Net pens are large floating structures where fish or seafood are grown and have been used in the Salish Sea for four decades.

The Center for Biological Diversity and its allies have sued the National Marine Fisheries Service over what they say is a delayed Endangered Species Act protection decision for spring-run Chinook ...

Every year, the marina takes approximately 30,000 juvenile salmon and temporarily houses them in two 7-foot-deep pens, which ...

Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.

SEATTLE — It’s official – it’s a girl! The Center for Whale Research confirmed Sunday that the new orca calf in the J pod, J62, is female.

WDFW completes an estuary restoration project on Milltown Island, enhancing habitat for salmon and recreation.

The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection ... to make more fish, especially Chinook salmon, available to the whales — and provide quieter ...

"It’s incalculable." Residents outraged after vandalism wreaks havoc on local economy: 'Their actions are now hurting people's quality of life' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Open to Puget Sound, it stretched from Point Edwards ... restoration of the marsh and estuary means restoring habitat for migrating Chinook salmon and giving spawning chum and coho access to ...

Everett, WA — The waters of Puget Sound hold more power than some realize ... calming waves for veterans and service members at the annual Salmon for Soldiers (S4S) event held out of the ...

The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest ... from Alert Bay in the Broughton Archipelago all the way to Puget Sound, with adult returns in this region increasing 10 to 20 times ...