Against the backdrop of turning autumn leaves, the water of the Sultan River wriggled with life as salmon heaved themselves to spawning grounds, their scales catching the late September sunlight. Even ...

A handful of glittering salmon flashed their fins in the shallow water of South Prairie Creek on Wednesday morning as they fought against the current and charged each other. Mid-September into early ...

Boaters are being asked to practice vigilance in the Puget Sound as Southern Resident orca sightings continue amid what officials are calling a “record” year for salmon. Orca sightings of a group ...

SEATTLE — A new J-Pod orca calf was spotted last week in the Puget Sound, less than two weeks after a mother carried her dead baby near the San Juan Islands. In a Facebook post, the Orca Behavior ...

Sockeye populations in the Baker River system had declined to just 99 returning fish in the mid-1980s, bringing the species ...

The small, clumsy fish isn’t the strongest or fastest creature living in Puget Sound. But it has developed other tools to ...

As king salmon feel the impulse to spawn in fall, they move closer to shore, putting them within reach of small-boat anglers and shore fishermen. / Joe Shead Fall is trophy king salmon season for ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that September 27 will be a Free Fishing Day, coinciding with National Hunting and Fishing Day. On this day, all anglers - ...

A record number of sockeye have returned to Skagit Bay and the Skagit river on their annual spawning migration, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

A new study has found that restoration in the Skagit River delta has successfully affected its population of Chinook salmon. Puget Sound Chinook are federally listed as endangered. It’s a species that ...

The birthday of the 250-year-old U.S. Navy is coming. And the community in Kitsap County — home to the third largest Naval shore installations in the U.S. and many aircraft carriers and submarines — ...

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