Rise of the ratfish in Puget Sound The Seattle Times By Sandi Doughton August 14, 2010 Ask a Northwesterner to pick the creature that epitomizes Puget Sound, and odds are the answer will be orcas ...

Chinook run nears peak in Puget Sound The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa August 4, 2010 The boat ride north to Point No Point (PNP) this morning was a picture perfect drive under a calm water surface...

Oysters a sign of trouble from Puget Sound acidity The Seattle Times By Craig Welch July 31, 2010 Inside the burbling tubs of the Taylor Shellfish hatchery here, oysters are incubating once again....

Sockeye anglers hopeful on Cedar River hatchery The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa May 8, 2010 A recent report has stirred up speculation on whether work can begin soon on a permanent Cedar River soc...

NOAA fisheries protects 3 rockfish The Seattle Times April 27, 2010 Three populations of rockfish in Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia have received federal protection under the Endangered Spe...

$768 for every salmon caught in Puget Sound Seattle Times By Craig Welch April 10, 2010 Puget Sound's popular blackmouth fishery - made possible by a complex system of hatcheries that produce and ...

Salmon net pen may mean more catches for anglers Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa March 6, 2010 The Central Puget Sound area could see a boost in catches by the 2011 fall fishing season, thanks to the ...

Salmon outlook little-changed The News Tribune By Jeffery P. Mayor March 3, 2010 South Sound anglers this year should see local salmon fishing seasons similar to 2009, with some exceptions. As f...

Record-breaking steelhead returns The Columbian Basin Farmer February 16, 2010 I asked Jim Cummins, Region 3 fish biologist for the Department of Fish and Wildlife, how he would explain this year'...

Fishing season-setting time has arrived The Bellingham Herald By Doug Huddle January 21, 2009 This month the annual task of protecting wild runs, while divvying up harvestable salmon as they retur...

Fish boom makes splash in Oregon The Wall Street Journal By Joel Millman January 21, 2010 NEHALEM, Ore.-Adam Rice hasn't had a job since October. The 32-year-old carpenter is a victim of the regio...

Navy divers close locks to protect salmon United Press International June 3, 2009 SEATTLE - An Army Corps of Engineers official says U.S. Navy divers helped close underwater doors at Seattle's Hir...

Federal protection proposed for Puget Sound rockfish The Seattle Times By Craig Welch April 23, 2009 The federal government may seek to widen fishing restrictions in Puget Sound and the Strait of ...

Sound fishing ahead on coast The Spokesman-Review April 12, 2009 Puget Sound is the big winner in saltwater salmon seasons set recently by Pacific Fishery Management Council. By allowing selecti...

Anglers will see select fisheries for summer chinook The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa April 8, 2009 Salmon anglers will see an historic expansion of selective fishing for hatchery-marked salmon in ...

Chinook salmon now 10 years on endangered list KING 5 News By Gary Chittim March 18, 2009 SEATTLE - By the end of the 1990s, it was clear to federal biologists that Puget Sound Chinook salmon were...

Puget Sound orcas affect San Diego's water supply Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 25, 2009 Could the plight of Puget Sound's orcas lead to cutbacks in water supplies for Southern Californians?...

"Alarming" declines in salmon survival detailed Seattle Post-Intelligencer By Robert McClure February 9, 2009 New research documents a "dramatic and alarming" decline in the survival of some salmo...

Poisoned Killer Whales? Blame Salmon Scientific American By Marla Cone January 20, 2009 Killer whales, the planet's most contaminated wild creatures, are ingesting chemicals from Chinook salmon in...

Study: Sound orcas eating more toxic salmon Seattle Post Intelligencer By Phuong Le January 14, 2009 SEATTLE -- Puget Sound killer whales appear to be more contaminated than northern orcas because...

Salmon recovery comes of age The Seattle Post Intelligencer By Jeffery P. Koenings December 12, 2008 Early last summer, the outlook for salmon fisheries appeared dire up and down the West Coast. T...

Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food Kitsap Sun By Christopher Dunagan October 23, 2008 Seven Puget Sound killer whales have gone missing this year and are presumed dead, wipin...

Abandoned fishing gear killing Puget Sound animals The Seattle Times By Michelle Ma October 16, 2008 SEATTLE (AP) -- From on deck, it sounded as if Darth Vader were prowling the floor of Puget So...