Salmon fishermen fill Puget Sound off Point Defiance in Tacoma, Washington, on the opening day of fishing season on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Salmon fishing will be banned temporarily in southern Puget ...

WASHINGTON – Anglers can prepare for salmon fishing as the 2025-2026 statewide recreational salmon fisheries have been finalized, offering various marine and freshwater opportunities. According to the ...

To start the process of euthanasia, Minto Fish Facility workers funnel Spring Chinook salmon into a water tank treated with a natural anesthetic to put them to sleep. (Alanna Madden/Courthouse News) ...

The salmon season is open from the yellow marker approximately 0.65 miles upstream of Slater Road to the FFA high school barn ...

SEATTLE— Conservation groups filed a notice today of their intent to sue the city of Tacoma, Washington, for discharging toxic wastewater at levels that harm Puget Sound Chinook salmon, protected as ...

Canada and the U.S. states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington would all reduce their catch of fragile salmon species under the terms of an updated international agreement that, if approved, will spell ...

The orcas lurking beneath the surface of Washington state's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent, imposing and endangered species. Stefanie Stockwell and Mindy Roberts, both longtime ...

Tacoma Power and the WDFW called the meeting to update the public on the extensive plans under which the Cowlitz River’s fisheries are managed. Both the federal National Marine Fisheries Service and ...