WDFW invites public participation in annual salmon season-setting process
Fishery managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have scheduled opportunities for the public to provide input on state-managed salmon seasons. The first is a statewide ...
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Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...
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Canadian documentary ‘Coextinction’ explains why orcas in the Puget Sound are starving — and the dams that need to come down to feed them
UW students and community members gathered in Kane Hall for a screening of the 2021 documentary Coextinction. WashPIRG hosted ...
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Salmon fishing therapy at Puget Sound helps veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress
Now, 12 years later, S4S has gotten more than 7,000 veterans out onto Puget Sound for a day of fishing, comradery ... More information on Salmon for Soldiers can be found on their WEBSITE.
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In quest to stay active, 100-year-old WWII veteran Betsy Jeffords takes on salmon fishing
67,) told me we were going fishing and I wondered why would I want to do that, but they said I’d have fun. “It’s amazing,” she said. “Here we are on a boat eating salmon (smoked snacks ...
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Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems
This week, we are celebrating a monumental environmental victory for Puget Sound’s ecosystems, Washington Tribal Nations and the protection of our iconic wild salmon and Southern Resident orcas. On ...
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Washington is the first place in the world to remove and ban this fish farming practice
in the Puget Sound collapsed at its location near Cypress Island. The collapse resulted in the accidental release of over 250,000 Atlantic salmon, a non-native species. The incident has had lastin ...
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2025 North of Falcon Puget Sound Commercial Fisheries
To view or submit public comments on this current proposal, please visit 2025 NOF Puget Sound commercial fishing public engagement page. You may also submit a comment via email to ...
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Washington’s struggle: How far-too-slow salmon recovery impacts Orcas like Tahlequah | Opinion
the largest and fattiest salmon available. But, Puget Sound Chinook have been listed as “threatened” on the Endangered Species List since 1999, as have the Lower Columbia Chinook. Snake River ...