half of which is farmed through aquaculture, the process of raising and harvesting aquatic commercial products. The Puget Sound is home to four ...

Attention to restoring the Puget Sound chinook salmon population, of which Skagit River fish are a major component, continues to grow. Despite billions of dollars invested in research and habitat ...

Chinook salmon season is always fun and exciting for anglers, but there are rules to follow to help sustain the population. This year the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife is giving ...

Federal fisheries managers are violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing fishermen to catch Puget Sound chinook salmon supposedly protected under the law, fishing and conservation groups ...

TULALIP, Wash. — It may look like a water park amusement ride for salmon, but a mobile fish tagging unit on the Tulalip fish hatchery is the way young hatchery Chinook salmon are marked for ...

TACOMA – A state Department of Fish and Wildlife scientist has found that concentrations of banned toxic chemicals are substantially higher in Puget Sound chinook salmon than in chinook from other ...

SEATTLE – The federal government has given its stamp of approval to a plan that will try to keep Puget Sound’s endangered chinook salmon from extinction and return their population to healthy numbers.